PH-LLG_1968-04ca_MUC_1600_MK

 

Photo taken by Manfred Kaffine and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

ca. April 1968

 

PH-LLG "Neptunus"

Lockheed L-188C Electra

188-2014

Martinair Holland

 

PH-LLG is about to line up for take-off on Riem’s runway 25. Noted several times at the airport during 1968 (9 April 1968, 14 May 1968, 9 June 1968, 22 July 1968). Previously had also been seen here with KLM, e.g. on 25 February 1967. (Dates from Klaus Held’s Riem chronicle).

 

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Ole Johan Beck:

First flight 1960, delivered new to KLM as PH-LLG named "Neptunus" February 25th 1960. Repainted to the new KLM revision ca 1965. April 1st 1968 Leased to Martinair until September 1968. January 12th 1969 N857U Universal Airlines. May 1969 converted to freighter L-188C(F). May 5th 1972 Saturn Airways. December 1976 TIA (merged). October 1979 N857U Transamerica. September 1984 Interstate Airlines, October 1987 SE-IZU Falcon Air, March 1993 G-FIZU Hunting Cargo. May 1997 EI-CHY rr, December 1998 G-FIZU Atlantic Airlines. March 1999 Channel Express. September 2016 Buffalo Airways C-GIZU for spares.

 

From the excellent Martinair history in Flash 1978 no. 92:

"To bridge the period between fading out of the DC-7s and the arrival of all three DC-9s on order, an Electra was leased from KLM in April 1968. The lease was intended for a two years period but KLM’s opportunity to favourably dispose of its entire Electra inventory limited PH-LLG’s life with Martinair to nine months only."

Source: www.ewas.nl/files/Flash/1978/Flash 1978 nr 92 kl.pdf

 

 

Registration details for this airframe:

rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=197537

 

PH-LLG with KLM at LHR in 1963:

abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1901580

 

PH-LLG with KLM at FBU in August 1967 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/29620473@N08/53399963269

 

This airframe as N857U with Saturn Airways at YIP in October 1973 (basic Universal colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/23032926@N05/5067942280

 

N857U with Trans International at BFI in August 1977:

www.flickr.com/photos/138175399@N04/24827522735

 

N857U with Transamerica at DAY in July 1982:

www.airhistory.net/photo/730221/N857U

 

N857U with Interstate Airlines at MDW ca. 1984 (basic Transamerica colours):

photos.smugmug.com/Airlines-UnitedStates-3/Interstate-Air...

 

N857U with Interstate Airlines at MIA ca. mid-1980s (full colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/37143842846

 

This airframe as SE-IZU with Falcon Cargo at SNN ca. late 1980s/early 1990s:

www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/15958983650

 

This airframe as G-FIZU with Hunting Cargo at BRU in 1994:

www.flickr.com/photos/191692050@N04/53806140185

 

This airframe as EI-CHY with Hunting Cargo at EDI in June 1997:

www.flickr.com/photos/markp51/49822555227

 

G-FIZU with Channel Express at EDI in January 2001:

www.flickr.com/photos/mthird3rdaviation/5366978815

 

G-FIZU with Atlantic Airlines at CWL in May 2010:

www.flickr.com/photos/iangpics/4629050615

 

This airframe as C-GIZU with Buffalo Airways at Red Deer (YGF/CYGF) in May 2017 (full Atlantic Airlines colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/65679836@N04/34957272022

 

C-GIZU with Buffalo Airways at Red Deer (YGF/CYGF) in June 2018 (Atlantic titles partially removed):

www.flickr.com/photos/ph_airpics/30091785688

 

 

Scan from Kodak medium format (6x6 cm) slide, cropped to 3:2 aspect ratio.

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