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Retirement of KLM FOKKER 70

 

Netherlands - Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM)

An airplane engine like this has a diameter of about 3,2 meters, large enough to fit a small car inside. A curious fact is that it can generate enough thrust to move an entire freight train, showcasing the immense power required to keep an airplane in the air. Interesting, isn’t it?

PH-BKA - Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner.

KLM.

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (EHAM/AMS).

14DEC2022.

Photo: Bruno Proence Alves.

Obs: KLM 100 Years Livery.

Der Hamburger Verein für Luftfahrt e.V. (HVL) ist einer von zwei Segelflugvereinen, deren Mitglieder ihren Sport im Naturschutzgebiet Boberger Niederung ausüben. Seit über 50 Jahren starten und landen hier Segelflugzeuge. Mit über 120 Mitgliedern ist der HVL einer der größten Segelflugvereine Deutschlands und mit seiner Erstgründung 1908 auch einer der ältesten.

HL7617 - Boeing 747-8B5(F).

Korean Air Cargo.

Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl (PANC/ANC).

04JUN2021.

Photo: Bruno Proence Alves.

Obs: KE261 departing for O'Hare.

Serial number: 21711

Line Number: 573

First flight date: 03/05/1979

 

5H-MRK 16/05/1979 Air Tanzania

5H-MRK 01/04/1999 Air Namibia

ZS-OWM 19/06/2002 VSA Aviation

ZS-OWM 01/12/2002 Transair Congo

ZS-OWM 01/10/2003 Executive Aerospace

C-FFAL 04/09/2004 Falconbridge

C-FFAL 18/12/2007 Xstrata Canada

C-FFAL 30/07/2013 Glencore Canada

Serial number: 64975

Line Number: 810

First flight date: 10/02/2019

Engines 2 x GEnx-1B

 

C-GURP 19/02/2019 WestJet

Serial number: 55112

Engines 2 x PW PW1524G-3

 

C-GNBN 03/04/2021 Air Canada

Serial number: 4601

Test registration: C-GGTR

Engines 2 x PWC PW150A

Serial number: 26633

Line Number: 519

First flight date: 22/01/1993

Engines 2 x RR RB211-535 E4

 

PH-TKA 22/02/1993 Transavia Airlines

NZ7571 07/04/2003 Royal New Zealand Air Force

Serial number: 60130

Line Number: 5341

First flight date: 19/03/2014

Engines 2 x CFMI CFM56-7B27

 

C-FUJR 27/03/2015 WestJet

Serial number: 44307

Line Number: 7589

First flight date: 08/06/2019

Engines 2 x CFMI LEAP-1B

 

C-FLQZ 22/06/2022 Flair Air

Saint Munchin, or Mainchín in Irish, was the patron saint of Limerick, known for cursing at the natives of the city, we've all done that.

 

Up close & personal as St Munchin, an Aer Lingus A330-300 turns off runway 28 at Dublin Airport, this is (was ) EI-EDY, delivered to Aer Lingus in June 2009.

 

When Aer Lingus set up a base in Manchester, UK in 2021, EI-EDY was re registered as G-EIDY for new routes from there to New York JFK, Orlando and Barbados.

Serial number: 556

First flight date: 29/10/2003

Test registration: F-WWJN

Engines 4 x CFMI CFM56-5C4

 

HB-JMD 28/11/2003 Swiss International Air Lines

HB-JMD 13/08/2018 Edelweiss Air

Serial number: 42846

Line Number: 7822

First flight date: 21/11/2019

Test registration: N5573L

Engines 2 x CFMI LEAP-1B25

 

C-GUUL 27/07/2022 Lynx Air

C-GUUL 18/10/2024 WestJet

JA612A - Boeing 767-381(ER).

Air Do.

Tokyo Haneda International Airport (RJTT/HND).

02AUG2022.

Photo: Bruno Proence Alves.

Serial number: 2256

Line Number: 256

First flight date: 10/11/1994

Test registration: G2-256

Engines 4 x LY LF507-1F

 

D-AVRA 18/11/1994 Lufthansa Cityline

Stored 03/2012 as G-CHIU

Stored 01/2013 as N354AC

N354AC 27/11/2013 Aero Flite

C-GVFH 12/08/2020 Conair

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