Good day, I understand that the seized aircraft that are used for drug
running are often sold or auctioned. I am particularly interested in
Cessna 172's. Does anybody have any contact or website details on
these aircraft?

A collegue of mine who I have lost contact with bought a King Air from
this source once.

I typed 'seized aircraft' into google. The first page returned was
www.treasury.gov/auctions/customs/planes.html


> wrote in message
oups.com...
> Good day, I understand that the seized aircraft that are used for drug
> running are often sold or auctioned. I am particularly interested in
> Cessna 172's. Does anybody have any contact or website details on
> these aircraft?
>
> A collegue of mine who I have lost contact with bought a King Air from
> this source once.
>

wrote:
> Good day, I understand that the seized aircraft that are used for drug
> running are often sold or auctioned. I am particularly interested in
> Cessna 172's. Does anybody have any contact or website details on
> these aircraft?
>
> A collegue of mine who I have lost contact with bought a King Air from
> this source once.

Not a lot of 172s making the Columbia-Miami run.

Have you Googled US Government Auctions?

If in your search for this info some company offers to provide it for a fee
(and they will), don't pay the fee and keep looking.

Which is a


Steve Foley wrote:
> I typed 'seized aircraft' into google. The first page returned was
> www.treasury.gov/auctions/customs/planes.html
>

Which for some reason takes you to the Real property auction. Here's a link
for the aircraft but there aren't any available right now.

http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/gsaauctions/

On Apr 27, 11:46 am, wrote:
> Good day, I understand that the seized aircraft that are used for drug
> running are often sold or auctioned. I am particularly interested in
> Cessna 172's. Does anybody have any contact or website details on
> these aircraft?

I don't think 172's are very popular with drug runners. You may get a
good deal on a really piece of junk 210 though. Drug runners don't do
good annual inspections, AD compliance, etc. I heard that hundreds of
mothballed 737's have been bought up by these guys now.

-robert

I'll bet that bird's a bitch to get into a 2500' unlit grass strip at night.

--
Jim Carter
Rogers, Arkansas
"Robert M. Gary" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
>... I heard that hundreds of
> mothballed 737's have been bought up by these guys now.
>
> -robert
>

Jim Carter wrote:
> I'll bet that bird's a bitch to get into a 2500' unlit grass strip at night.

Yeah, but you only have to do it once...

On Apr 27, 3:21 pm, "Jim Carter" > wrote:
> I'll bet that bird's a bitch to get into a 2500' unlit grass strip at night.
>
> --
> Jim Carter
> Rogers, Arkansas
> "Robert M. Gary" > wrote in ooglegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> >... I heard that hundreds of
> > mothballed 737's have been bought up by these guys now.
>
> > -robert- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I don't know that they need to get into dark strips at night anymore.
That's kind of the point. A lot of drug running is done in the open in
South American today, they can use 737's.

-robert

Jim Stewart wrote:
> Jim Carter wrote:
>> I'll bet that bird's a bitch to get into a 2500' unlit grass strip at
>> night.
>
> Yeah, but you only have to do it once...
>
>
If we pull this off we'll eat like kings...

On 2007-04-27 11:46:34 -0700, said:

> Good day, I understand that the seized aircraft that are used for drug
> running are often sold or auctioned. I am particularly interested in
> Cessna 172's. Does anybody have any contact or website details on
> these aircraft?
>
> A collegue of mine who I have lost contact with bought a King Air from
> this source once.

You kind of want to watch out for those. You might not get all the
maintenance records or even an airworthiness certificate with the plane.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

"Jim Carter" > wrote in message
et...
> I'll bet that bird's a bitch to get into a 2500' unlit grass strip at
> night.
>
>>... I heard that hundreds of
>> mothballed 737's have been bought up by these guys now.

Matter of perspective.... :)

http://img478.imageshack.us/my.php?image=landing26hk.jpg

http://www.myflightblog.com/archives/000096.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1khgtadCIY

(I have no connection to any of these sites/blogs, I just enjoyed
watching/reading about it)
--
Doug
"Where am I to go/Now that I've gone too far?" -- Golden Earring, "Twilight
Zone"
(my email is spam-proofed; read the address and make the appropriate change
to contact me)

Holy Cow!!! Where was this taken? This has to be a taxiway doesn't it - no
runway edge markings.

