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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 08-Oct-20.
Fleet No: "7AA".
This aircraft was delivered to American Airlines as N770AN in Jan-99. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Mobile - Downtown (BFM), AL, USA in Mar-20 as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It was moved to Roswell, NM, USA in Aug-20 (I'm not sure if that's a permanent retirement as Roswell is normally where American's aircraft go at the end their lives...). Stored, updated (Oct-20).
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise 07-Sep-25.
First flown in Nov-94 with the Airbus test registration F-WWAA, this aircraft was stored at Toulouse until it was delivered to China Eastern Airlines as B-2325 in Mar-95.
It was retired and stored at Shanghai-Hongqiao in Mar-14. The aircraft was sold to AVIC Leasing in Dec-14 and converted to freighter configuration at Dresden, Germany in Mar-16 and leased to Uni-Top Airlines, China in later the same month.
The aircraft was permanently retired at Shanghai-Hongqiao in Jun-19.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 20-Apr-16.
First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AVYD, this aircraft was delivered to Tunis Air in Sep-98. Now almost 18 years old (as of Apr-16), it continues in service.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version.
Shame this isn't in sharper focus! Ah well, such is life!
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 14-Aug-25.
'Colum', Ireland World Tail livery.
This aircraft was leased to Cityflyer Express as G-BZAU in Jun-98 and operated on behalf of British Airways. It was renamed British Airways Citiexpress in Nov-02 while the operation for British Airways continued.
In Feb-06 the company was renamed BA Connect although not many aircraft carried those titles. It became BA Cityflyer again in Mar-07 while the operation for British Airways continued.
The aircraft was withdrawn from service in May-10 and returned to BAE Systems Asset Management. It was stored at Southend, UK.
In Aug-10 it was leased to National Jet Express (Australia) as VH-NJQ and operated on behalf of Cobham Aviation. It was permanently retired at Adelaide, South Australia in Jun-21. It was broken up there in Sep-22.
Also recently replaced has been the old Leyland 6x4 whale bodied water bowser. She has been replaced with this very neat looking 4x2 DAF LF based water bowser SY09AWZ seen to the rear of Inverness Fire Station
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 18-Apr-24.
Named: "Al-Wuseil".
First flown as an A330-203 with the Airbus test registration F-WWKU, this aircraft was delivered to Qatar Airways as A7-ACD at the end of Mar-03. It was sold to Doha Leasing (A330) Ltd on delivery and leased back to Qatar Airways.
It was converted to A330-202 standard in Sep-04 to bring it in line with the rest of the Qatar A330-200 fleet. It was returned to the lessor in May-18 and sold to Wilmington Trust SP Services (Dublin) Ltd as EI-GGP in Jun-18.
The aircraft was leased to Air Italy (Italy) a few days later. Air Italy ceased operations on 11-Feb-20, just at the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Italy suffered very badly early on).
It was returned to the lessor and stored at Doha, Qatar. The aircraft was 'leased' to Qatar Airways as A7-ACR in Nov-20, although it never entered service. It was ferried to Teruel, Spain in Dec-20 and permanently retired. It was broken up at Teruel in Sep-21. Updated 01-Apr-24.
This Carson's store replaced the original store at the Evergreen Plaza. Making this the newest store Carson's has.
A temple style Phrygian rock-carved tomb near Midas City. you can see that they replaced the pillars. for me, i wish they would have left just the way that 3000 years of mother nature left it, to give it more of that authentic feel, but oh well.
In the heart of Turkey’s Afyon lies the Phrygian valley, a huge area with a series of mystical caves steeped in ancient history.
Afyon is a central region of Turkey well known for it’s thermal springs, but travel past the spas and you’ll discover the beautiful Phrygian Valley, a huge expanse of hollow caves that have been inhabited for over 7000 years. Still populated to this day, the Phrygian Valley is a wonderful contrast of the ancient with the present, with a thriving farming community working the land around the gorgeous ochre coloured caves and natural rock formations that are scattered across the whole valley. Wandering along the dusty road that goes through the centre of the valley feels like something out of an Indiana Jones film, with huge ancient caves looming on all sides, each containing their own secrets from centuries gone by. Exploring these carved out caverns is utterly fascinating, as each has its own history that tells the story of ancient civilisations that have made the valley their home. One cave holds the carved out graves of a Roman family, with protective engraved stone lions over the door, which have stood the test of time and several different inhabitants. A church from the second century, the era in which the Christians settled in Afyon, has a cathedral-esque interior, stone eaves and worship rooms chiselled deep into the rocks face. Explore the caves some more and you find another tiny space that appears unassuming, but look at the walls through a camera lense and you’ll see the Jesus and the 12 disciples painted onto the stones surface. This phenomenon continues to baffle scientists and is definitely worth the trek up the step hill upon which it sits. The Phrygian Valley also plays host to the fabled King Midas’ castle, a huge rock formation that stands out in the plains that has natural rooms that apparently housed the famous donkey-eared king. If you’ve got strong shoes its well worth climbing up to the top of the rock for unbeatable views of the sweeping valley and its famous‘fairy chimneys’, the colloquial term for rock formations that look uncannily like mushrooms.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 01-May-20.
