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Howard 500 Revival

Flight Journal, Aug 2005 by Jones, Geoffrey P

ONE OF THE FEW SURVIVING HOWARD 50Os will take to the skies again soon. Pictured is N137U, a Howard 500-109 that started life in 1943 as a Lockheed PV-I built for the U.S. Navy and was later transferred to the South African Air Force. It is one of 21 PV-Is acquired by D.U. Howard from San Antonio, Texas, in 1959, for the knockdown price of $750 each. In 1955, Howard had acquired a large number of surplus RCAF Lockheed Venturas as part of a re-manufacturing program to convert former military transports into executive aircraft. The Venturas became Howard 25Os and the PV-Is, Howard 50Os.

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This Howard 500 was stored at an executive airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for many years until it was sold to Bruce R. Stevenson in January 1997 and moved to Portland, Oregon. In 2002, it was moved from Oregon to Minnesota, where it is currently being restored to fly again in late 2005.

-Text and photo by Geoffrey P. Jones

Howard 500 Revival

Flight Journal, Aug 2005 by Jones, Geoffrey P

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