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OY-STO_1972-05_MUC_1290_NK

 

Photo taken by Norbert Kröpfl, scan kindly provided by Stephan Barth for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

May 1972

 

OY-STO

Fokker F27-500 Friendship

10341

Sterling Airways

 

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Stephan Barth (slightly adapted):

Sterling Airways operated two Friendships for a few years, both aircraft were sold to East West Airlines of Australia in 1973 (OY-STO as VH-EWO). Following service with MVA as N292FA and TAM as PT-LAL, Friendship 10341 came back to Europe in 1999 and would fly for Farner Europe until 2009. Stored at Bergamo as HA-FAC, it was broken up after 2012.

 

OY-STO was first noted at Riem on 17 May 1969 and last on 1 August 1973. It visited fairly often during the period in between. Note the Iberia DC-9 and Tunisair Caravelle in the background.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=117362

 

Detailed history of this airframe including photos:

www.aussieairliners.org/f-27/vh-ewo/vhewo.html

 

This airframe as PH-FLM with Fokker in flight ca. 1968:

www.aussieairliners.org/f-27/vh-ewo/1993.556l.jpg

 

OY-STO with Sterling at CPH in March 1970 (full colours, no Sterling titles on fuselage):

www.aussieairliners.org/f-27/vh-ewo/1999.767l.jpg

 

 

OY-STO leased to Fokker in early 1970 (Sterling colours, Air Afrique titles):

www.aussieairliners.org/f-27/vh-ewo/1999.765l.jpg

 

This airframe as VH-EWO with East-West Airlines at SYD in January 1978:

www.aussieairliners.org/f-27/vh-ewo/1999.204l.jpg

 

This airframe as N272FA with Mississippi Valley Airlines in April 1985:

www.aussieairliners.org/f-27/vh-ewo/1993.134l.jpg

 

N292FA at ORD in June 1985 (MVA colours, no titles):

www.oy-reg.dk/billeder/l17591.jpg

 

This airframe as PT-LAL with TAM at SDU in June 1988:

www.airhistory.net/photo/375666/PT-LAL

 

This airframe as HA-FAC with Farner Europe at BGY in July 2007 (Six Cargo sticker):

www.flickr.com/photos/guidojet/52315884416

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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Taken in May 1972