Named: "City of Groningen".
First flown with the Fokker test registration PH-EXP, this aircraft was delivered to Austrian Air Services as OE-LFD in Jan-89 and operated on behalf of Austrian Airlines. Austrian Air Services was merged into Tyrolean Airways in May-94 and services for Austrian Airlines continued.
It was returned to Austrian Airlines in May-96. The aircraft was due to be leased to Denim Air (Netherlands) as PH-DMD but the lease was cancelled and it was leased to Skyways (Sweden) as SE-LEM in Apr-97.
It was returned to Austrian Airlines in Jan-99 and leased to Denim Air as PH-DMD the same day and operated on behalf of European Air Express. It returned to Denim Air in Aug-99 and was wet-leased to Air Nostrum (Spain).
Austrian Airlines sold the aircraft to Elmo Aviation Ltd in Nov-00 while the lease to Denim Air and sub-lease to Air Nostrum continued. It was returned to Denim Air and Elmo Aviation in May-01 and stored at Eindhoven, Netherlands.
It was re-registered TF-JMG in Sep-01 and eventually leased to Air Iceland (Flugfelag Islands) in Apr-02. It was wet-leased to Air Adriatic in Apr-04, short term.
The aircraft returned to the lessor in Jul-04 and was due to be leased to Air Baltic as YL-BAX but the lease was cancelled and it was leased to VLM Vlaamse Luchttransport Maatschappij (Belgium) as OO-VLM in Sep-04.
VLM was merged into CityJet (Ireland) in Nov-09. However it separated again under new management, becoming VLM again in Apr-15. Unfortunately that version of VLM ceased operations in Jun-16 (see note below).
The aircraft was returned to the lessor and stored at Saarbrucken, Germany. The aircraft was sold to Air Panama as HP-1992PST in Jan-17 and stored at Panama City's Paitilla Airport.
I can't find any evidence of it entering service and I'm assuming it was used as a spares source (it was 29 years old by that time). Updated 04-Jan-23.
Note: When you scratch the surface of VLM in it's later years, there were many owners and airlines involved including KLM/Air France, CityJet (also owned by KLM/Air France), a Management Buy-out, a German company and others. It's very complicated and, to be honest, of no real interest to the average aviation enthusiast.
Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version 03-Jun-19 (DeNoise AI 12-Sep-22).
Named: "Alf Viking".
First flown with the Fokker test registration PH-EXL, this aircraft was delivered to Linjeflyg, Sweden as SE-DGA in May-73. It was wet-leased to Andrea Airlines (a short-lived Peruvian domestic airline) in Jul-91 and returned to Linjeflyg in Dec-91.
Linjeflyg was merged into SAS Scandinavian Airlines in Jan-93. The aircraft was retired and stored at Stockholm-Arlanda in Jan-97, it was broken up there in Aug-97.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 10-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 17-Jun-23. A bit blurred!
With additional 'On Charter to C.A.A.C' (Central African Airlines Corporation) stickers.
This was parked outside the British Eagle hangars at London-Heathrow being serviced with British Eagle equipment. As the rest of the BOAC DC-7C fleet had been disposed of by spring 1964, I think Eagle had a maintenance contract for the remaining 2 freighters which were in service until spring 1965. As the stickers say, it was being 'Operated for C.A.A.C.' (Central African Airways Corporation).
This aircraft was delivered new to BOAC in Apr-57 and was in passenger service for just three and a half years before it was converted into a freighter with 2 main-deck cargo doors by the Douglas Aircraft Company at their Santa Monica, CA, plant in Dec-60.
It continued in service with BOAC Cargo until it was sold to Universal Trading Corp (USA) in May-65. It was transferred to FB Ayer & Associates the same month as N16465. It was leased to Airlift International in Jan-66, returning to FB Ayer in Sep-66.
The following month it was leased to International Aerodyne and sub-leased back to Airlift International. It was returned to FB Ayer in Sep-67. In Feb-68 it was leased to Air Caribbean Transport as 6Y-JFK and returned to FB Ayer in Apr-70, again as N16465 and was stored at Tucson, AZ, USA.
It was sold to Onyx Aviation in Mar-78 and sold again in Nov-78 to ComTran Inc and sold again to La mancha Aire Inc in Dec-81. Finally, it was sold to Paterson Aircraft Corp in Sep-83. It was later stored again at Miami and broken up there in Dec-92.
The double-decker Dom Luis I bridge is an icon of the city of Porto. It spans the River Douro linking the Port wine houses of Vila Nova de Gaia with the bustling downtown Ribeira district of Porto. Construction took place between 1881 and 1886 with the bridge being built adjacent to an existing bridge which it replaced.