--
Jim Carter
Rogers, Arkansas
"Douglas Paterson" > wrote in message
. ..
> "Jim Carter" > wrote in message
> et...
>> I'll bet that bird's a bitch to get into a 2500' unlit grass strip at
>> night.
>>
>>>... I heard that hundreds of
>>> mothballed 737's have been bought up by these guys now.
>
> Matter of perspective.... :)
>
> http://img478.imageshack.us/my.php?image=landing26hk.jpg
>
> http://www.myflightblog.com/archives/000096.php
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1khgtadCIY
>
> (I have no connection to any of these sites/blogs, I just enjoyed
> watching/reading about it)
> --
> Doug
> "Where am I to go/Now that I've gone too far?" -- Golden Earring,
> "Twilight Zone"
> (my email is spam-proofed; read the address and make the appropriate
> change to contact me)
>

"Jim Carter" > wrote in message
. net...
> Holy Cow!!! Where was this taken? This has to be a taxiway doesn't it - no
> runway edge markings.
>

Rand Airport in South Africa (according to the accompanying text). And, no,
that's the 50'-wide runway they're on. Do the math, that's less than 5' of
pavement on either side of the mains...! :)

--
Doug
"Where am I to go/Now that I've gone too far?" -- Golden Earring, "Twilight
Zone"
(my email is spam-proofed; read the address and make the appropriate change
to contact me)

wrote:

> Good day, I understand that the seized aircraft that are used for drug
> running are often sold or auctioned. I am particularly interested in
> Cessna 172's. Does anybody have any contact or website details on
> these aircraft?
>
> A collegue of mine who I have lost contact with bought a King Air from
> this source once.
>

As others have posted, 172s are not the airplane of choice for this
mission. Also, these airplanes do not come with logbooks, may have not
been maintained or operated "well", and may wind up being stolen and
rebadged. None of this points to a good deal in my view.

Aircraft purchased this way may be a good deal if they are to be used as
parts. But, without logbooks that may make many parts untraceable and/or
unusable. I have not seen a whole lot of discussion of the topic.

Good Luck,
Mike

On 2007-04-29 05:59:30 -0700, Mike Spera > said:

> wrote:
>
>> Good day, I understand that the seized aircraft that are used for drug
>> running are often sold or auctioned. I am particularly interested in
>> Cessna 172's. Does anybody have any contact or website details on
>> these aircraft?
>>
>> A collegue of mine who I have lost contact with bought a King Air from
>> this source once.
>>
>
> As others have posted, 172s are not the airplane of choice for this
> mission. Also, these airplanes do not come with logbooks, may have not
> been maintained or operated "well", and may wind up being stolen and
> rebadged. None of this points to a good deal in my view.
>
> Aircraft purchased this way may be a good deal if they are to be used
> as parts. But, without logbooks that may make many parts untraceable
> and/or unusable. I have not seen a whole lot of discussion of the topic.
>
> Good Luck,
> Mike

If the government seized them, it owns them. The former owners have no
claim on the aircraft, even if it was stolen. You cannot buy an
aircraft at a government auction and then have some former owner come
up and say it belongs to him. The title is clean at that point.

Logs, documents, and maintenance are another matter.

Whatever the reason, the government does seize 172s and other small
planes and it auctions them off quite frequently. The idea that small
planes are not used for smuggling is total nonsense.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

On 2007-04-28 13:56:11 -0700, "Douglas Paterson"
> said:

> "Jim Carter" > wrote in message
> et...
>> I'll bet that bird's a bitch to get into a 2500' unlit grass strip at
>> night.
>>
>>> ... I heard that hundreds of
>>> mothballed 737's have been bought up by these guys now.
>
> Matter of perspective.... :)
>
> http://img478.imageshack.us/my.php?image=landing26hk.jpg
>
> http://www.myflightblog.com/archives/000096.php
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1khgtadCIY
>
> (I have no connection to any of these sites/blogs, I just enjoyed
> watching/reading about it)

The YouTube video of the landing was spectacular.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

"Robert M. Gary" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> On Apr 27, 11:46 am, wrote:
>> Good day, I understand that the seized aircraft that are used for drug
>> running are often sold or auctioned. I am particularly interested in
>> Cessna 172's. Does anybody have any contact or website details on
>> these aircraft?
>
> I don't think 172's are very popular with drug runners. You may get a
> good deal on a really piece of junk 210 though. Drug runners don't do
> good annual inspections, AD compliance, etc. I heard that hundreds of
> mothballed 737's have been bought up by these guys now.
>
> -robert
>

Great Book, http://www.spikefly.com/crop.php was a fun read!