About a year ago, I chased after a Saab 2000 operated by on-demand charter carrier, Meregrass, Inc./Wildcat Touring, one of three currently flown by the operator. Well once again, I find myself back in Corvallis chasing another one of these rare twin turboprops operated by Meregrass thanks to the tip-off received from FlightAware and FlightRadar24. I was actually flying around the same time, so I landed in Corvallis ahead of the Saab 2000's arrival and got some prime shots as it arrived and parked on the ramp near my plane. As of today, I got two out of the three Saab 2000s currently flown by Meregrass, Inc. doing business as Wildcat Touring!
Corvallis (CVO) 5
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| Meregrass, Inc. (d/b/a Wildcat Touring) Saab 2000 (N814BB) arriving on 35 from San Jose on a charter. My third Saab 2000 photographed overall! |
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| Taxiing in to the ramp. First delivered as an airliner in March 1996 as F-GMVD to Regional Airlines operating on the behalf of Air France before being transferred in March 2001 to Régional following the merger between Regional Airlines, Flandre Air, and Proteus Airlines; the airframe continued to fly on the behalf of Air France. Returned to Saab Aircraft and re-registered as SE-034 in March 2006. |
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| Turning in towards the ramp. After it's stint as an airliner, this airframe was converted for corporate use for stock car race teams; re-registered as N512RH in September 2006 for Rick Hendrick's Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR team. Re-registered again in March 2007 to N166GC, this time flying for Bobby and Thomas Ginns' NASCAR team, Ginn Racing. |
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| Pulling in to the ramp. Meregrass, Inc. acquired this airframe in August 2010 and has been one of three Saab 2000s in their fleet ever since. |
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| N814BB parked on the ramp following engine shut-down. After dropping off the charter passengers, plane was scheduled to make a quick hop over to Eugene for an overnight stay. Always a pleasure catching a rare bird such as this! |
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