Sadly there was no possibility to get a shot without "framing" twigs.
Any suggestions for cropping??
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replaced with a cropped version. i kept looking at the thumbnail of the original like, "wait...i think this actually looks better."
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 27-May-24.
Named: "Parrot".
This aircraft was delivered to GECAS and leased to China Airlines as B-18673 in Nov-96. It didn't stay long and was returned to the lessor in Dec-98. It was leased to Istanbul Airlines as TC-IAG the following day.
It didn't stay in Türkiye long either and returned to the lessor in Apr-00 (Istanbul ceased operations in Aug-00). The aircraft was leased to City Bird Airlines (Belgium) in May-00. It was transferred to City Bird France as F-GLTG in Apr-01. City Bird and City Bird France were declared bankrupt in Oct-01 and the aircraft was returned to the lessor as N120AF in Nov-01 and stored.
In Apr-02 it was leased to SATA International (Azores/Portugal) as CS-TGZ in Apr-02 and returned to the lessor in Aug-05. In Sep-05 it was re-registered VT-SJC and leased to Air Sahara (India). Air Sahara was sold to Jet Airways (India) and was eventually renamed Jet Lite as Jet Airways 'low-cost' division.
The aircraft was returned to the lessor as N491MT in Apr-09 and stored at Kuala Lumpur-Subang. In Sep-09 it was leased to Skynet Asia Airways (Japan) as JA737G. Skynet was renamed Solaseed Air in Jul-11. It was sold to Solaseed Air in Jul-14 and a week later the aircraft permanently retired at Chateauroux, France.
In Jul-15 the aircraft was preserved at Chateauroux as a crash rescue mock-up for Fire Service training. Updated 26-May-24.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 27-Sep-20.
Operating on behalf of CMTA Compagnie Mauritanienne de Transport Aerien
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 11-Dec-24.
'Star Alliance' livery.
First flown with the Embraer test registration PT-SXN, this aircraft was delivered to 'bmi regional' as G-RJXK in Sep-01. It was in 'Star Alliance' livery until it was repainted in standard livery in Feb-08.
'bmi regional' ceased operations in Feb-19. bmi regional's routes were transferred to Loganair (also part of the Airline Investments Group) and this aircraft was transferred to Loganair in Mar-19. It was re-registered G-SAJU in Apr-19.
It was withdrawn from service and stored at Aberdeen, Scotland, UK in Mar-20 as a consequence of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It never returned to service and appears to be permanently retired. Updated 10-Dec-24.
To the tune of CSNY's "Teach Your Children Well" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQOaUnSmJr8
DOB: 12/21/1922
Died: 01/04/1999
He was 77 years old.
My Dad's Favorite Quotes:
"You know, Suzie (he called me Suzie) you can be replaced". - (He was right. Unfortunately, you couldn't be, Dad.)
"If you had half a brain you'd be dangerous." (Up for debate)
"Do the right thing" - Huh.
"Do as I say, not as I do".
"How do ya like them apples?"
"I just want you to live an honest life". (Refer to "Do as I say, not as I do".
"You're no prize"
"Eat your heart out"
"You're an accident waiting to happen"
"You don't know when to quit, do you?"
"They broke the mold when they made you". Which mold?
"I forgot more than you know"
"you have a one-track mind" - It's "inherited" (wink-wink)
"Do you know what time it is?" (No - I confuse right and left. It only took 60 years to figure that one out)
"Get your ass in gear"
"Motor Mouth" - His polite way of saying shut-up. He never said shut-up. He always said this with a smile.
"Shit for brains" His name for my brothers.
"Go run around the block" (We did - many times I did not go home).
"Asshole buddies" - (When one of his buddies went somewhere with one of his other buddies other than him.)
"He talks like he's got a paper asshole".
"Don't dish it out if you can't take it" - See "Do as I say, not as I do".
"If you're going to live in my house you live by my rules".
"Every cigarette you smoke is another nail in your coffin".
"Your eyes look like two piss holes in the snow" - (First time wearing makeup.)
"You got band-aids for those mosquito bites?" (First time I'd asked Mom for a bra.)
"You have exactly till 6:00PM to eat those tomatoes (two hours away) or you go to bed *again* without any dinner.". (And?)
"Watch the tips goddammit!" - (Bringing the fishing poles in from the boat).
"You smell like burnt toast".
"I don't trust him/her as far as I can throw him/her". I was a child, remember? Maybe throwing your beer cans, cigarettes, cigars and bottles in the garbage would've been a good start rather than throwing around your kids.
"You know, sometimes I think about suicide." (He said this to me on Christmas Day - 10 days prior to placing a high-powered rifle in his mouth while sitting on the toilet and blew his brains out. With the cooperation of many officials in NJ who scoured their records I was finally able to obtain the police reports and autopsy details in May 2022 after requesting them as I never really believed it was a suicide.
