Steve Quayle News Alerts

June 26, 2003

Poster "A": To you guys in Africa who are in the know about this aircraft, Was it a fuel hauler delivered last year with the reg # N844AA ? Silver and blue with the American Airlines logo scraped off the Vertical? Just curious.

Poster "A": N844AA

If I'm not mistaken, that is the aircraft that we ferried from MIA to Luanda for a THIEF known as Keith Irwin out of Jo- Burg. It was an Ex AA pax B-727. That aircraft is a full blown fuel hauler and if in the wrong hands could be a serious threat however, I would guess at this point it was just the repo man claiming his property. Keith Irwin brought a crew of six over from the states to operate this aircraft and after two months on the project, the crew left without collecting a single pay check. He also owed several other people lots of money and may have got in trouble for buying a HOT HF radio, stolen from the Angolan military and they may have had something to do with seizing the aircraft originally. Who knows

Poster "A": Oh yea it had tanks. Ten Aluminum 500 gallon tanks each plummed together by a four inch manifold with shutoff valves on each one and a very unique vent system. At least they were installed in the aircraft when I left that god for saken place last year.

Poster "A": The Gringos Name??

The guy that brought the aircraft to Luanda was Keith Irwin and was from Randpark Ridge outside of Jo-Burg in South Africa. He had made a deal to haul deisel fuel to the diamond mines for those so called Generals in Angola. Yes he did name the airline "Air Angols". The aircraft was leased or perhaps stolen from an outfit at the Opolaka airport in Miami.The Aircraft N844AA was an Ex American Airlines bird and was converted to a fuel hauler while in Namibia. The "FIRM" in Florida was there on the feild at Opolaka and they had several aircraft in there possession along with a large staff of Mechanics and helper's and an active telephone at the time.

Poster "A": Keith Irwin

Yup, The Bastard got me for about $14,000 USD and the rest of the guys for as much and more!!!!!! I only wish that it was him that stole the airplane from Luanda and got blown out of the sky. It would be a shame though, it was a nice airplane. Come to think of it he wouldn't know the first thing about flying a 72. Oh well, mabe a bullet will find his head some day.

Another Poster: Now there's a bad name to remember, Keith Irwin. I worked for him out of Lanseria flying his Baron 58 (ZS-IB#) for a company called Select Air back in 1989, and never really got paid. My salary cheque bounced a few times, even a few times on the same day after being assured that all is OK.

Poster "A": Like I said previously folks, If that was a US registered X American Airlines B-727 reg.#N844AA , and it was converted to a fuel tanker last year. It has ten 500 gallon aluminum tanks bolted to the floor with 4 inch valves on each tank joined together by 4 inch high pressure hoses leading to the aft where refueling is accomplished. There is also a very unique vent system which allows almost zero fumes into the aircraft. The tanks are held to the seat tracks in four corners buy half inch bolts.(I would hate to see where the tanks would end up if a few G's were pulled) The aircraft was delivered to Luanda by a South African THEIF known as Keith Irwin. Sorry I had to repeat the theifs name again.

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