That the concept of touring the world in a flying yacht might not be understood everywhere was highlighted on 23 March 1960 when the American Kendall family came under attack by armed tribesmen on this beach near the Gulf of Aqaba. The wreck can be inspected through Google Street View. Unfortunately the wing pylon has meanwhile collapsed and the tail broken off. This airframe had also starred in a 1959 movie, SOS Pacific. See the other photos. Photo by: Ken Stanford

Registered as CCCP-25113 in 1991. To HK-3732X in 1992 and HK-3732 by 2013.

Registered as CCCP-27087 in 1992. To HK-3862 in 1993. Destroyed by fire after an emergency landing in 2004. I checked the c/n.

Registered as CCCP-27073 then to HK-3780X in 1992. To HK-3780 by 2018. I Checked the c/n.

Registered as CCCP-25112 in 1991. To HK-3730X in 1992 and HK-3730 in 2008.

Registered as CCCP-27060 in 1992. To HK-3863 in 1993. Stored at Kabul by 2016. I checked the c/n.

Destroyed in a fatal mid-air collision with a Colombian Air Force helicopter in 2010.

Delivered as kit in 1981 and assembled by Aero Mercantil. Withdrawn from use before 1997.

Built in 1980. Initially registered as N2683X then to N775GP. To HK-3759X in 1992.

Built in 1993 and registered as N1075. To HK-3915 in 1994. Later HK-3915W.

Built in 1963. Initially registered as N9807L then to HK-1222P in 1964. Crashed in 1998.

Initially registered as N3641A then to HK-2510 in 1980.

Built in 1977 and registered as N24164. To N713X in 1983. Converted to a Catpass 250 with box underneath in 1988. To C-FCGV in 1989, HK-3796X in 1992, HK-3796 by 1995, N456CJ in 1999 and C-FZNQ in 2003.

Built in 1977 and registered as N63687 then to N77GB in 1989, possibly XB-CLL and HK-3649P in 1991.

Built in 1969.

Assembled from a kit by Aero Mercantil in 1982. A Panther conversion as it has four bladed props and winglets.

Initially registered as N9561N then to HK-3397W in 1987. To LQ-BLU in 1996. Crashed in Argentina in 2010.

Often incorrectly quoted as c/n CV-523 ex 44-34012, but that aircraft was w/o in the Philppines on 5 Jun 1945 when damaged on a rescue mission and abandoned. HK-2115P was officially registered in Jun 1978 as serial number "34012" (its former US Navy ID), which makes it c/n 1566. This was registered as CF-IEE in Jul 1955 and damaged in an accident in 1970. The fuselage was apparently transported to Colombia and used in the rebuild of HK-2115P. It was inspected in 2008 and found to have an Aero Corporation plate with serial 34012. In 2017 it was bought by a German and temporarily stored in Molbergen, Germany since Jan 2018. In 2019 it was transported to Meidl, Fertoszentmiklós, Hungary to be restored by Rare Bird Aviation.

Ex-ZP-PTC.

Crashed in 2019.