Mom said he'd always stated he was going to commit suicide when he was ready, although I was not aware or told of that one while he was alive. IOW, he always had a plan. "He did it his way" - on his mother-in-law's birthday. He probably didn't even know it was.
He suicided 20 years ago (or so) today - January 4, 1999. Nobody knew my phone number to let me know - my Son was finally able to reach me. Somehow I lost a year at that point. I only know *somebody* put that bullet hole in the bathroom ceiling and his neighbor cleaned up the bathroom. That neighbor developed early dementia as many people do after witnessing such a horrific sight they do not recover from without counseling or talking about it and coming to terms with it. Family trauma and abuse is much the same. That is how people are then labeled with psychiatric terms, unfortunately they were not in fact the "crazy" ones. The true "crazy" ones stay under the radar and appear fully functioning. IOW, "they have jobs" according to today's society. I'd been told my Dad was a "functioning alcoholic".
He tried quitting smoking many times. Once he tried replacing cigarettes with Regal Crown sour cherry & sour lemon drops. No sugar-free options back then. That's when he lost his teeth. After he quit he gained tons of weight.
He sat at the dinner table waving his fork up and down frequently....fair warning to get ready to duck. The five of us always had dinner together every night - that's good for the family structure, it's said. A few times he turned the dinner table over or threw dishes at one of us. I only know he generally missed. I would occasionally lock myself in the bathroom to get away from the violence. He generally knew how to unlock those doors. I ran away from home frequently. I accidentally drove his red Chevy pickup truck into a pond. Someone helped me get it back up on land. I also accidentally set his red Chevy pickup on fire but he wasn't mad. He just laughed. He was a good sport like that. Brother Bob finally totaled it after being broadsided by a UPS truck (malfunctioning traffic light) on the way home from a Grateful Dead concert in Philadelphia. It really was a pretty truck - fire engine red with hand painted gold leaf lettering. It had ladder racks which I'd used as a jungle gym. He mostly put up tin, slate and shingle roofs. The most fun was taking the old shingles, slate and tin he ripped off the old roofs to the landfill in his dump truck which he parked around the corner on Hudson St not far from Gliba's bar (Chambersburg, NJ), dumping it off a cliff along the embankments of the Delaware River - he would back up to the edge as close as he could and hit the gas to attempt to scare us. He didn't. This was also near the huge penicillin and pharmaceutical dump by the Trenton Marine Terminal off Rt. 29 towards White City Lake..
US Navy Veteran. He had one older brother and one older sister. They (Mom & Dad) had three boys (one died - the second one - Russell - his stomach never closed so his guts were exposed and baby Russell only lived a short time, I'm told . I do not know if or where baby Russell was buried) but Mom said he always wanted a girl, anyway. Often I wonder if baby Russell lived and was given up for adoption. I check with 23 and me occasionally to see if any new family surfaced. He told the same stories year after year for over 40 years, yet never spoke about his time in the Navy (the *brotherhood*, code of silence, whatever). He was the baby of his family. He had brown eyes. He said people had brown eyes because they were full of shit up to their forehead. His Mom died when he was 12. He had a severe hearing deficit that was never addressed, as many Veterans do. He was diabetic although it was never addressed. He had metabolic syndrome although it was never addressed. He always kept, cleaned and took great care of his German Ruger which was kept in the headboard of their bed. We learned at an early age where it was and to "respect" it.
He either fished or stayed in his bedroom watching old war movies in his later years and went to flea markets occasionally. His back also started giving out. He refused to go to a doctor. I do not recall that he ever did until his 70's when he developed skin cancer (fisherman's arms). Then he wore a hat like Lawrence of Arabia. They took real good care of him at whichever doctor / hospital he'd gone to. Someone trashed all of his records upon his death as I found only a few after Mom passed away - a statement from CMS Medicare - a summary of claims processed dated 6/13/2003 from a Dr. John W. Petrozzi in Barnegat - $70 for an office visit dated 4/25/03. It was denied. Reason? "a. Our records show that the date of death was before the date of service. b. You do not have to pay this amount., c. The name or Medicare number was incorrect or missing. Ask your provider to use the name or number shown on this notice for future claims." My oldest brother wanted his "Red Dawn" book back. We never found it in the house but we combed through everything looking for it.
He would go meet his buddies for breakfast at a local diner. He was always mad at one of them at any given time. He had a loud, infectious laugh and a loud boisterous voice. He was also a tinsmith and spent a good portion of his Winters melting lead in the basement to make fishing sinkers. He had freezers full of bait (and hundred dollar bills wrapped in tin-foil). He was a phenomenal cook - he loved the typical German/ Polish/ Hungarian meat & potatoes diet. He adored his fatty meats (bacon, pork, Szalolonna, etc....). He never ate anything sugary except for tons of fresh fruit nightly. He only ate Wonder Bread (white) and tons of processed lunch meats (favorite was Lebanon Bologna). He came home for lunch daily for his bread and tomato sandwich w. fresh radishes on the side w. salt, He did like his Navy Bean Soup with ham. He also spent his afternoons at the American Legion drinking beer. The only "ritual" I remember aside from cleaning his gun weekly and going to Church with us once a year (Christmas) was breaking out the Limburger cheese every Sunday. That was the day we would all hold our noses and run out of the house screaming.
