Vortex Air International (ATDB)

Name	Alias	IATA	ICAO	Country	Base	Dates
Vortex Air International				USA.Florida	Miami	1967-1990
Associated with World Air Lsg, Universal Air Equipment Lsg and Cargo Transport Lsg. Hired by US State Dept to supply Contras forces in Honduras. Ceased ops following the end of the Nicaragua war.

Name

Alias

IATA

ICAO

Country

Base

Dates

Vortex Air International

USA.Florida

Miami

1967-1990

Associated with World Air Lsg, Universal Air Equipment Lsg and Cargo Transport Lsg. Hired by US State Dept to supply Contras forces in Honduras. Ceased ops following the end of the Nicaragua war.

Operator	Model	Sub-Type	Planned	Current or Planned	Historical	Total all times	Avg Age Active
Vortex Air Int'l	DC-7	DC-7B			1	1	-
Vortex Air Int'l	DC-7	DC-7C			1	1	-
Vortex Air Int'l	L.1049	L.1049 Series			1	1	-
Vortex Air Int'l	DC-6	C-118A-DO (DC-6A/B)			2	2	-
Vortex Air Int'l	DC-6	DC-6			2	2	-
Vortex Air Int'l	DC-6	DC-6A			4	4	-
Vortex Air Int'l	DC-6	DC-6B			1	1	-
Vortex Air Int'l	Martin M-404	Martin 404			1	1	-
TOTAL:			13	13	-

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Reg'n	Type	MSN	s/n	Built	at	1^stDel	Operator	Origin	Became	Status	Cancel^ed	Destroyed	Remarks
N1097	DC‑7B	45342	921		LGB	1958-01-11	Vortex Air Int'l	ex N833D @ Int'l Aerodyne	To (Arrow Air Arrow Air)	Destroyed	2013-04-26	1996	no titles
N8219H	DC‑7C/F	45214	897		LGB	1957-11-12	Vortex Air Int'l	ex SE‑CCE @ SAS	To (Civil Caribbean Freighters)	Destroyed	2013-02-27	1980
N37590	DC‑6A	44905	670		LGB	1956-04-07	Vortex Air Int'l	leased from Aerolessors	(Leased & Returned)	Scrapped	2013-04-26		no titles
N33VX	C‑118A‑DO (DC‑6A/B)	44615	541		LGB	1955-01-19	Vortex Air Int'l	ex N70069 @ World Air Leasing Corp	Destroyed (Golden Meadow,LA (opf TACA) in [ US ])	Destroyed in [ US ]		1988-07-20
N22VX	C‑118A‑DO (DC‑6A/B)	44615	541		LGB	1955-01-19	Vortex Air Int'l	ex N3434F @ Kitty Hawk Int'l	To (World Air Leasing Corporation N70069)	Destroyed		1988-07-20
N11VX	DC‑6A	44064	408		LGB	1953-09-15	Vortex Air Int'l	ex N99114 @ Pacific Alaska AL	To (Vortex Air International N9779N)	Scrapped		1992-04-
N9779N	DC‑6A	44064	408		LGB	1953-09-15	Vortex Air Int'l	ex N11VX @ Vortex Air Int'l	To (Florida Air Transport Florida A/c Lsg)	Scrapped		1992-04-	drug runner
N1VX	DC‑6A/B	43266	182		LGB	1951-05-02	Vortex Air Int'l	ex N9429 @ Vortex Air Int'l	To (Execuflite N11VX)	Scrapped		1986-01-	converted DC-6B in 1975Q1
N9429	DC‑6B	43266	182		LGB	1951-05-02	Vortex Air Int'l	ex HC‑ATK @ TAME	To (Vortex Air International N1VX)	Scrapped		1986-01-
N9779R	DC‑6				LGB		Vortex Air Int'l	ex?	Unknown ()	Disposed
N625CA	DC‑6				LGB		Vortex Air Int'l	ex?	Unknown ()	Disposed			only listed in de-classified CIA doc; opf NHAO/Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Organization
N149S	Martin 404	14141		1952-01-07	MTN	1952-01-23	Vortex Air Int'l	ex N450A @ Eastern AL	To (Civil N450A)	Preserved
N6906C	L.1049‑54‑80	4020			BUR	1952-07-16	Vortex Air Int'l		Destroyed ( at MIA)	Destroyed at MIA	1975-06-10	1973-04-03