XA-SAC  Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar                                 (c/n 2623)

                                

                                  Built as a C-60A-5-LO, serial no. 43-16463, this Lodestar was civilianized in 1947 as N6060
                                  and went to Sinclair Refining Co.  It was sold to Aero Cargo in 1960 as XA-SAC.  My photo
                                  above was taken at Ensenada Airport, Baja California in 1966.   It was used as a freighter, and
                                  close examination of the windows shows them covered in cargo netting.   This aircraft crashed
                                  during take off on 20 May 1969  at Bahia de Todos Los Santos, the bay upon which the port
                                  of Ensenada sits.      Since that time there have been at least five other aircraft registered
                                  XA-SAC.