He would go fishing twice a week - a 1 1/2 hr. drive from Trenton & Lawrenceville, NJ to Waretown, NJ, where he docked his boat. There was a sharp turn around Cranberry Lake where he would drive 100MPH to try to scare us. It didn't. While smoking his cigars (that was not fun). I did, however, have many, many night terrors most of my younger life about being trapped in a car underwater, among others. Until I learned how to escape one if it indeed happened. My friends all received a glass-break tool for the holidays one year. www.thebugoutbagguide.com/best-car-escape-tool/
He taught me how to shoot guns, ride horses, sail and swim (by throwing me in deep waters without any life vest while he laughed),. I am not sure why so many fathers do this to their daughters....one would think they'd teach them how to swim, first. He taught me how to handle a boat, to navigate through channels, sandbars and the Barnegat Inlet. He taught me how to surf. He taught me to water ski (without knowing how to swim). He taught me to snow ski. He taught me how to drive (while using a quick backhand across the face if I made my turns too wide). He taught me how to shoot bow and arrow. He taught me how to shuffle, deal and play cards. He taught me how to detail a truck. He left me a $2,000 John Hancock Life Insurance policy which allowed me to purchase a Windows Millenium Edition Dell Dimension computer - my first Windows computer which enabled me to go back to school after my aneurysm. He taught me how to "be kind to animals" (after he beat them till they would no longer move) - I skip that part (hurting them). He & Mom hunted wild game (rabbits, pheasants and deer)) with 2 beagles (Tiny and Nellie who was later replaced by Rosie) which were kept outside year long. He had another dog before them - Speck. And another beagle, Queenie. He didn't mind me bringing home as many animals (and amphibians) as I was able. Except for snakes. Mom had a snake phobia and even the tiniest garter snake upset her, so I learned not to bring home snakes after the first one.
He frequently had his drinking buddies at the house till late at night. Mom always loved Frank Sinatra, hence he did his best to emulate him in every way he could. He built a beautiful bar in the basement - I was the family bartender. He got a player piano which was quite fun. He set us up with pinball machines, pool table, juke boxes, bowling machines, arcades, etc....which he'd gotten from his friend, Whitey Bralynski from Browns Novelty, who supplied the arcade, pinball machines & shooting games.to local diners, bowling alleys, etc. - an all cash business.
He & Mom hunted deer with bow and arrow together, also. They beat the shit out of us, whipped my brothers and I frequently (I was the only one to hit back). One of the more favorite methods of "teaching" was total isolation for a day or night or more (locked in a completely dark cellar way). He was not the major disciplinarian (at least not for me). We won't go there. He taught me how to not give a fuck about life although it was against my grain. The medical profession convinced him knee implants (which his body rejected) and various other surgeries would improve his quality of life - while in his 70's. They, as well as Medicare or the V.A. (not sure which), squeezed the last bit of benefits out of him prior to his death. He began getting major headaches. He took shark cartilage which his buddies told him would help with pain. He died a few months after these surgeries after he insisted he did not want a nurse visiting his house to change the packings after they removed a good portion of his colon. Unless of course, his insurance would not cover it. Mom was unable to pack his wounds. His neighbor Bobby LeFebvre would go over and do this. Dad never exercised although climbing up and down a ladder in his younger years qualified for a while. Other than passive sports (bowling) while younger. he did practice his boxing skills on the family although that extended out to cage fighting, MMA and simply total loss of control of his anger (on 3 little kids). Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia attempted to convince him he needed to have an eye surgery - he left there in the middle of the night - Mom and her neighbor, Judy, drove to go get him at 2AM. I had just returned to work after the aneurysm and could not leave my job II was partially blind and was taking the bus) so I was on the phone with Mom throughout the night. The hospital also attempted to convince him he'd had a brain aneurysm (he did not). He did have a small stroke one Thanksgiving Day and refused treatment at that time. But one day a week or two later he walked into a wall, fell, knocked himself out splitting his head open (and one eye went crooked) which concerned them, hence a visit to the hospital. We all do love the holidays, after all. Wills Eye Hospital removed one of my Mother's eyes - she was in her 70's also. They like to take eyes when they can - someone can always use them. He was a Democratic Committeeman in Lawrenceville, NJ, USA. He was also a boxer on his ship, a ship's cook, a roofing contractor, a great singer and comedian, and made friends wherever he went. He could be a very sharp dresser. He was also a die hard fisherman, a Charter Boat captain, and skilled builder, card player, gardener and carpenter. He was also an asshole, bigot and a stubborn fuck all his life. To the best of my knowledge, in spite of his earlier years as a boxer, he was never evaluated for TBI, trauma, hearing loss or any other neurological impairment or injury.
