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Second Caravan Joins Fleet

Second Caravan Joins Fleet

A second Cessna 208 Caravan joined the Florida Air Cargo fleet at Miami’s Opa-locka Airport slightly ahead of a Florida sunset yesterday, and exactly six days after leaving Nairobi, Kenya, on the other side of the planet. The turbo-powered aircraft was...

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Beeline to Belize

Beeline to Belize

Last week, November 701 Sierra Echo headed west under very blue sky from Miami Opa-Locka to Belize City. Followers of this column may recall 1 Sierra Echo is our first of two turbo-powered Cessna Caravans. The office at Florida Air Cargo received a call for...

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N701SE – N702SE

N701SE – N702SE

Looks may be deceiving.  From a far, the sight of a single-engine airplane may be perceived as a small aircraft. It turns out the height of the average pilot comes level with the gold stripe on this turbo-driven Cessna Caravan. The cockpit door is so...

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Crew & Planes

Crew & Planes

We’re Florida Air Cargo. The whole gang is here. Pilots, mechanics, loaders, our secretary, and yes of course, our CEO Sergio Alen, right. We took this photo Monday when we knew the entire fleet would be parked on the ramp in front of our hangar. ...

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Carlos Herrera, 1952-2021

Carlos Herrera, 1952-2021

Carlos Herrera, 1952-2021Carlos Herrera, 1952-2021 To fly through the bluest air over the bluest water was for Captain Carlos Herrera to experience aerial pleasure for the gifted few whose office is a cockpit. Flying an airplane was his passion. In mid-December, he...

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Airfreight into the Bahamas

Airfreight into the Bahamas

AIRFREIGHT INTO THE BAHAMAS  Airfreight into the Bahamas All, repeat, all the cargo we carry receives our personal touch. It’s a fact: each and every piece of cargo placed aboard our airplanes has been personally lifted, shifted, or stacked by a real person. Most...

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Keeping the Fleet Airborne

Keeping the Fleet Airborne

KEEPING THE FLEET AIRBORNE Keeping the Fleet Airborne Rare is the moment that a DC-3 is ever fully together. The chances are pretty good that whenever a DC-3 is parked that its motor cowling has been removed and skilled hands are probing throughout its radial engine....

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cargo plane in Miami

cargo plane in Miami

WE HAVE UNIQUE CARGO CARRIERS AT FLORIDA AIR CARGO!We Have Unique Cargo Carriers at Florida Air Cargo!Want to know more about our fleet? Here at Florida Air Cargo, we have three DC-3s that we want you to know about. We feature the best cargo plane in Miami-Dade...

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