Israeli Aircraft
Industries 1124 Westwind
N222SR
(c/n 194)
In 1967 Israeli Aircraft
Industries acquired the full manufacturing rights of the North American
(Rockwell Division) Jet Commander 1121. This
aircraft was a direct derivative of the tried and
true piston engine (and
later turbo prop) Aero Commander line of 1950s era. One
notable
enhancement made by IAI was the addition of wing tip
tanks. This machine carried the ferry
registration 4X-CKR before coming onto the U.S. register as N222SR for
the Stearns-Roger
Corporation, based in Denver,
Colorado. My shot was taken on the executive ramp at El Paso,
Texas in 1980.