His favorite song was Frank Sinatra's "My Way". He loved to watch Dean Martin, All In The Family and Three's Company. He liked Chrissy. He never liked any of my friends and called all of my girlfriends (since elementary school) whores. He left instructions for Mom on how much to sell his boat, cars and trucks for and what to do with all his fishing stuff (an entire garage full) - that was very considerate, I thought. Once he & Mom were going to get a divorce - Dad said we had to choose who we wanted to live with. Ironically, I chose Dad. Brother Bob (the middle child) went hysterical and could not choose. So they reconciled after counseling with our Church pastor, we became The Brady Bunch and moved to the illustrious suburbs. Both he & Mom had themselves cremated and dumped in the Barnegat Inlet. We took Mom out on a neighbor's boat (Al Casamente, one of his fishing buddies who later was hitting on Mom, she said) - not sure who took Dad - perhaps it was one of his fishing buddies Jimmy McCarty. When their cat, Max died here in Kentucky his ashes were shipped to NJ and his neighbor Bobby again took care of it, so Max should be out there living with the fishes as well. I do not even remember which war Dad was in. - with everyone in our families on both sides generations back in wars, it became impossible to remember whose was whose, mostly because when I'd asked there were many different answers their paperwork disappeared. There was no obituary. No memorial service.
I was told two versions of how his Mom died. One was she was at the "beauty parlor" and died from what was called "beauty parlor stroke syndrome". The other story was she was getting her hair done and there was a mob bombing in which she was killed.
While Mom was sorting out his belongings after he allegedly committed suicide, she said she found a black bra in his closet. This would most likely account for why all of his belongings were disposed of.
RIP, Dad. Thank you for preparing me to deal with senior citizens. I hope I haven't created too much havoc as your Daughter (if I really was).
With Love,
Dysfunctional Veteran's Daughter
Moral of Story: Drinking, drugs, babysitters & kids don't mix. Think about it.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 06-Jul-17 (DeNoise AI 19-Sep-22)
Fleet No: "744",
This aircraft was delivered to Continental Air Lines as N79744 in Feb-81. It was leased to subsidiary company Continental Micronesia in Dec-92.
The aircraft was returned to Continental Air Lines in Aug-00, sold to Pacific Aircorp 743/744 Inc and stored at Tuscon, AZ, USA in Oct-00.
It was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in Mar-01 and re-registered N747DH. The aircraft was leased to DHL Airways in May-01. It was transferred to Astar Air Cargo in Jun-03 and operations for DHL Air continued.
The aircraft was retired at Kingman, AZ, USA in May-09. It was last noted still stored at Kingman in late 2012.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 16-Apr-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 29-Sep-23.
Named: "City of Vienna".
First flown with the Douglas test registration N8963U, this aircraft was delivered to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as PH-DNN in Apr-68 (just two months before this photo was taken).
The 'RC' version of the DC-9 was built with a main-deck cargo door and could be used for passengers, cargo, or a combination of both.
It flew with KLM for 19 years until it was returned to PK Finans International in Feb-87. It was sold to United Aviation Services Inc as N35UA in Mar-87 and sold on to the Con-Av Corporation the following month.
It was leased to Evergreen Airlines in May-87 and was re-registered N931F in Oct-87. It was operating cargo flights for the USAF and was written off when it crashed near Saginaw, Texas, on 19-Mar-89.
Note: The aircraft was operating a cargo contract for the USAF. On arrival at Fort Worth - Carswell AFB, TX, the cargo offload and onload was carried out by USAF staff. The aircraft departed for it's next stop at Oklahoma City - Tinker AFB and just after take-off the main cargo door half opened.
The Captain declared an emergency and continued the climb to 2,500 ft. During a shallow right turn the airflow caught the cargo door which opened fully to its top position. This caused the right turn to deepen until it passed the point of no return and the aircraft crashed upside down and disintegrated. Both flight crew died.
The First Officer had been operating the cargo door during the turnround and it appeared he didn't hold the door control down for long enough to allow the locks to engage properly.
Optare Solo
Eden Hall
The greenery around Eden Hall offers a picturesque backdrop for this shot of OP128 on 6th April 2024, the final day of Marshalls operation on service 91 which from the following Monday would be replaced by Nottinghamshire County Council's 'NottsBus OnDemand' DRT minibus scheme.
LAX
Nov. 3, 2016
The Orbis DC-10 was the second DC-10 built. It was replaced by a later MD-11, donated by FedEx, in late spring of 2016. The DC-10 has been undergoing maintenance via FedEx for the last several months.
