D-BARO_1966-09ca_MUC_1600_ARC

 

Photo from the Andreas Rink collection, slide kindly provided for scanning by Florian Weiß.

 

 

München-Riem

ca. September 1966

 

D-BARO

Fokker F27-400 Friendship

10270

Lufthansa / Condor Flugdienst

 

D-BARO is taxiing to Riem’s runway 07 for take-off. Active with Condor / Lufthansa only between March 1965 (delivered new) and June 1968. D-BARO was noted at Riem on 19 August 1965 and 6/7 September 1966 (probably visited more often).

 

From 1968 to 1976, this aircraft operated as PH-ARO for a number of airlines including Air Congo, ATI, Kingdom of Libya Airlines, Lina Congo, Linair and Libyan Arab Airlines. It went to Air Anglia in November 1976, initially as PH-ARO and in Libyan National Airways (Linair) colours with Air Anglia titles. Re-reg G-BFDS in October 1977. To NLM CityHopper in December 1978, again as PH-ARO. Eventually ended up with the Guatemalan Air Force in 1984. Converted to 400M. Reported seen stored at La Aurora, Guatemala City International, in 2016. (Sources: Danny Grew on airhistory.net, scramble.nl)

 

Registration details for this airframe:

scramble.nl/database/civil/details/F27_379

 

PH-ARO with Aero Trasporti Italiani (ATI) at NAP in August 1969:

www.airhistory.net/photo/804656/PH-ARO

 

PH-ARO with Libyan National Airways (Linair) at MLA in February 1973:

www.airhistory.net/photo/574187/PH-ARO

 

PH-ARO with Air Anglia at ANR in April 1976 (basic Libyan National Airways - Linair colours, no titles):

www.airhistory.net/photo/165604/PH-ARO

 

PH-ARO with Air Anglia at AMS in December 1976 (basic Libyan National Airways - Linair colours):

www.airhistory.net/photo/211474/PH-ARO

 

This airframe as G-BFDS with Air Anglia at NCL in December 1977 (basic Libyan National Airways - Linair colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42/3243928404

 

G-BFDS with Air Anglia at NWI ca. late 1970s (basic Linair colours, logo on tail removed):

www.flickr.com/photos/185849433@N06/50352906473

 

PH-ARO with NML Cityhopper at MST in March 1979:

www.airhistory.net/photo/224924/PH-ARO

 

This airframe as PK-JFM with Sempati Air ca. early 1980s:

www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/45569316342

 

1467 with Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca at MIA ca. late 1980s:

www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/51677705045

 

1467 among other Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca aircraft at Guatemala City in November 2014:

www.flickr.com/photos/namcys11/17361537725

 

1467 still at Guatemala-La Aurora (GUA / MGGT) in September 2023:

imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/5/9/7/7368795.jpg

 

 

Scan from slide (unknown brand).

Done