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Dassault Breguet Falcon 20DC operated by Draken engineering on Exercise Joint Warrior 21/2 at Prestwick airport, Ayrshire, Scotland.
the little jet that started it all.....Federal Express Dassault Falcon 20 parked in front of the old Sohio hanger back in Aug 1978
delivered 5-1970 to Pan American Business Jets as N4396F
4-1973 to FDX
Just back from a short trip to visit family in Kelowna BC. Found lots of these guys through out the area. California Quail
Dassault Breguet Falcon 20DC operated by Draken engineering on Exercise Joint Warrior 21/1 at Prestwick airport, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Dassault Breguet Falcon 20DC operated by Draken engineering Europe on Exercise Joint Warrior 21/1 at Prestwick airport, Ayrshire, Scotland.
N907FR : Dassault Falcon 20DC : FR Aviation
On static display at the Canberra 40th Anniversary event.
The fleet of elderly Falcon 20s continue in service in 2020, now with British registrations and with the new company name Cobham (renamed in 1994).
Draken Dassault Breguet Falcon 20DC operated by Draken engineering on finals to land at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland.
Cobham Falcon 20DC at Aberdeen, another from my first outing in 2019. I normally post a Top Ten for the past year, but this time i will post a selection of the many highlights from 2019.
FR Aviation
Dassault Falcon (Mystere) 20DC
G-FRAU (cn 97)
with
Cobham
Dassault Falcon (Mystere) 20DC
G-FRAF (cn 295)
Photographed at the Royal International Air Tattoo.
Fairford (FFD / EGVA)
UK - England, July 19, 2009.
Dassault Breguet Falcon 20DC operated by Cobham engineering on Exercise Joint Warrior 17/1 at RAF Lossiemouth on finals to land on the 05 end of the main.
A different angle on Cobham Aviation's Dassault Falcon (Mystere) 20DC, G-FRAS, (c/n 82, l/n 418), as it lines up for departure from RAF Coningsby's runway 25.
Former Federal Express Falcon freighter on delivery via Shannon 24/3/85. Now in the Portuguese AF museum.
Dassault Breguet Falcon 20DC operated by Cobham engineering on Exercise Tartan flag at RAF Lossiemouth lining up on runway 23 for the next sortie.
Dassault Breguet Falcon 20DC operated by Cobham engineering on Exercise Joint Warrior 17/1 at RAF Lossiemouth on finals to land on the 05 end of the main.
FR Aviation Falcon 20DC on the ramp one day prior to departing for Teesside-Durham Tees Valley as FRA80.
The aircraft that started it all.....Taken Aug 1975 on the Sohio Aviation ramp in CLE
delivered 5-1975 to Federal Express
9-1993 to Cobham Leasing as G-FRAP and is still current
cn....207
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Dassault Falcon ( Mystere ) 20DC - msn 199
• REG : N8FE
• RMK : Named : "Wendy"
@ History Aircraft :
• 1969 : First flight - Bordeaux ( BOD ) France
• 17.APR.1973 : "Federal Express" FX & FDX started overnight operations with it and revolutionized/pioneered the "overnight" air express industry ( FedEx purchased 33 of the popular Falcon 20 business jets as its first aircraft, modifying each with a cargo door and a strengthened floor ) "Wendy" was FedEx's first aircraft named after the daughter of their founder Fred Smith
• 1983 : The Company donated it to the Smithsonian and displayed now at the Udvar Hazy Center Chantilly
Dassault Falcon 20DC
Portuguese Air Force
Museu do Ar
Sintra 19/5/2018
Seen this being delivered through Shannon on 24/3/1985 with dual reg of N35FE/8103 see flic.kr/p/djAxsM
Farnborough, 07 September 1994. Scanned from my own slide.
Aircraft are G-FRAD, G-FRAK, G-FRAO and G-FRAP.
FR Aviation was an operating name for Flight Refuelling Ltd , a long standing pioneer in inflight refuelling. FR Aviation was renamed Cobham Aviation in 1994. The company was taken over by the Advent International private equity firm in 2019.
I visited the beautiful historic town of Bad Münstereifel in the Eifel region in May 2021 (more here).