Its takeoff marks the last time it will be at LAX. Here, it is leaving to go back to its birthplace at Long Beach airport, probably about a 10 minute flight away. It will then participate in an airport show on Saturday, Nov. 5. Its last flight will be flying to Davis Monthan AFB on Monday, Nov. 6, and transferring over to the Pima County Air Museum, for permanent display.
Arriva the Shires
Dennis Dart
2297 BF52 NZP
Route 61
Friarage Road, Aylesbury
12th July 2017
A recent arrival at Aylesbury from High Wycombe after replacing Dart 2153 which was withdrawn
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 21-May-22 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was delivered to Air France as F-GJNE in Jan-92. It was sold to the General Electric Capital Corporation (later to become part of GECAS) in Apr-01 and leased back.
It was returned to the lessor in Jan-07 and stored at Toulouse, France. The aircraft was leased to Yamal Airlines (Russia) as VP-BRQ in Apr-07. It was returned to GECAS in Nov-14 and permanently retired at Kemble, UK.
The aircraft was broken up at Kemble in late 2015 and the fuselage was transported by road and sea to Hoofddorp, Netherlands in Jan/Feb-16 where it was to be used as a Cabin Service Trainer. The wings were due to be attached at a later date (I have no information on whether they were or not!). Updated 19-May-22.
SMB5002Y replaces SMB3502J for about a week - after SMB3502J broke down on its first day of service.
Interestingly, this bus is not under the Bus Service Enhancement Program and it's been deployed for a while now to cover SMB3502J, while SMB3502J is currently doing SMB5002Y's role of training bus.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 03-Mar-18, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 15-Apr-23.
'Wanula Dreaming', Australia World Tail livery, left side.
This aircraft was delivered to British Airways as G-BNLS in Mar-91. It was in service with British Airways for 23 years until it was permanently retired and stored at Victorville, CA, USA in May-14. It was last noted still stored at Victorville in May-15.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 10-Jun-21, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 22-Sep-23.
'Blue Poole', England World Tail livery. The tail scheme appears to be a lighter blue compared to the same livery on other aircraft.
First flown in Oct-82, this was a very early B757 (c/n 9), it was British Airways first Boeing 757 (although it was the fourth to be delivered after G-BIKB/C/D) and was delivered as G-BIKA in Mar-83.
It was sold to DHL (Holdings) UK in Jul-00 and stored at Wichita, KS, USA until it was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in Feb-01. It was leased to EAT European Air Transport as OO-DLN in Mar-01 and operated on behalf of DHL Europe.
The aircraft was transferred to EAT Leipzig GmbH (European Air Transport Germany) as D-ALEA in Mar-10 while operations for DHL Europe continued. In Mar-16 it was transferred to DHL (Holdings) UK as G-BIKA again and continued until it was permanently retired at Madrid, Spain, in Dec-16 after almost 34 years in service. The registration was cancelled in Aug-17.
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Stagecoach South East / East Kent Scania N250UD enviro400 MMC 15272.
These new buses replaced the GN09 batch of Scania n230uds that previously ram the breeze route.
These new buses are very nice, they feature high back seats, wifi, USA ports, tinted windows, and air conditioning. They've got some unique things as well, the stop button goes "ding ding" as if it was an old half cab which I think is rather nice. I think the doors also make a sound when they open so that's also nice.
You might be wondering how are they to ride on, in my opinion, these are amazing.
They are incredibly smooth, they are very very comfortable, they are quiet, the only thing making noise is the air con unit. They are very very powerful buses. in 1st gear they are rather slow of the line, but once they get up to higher revs, they take off. They sound very nice as well. These are awesome buses.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 20-Feb-14..
Seen at Manchester in Sep-87, still in basic Lufthansa livery with Orion titles.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WZEJ, this aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa as D-AIBF in Apr-79. It was leased to Condor Flugdienst on delivery and returned to Lufthansa in Jan-80. After only eight years the aircraft was sold to Orion Airways (UK) as G-BMZL in May-87. Orion Airways was merged into Britannia Airways in Jan-89. As Britannia was an all Boeing operator, the two ex Orion A300's were sold to Iberia (Spain) in Apr-89, this aircraft initially being assigned the temporary Spanish registration EC-274. It was converted to A300B4-203 standard in May-89 and re-registered EC-EOO in Aug-89. The aircraft was permanently retired at Madrid, Spain in early 1999 and broken up there in Dec-99.
The registration D-AIBF is currently in use on a Lufthansa A319-112. Updated (Jun-19).
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 07-Sep-23
'Tipperary Crystal' logojet
This aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa as D-ABFW in Apr-81. It was sold to Jetz Ventures in Jun-97 and sold on to Ryanair the same day as EI-CNX.
In Nov-05 the aircraft was sold to AutoDirect Aviation LLC as N127AD and stored at Prestwick, Scotland, UK. It was transferred to ADL Leasing LLC in Dec-05 and was leased to LAN Airlines (Chile) as CC-CQS in Feb-06.
