Wright
Airlines Beechcraft A99 N20FW
(c/n U-111)
Wright Airlines purchased a couple of Beech
99s, new, in 1969. (Beech, in their marketing strategy,
always
referred to this model as a "Beechcraft"). These
unpressurized 15 passenger commuter air-
craft were
used along with the Herons and Twin Otters on the local Cleveland -
Detroit downtown
airport runs. The shot of N20FW seen above (with downtown Cleveland in
the background) was
taken by Bob Garrard in May 1970. The same aircraft is seen in
another Garrard image (below)
having just returned
from a lease-out in 1972 (to Cascade Airlines?). In
1983 Wright Airlines
merged
with Aeromech, and in so doing picked up another couple of Beechcraft
99s along with
their
Bandeirantes.