Two months later, floods hit Bad Münstereifel and the surrounding region, leaving many people homeless and killing over 180 people across the entire area. You can see what Bad Münstereifel looked like a few days after the flood in this video.
I am grateful that I could visit this place before the disaster, but for this reason it hurts even more to see the destruction in those pictures.
Fujifilm X-E1 - Fujinon XF 35mm F1.4 R
I visited the beautiful historic town of Bad Münstereifel in the Eifel region in May 2021 (more here).
Two months later, floods hit Bad Münstereifel and the surrounding region, leaving many people homeless and killing over 180 people across the entire area. You can see what Bad Münstereifel looked like a few days after the flood in this video.
I am grateful that I could visit this place before the disaster, but for this reason it hurts even more to see the destruction in those pictures.
Fujifilm X-E1 - Fujinon XF 35mm F1.4 R
Photo from the Andreas Müller collection, slide kindly provided for scanning by Michael Bernhard.
München-Riem
July 1986
SE-DBO "Siger Viking"
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21
47361 / 488
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
SE-DBO is taxiing to Riem’s runway 25 for take-off. All SAS’s DC-9-21s were fairly frequently seen at Riem on scheduled flights. Note Oman Royal Flight’s DC-8-73CF A4O-HMQ parked in the Ostpilz area in the background.
Information from flickr - thanks to Chris (Heathrow Junkie):
SE-DBO c/n 47361 'Siger Viking' Douglas DC-9-21 - delivered new to SAS in April 1969. Re-registered as OY-KIC in 1990 and strangely back to SE-DBO the following year!
The aircraft was only retired by SAS in 1995 after an impressive 26 years service! Returned to McDonnell Douglas in the USA, the aircraft then became N127NK with Valujet and then Perris Valley Skydiving, before being finally withdrawn in 2003.
Additional information from flickr - thanks to jbp274:
First flown in April 1969, this DC-9 (serial 47361) was delivered new to SAS Scandinavian Airlines as SE-DBO "Siger Viking." It also briefly used a Danish registration, OY-KIC, while still flying for SAS. The aircraft was leased to Nordic East Airways from August 1991 to June 1992 before leaving the SAS fleet entirely in March 1995. It was then delivered to Spirit Airlines in May 1995, where it gained its current tail number, N127NK. From there it went to ValuJet in December 1995 and Allegiant Air in June 1998 - its current paint scheme is adapted from the early Allegiant livery it carried at that point. Retired by December 2002, it was then converted to carry skydivers, who exit through the a modification of the rear airstair (D.B. Cooper style.)
The sole DC9 in the world used for skydiving was again active in 2024 after being grounded for many years due to lack of spares!
Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=339615
Information on the DC-9 Series 20 from flickr - thanks to Chris (Heathrow Junkie):
The DC-9 Series 20 was designed especially for SAS who required improved short field performance (by using the more powerful engines and improved wings of the Series 30 combined with the shorter fuselage of the Series 10. Ten Series 20 aircraft were produced, all of them the Model 21 - one was unfortunately written off in an accident in 1973 (LN-RLM).
SE-DBO with SAS at DUS in May 1980:
www.flickr.com/photos/steelhead2010/31711171850
This airframe as OY-KIC with SAS at DUS in March 1991:
www.flickr.com/photos/190105067@N03/50440637258
SE-DBO with Nordic East at ARN early 1990s:
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/50908885597
This airframe as N127NK with ValuJet at FLL ca. mid-1990s:
photos.smugmug.com/Airlines-USA6/ValuJet-Airlines/i-cKqVx...
N127NK with Allegiant Air at SJC in August 2001:
www.flickr.com/photos/7313827@N06/5782249866/
N127NK with Perris Valley Skydiving at Perris Valley Airport early 2000s:
www.flickr.com/photos/92009354@N00/54236121197
N127NK with Perris Valley Skydiving at Perris Valley Airport in May 2024:
www.flickr.com/photos/habujet/53707024394
www.flickr.com/photos/160753404@N05/53758756439
www.flickr.com/photos/160753404@N05/53758756594
Scan from Kodachrome slide.