The aircraft returned to the lessor as N227AG in May-08 and was stored. In Nov-08 it was leased to RUTACA (Venezuela) as YV380T. Now 42 years old it's still in service. Current, updated 07-Sep-23.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 11-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 11-Nov-23.
Built in late 1952 as a deHavilland DH104 Dove 2A, it was first flown as G-AMXP and registered in Jan-53 to the deHavilland Aircraft Company.
It was modified to DH104 Sea Devon C.20 and delivered to the Royal Navy (Fleet Air Arm) in Oct-54 serialled XJ319 with 781 Squadron.
The aircraft was 'demobbed' by the Royal Navy in Apr-90, becoming G-AMXP again.
It was sold to an 'M A Knowles' as a Dove 5, exported to Australia and registered VH-DVE in Oct-92. From 2007 it was stored at the Australian Aviation Museum at Bankstown, NSW, Australia after being vandalised. It's still in full (faded) Royal Navy livery (Bankstown is located 26km/16mi west of Sydney).
Chevrolet Corvette C1
From 1955, the 6 in-line was replaced by a V8 with an output between 230 and 290 hp. The 1958 model received a first thorough facelift, with redesigned sheet metal, a new dashboard and, above all, double headlights. Seat belts were also standard equipment for the first time. The grille now had nine teeth instead of thirteen before.
4.639 cc
V8
233 hp
407 Nm
1.397 kg
Pop-up Expo : Chevrolet Corvette, a Legend turns 70
03/06/2023 - 27/08/2023
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
June 2023
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 22-Nov-24.
With additional 'Evergreen Group' titles on the nose.
Originally ordered for delivery to Monarch Airlines, UK, the order was cancelled, this aircraft was delivered to EVA Air, Taiwan as B-16601 in May-91.
It was sold to SALE Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise in Jul-94 as N601EV and leased back to EVA Air. It was returned to the lessor in Jun-05 and leased to Aeroflot Russian Airlines as VP-BWU the following day.
The aircraft was returned to the lessor and stored at Marana, AZ, USA in Aug-12. It was sold to Aircraft MSN 25076 LLC as N676AC in Oct-12 and remained stored. In Mar-13 it was sold to Aerotron Ltd, UK and permanently retired. The registration was cancelled in Apr-13. It was broken up at Marana in Feb-14.
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Lulu modelling and photographed in casual outfit. Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, 29th January 2016.
She is seen here, modelling in a light brown and cream coloured stripped faux fur coat made by Quality Fashion, bought second-hand from a charity shop. She is wearing her own black scoop neckline top, with her own dark blue jeans. She is wearing a pair of black high heels. The photographs were taken in front of a studio backdrop, using a Nikon D200 DSLR.
In 1985, when I was at a deaf school in my last year, I decided to get into doing photography as a career. It is the kind of off-beat job that I would like to do, so I tried to apply for a college course studying photography. But the hearing teachers, my own family, family friends, career advisors, and even the social workers, told me that I should not do photography as a job because I am deaf.
In those days here in the United Kingdom, there were discrimination against disabled people, as there weren’t much laws protecting our rights at that time. My mother told me I can’t do photography, because I’m deaf with speech impaired.
I tried to make an effort to get them into helping me get a college course, studying photography. But they got me on a training course at college, instead of a proper serious course. From 1987 to 1989, I spent two days studying traditional graphic design while at college, with three days work experience for a professional photographer as part of my training course, mainly as photographer’s assistant and darkroom technician.
I admit that I became hooked on doing graphic design, so in additional to wanting to become a photographer, I decided I want to become a graphic designer as a second option.
After leaving college, I attempted to get a job working either in photography or graphic design, but as I mentioned earlier, in those days, there were still discrimination against the disabled people, so employers are likely to favour hearing people over deaf people.
For a few years, I continue to do my own photography and my own graphic design projects at home, in order to keep up my skills, while at same time, trying to find a job. Then I got married, and started a family life, but divorced her and I became a full-time single parent, so everything was put on hold for a while, until the kids were much older.
Finally, in the United Kingdom, we got The Equality Act 2010, that would protect our rights.
Few years later, while my kids were old enough to attend full-time school, I resumed my own projects, mainly to refresh my skills. I would need to improve my portfolio if I were to try to apply for a job, or may even consider going freelance. One of the graphic design projects I planned to do, requested a female model.
So I searched online, looked at some of the modelling agencies and model booking websites.
I booked Lulu for a two-hours outdoors photo-shoot in Newport, Gwent, South Wales. I arrived at her home, met up with her, and went through the details of the photo-shoot. We went into city centre, and I found a perfect location for my needs, did the photo-shoot for my graphic design project.
When the outdoors photo-shoots were done, there was still time to spare, I think maybe one and half hour of the booked two-hours slot was used up, leaving maybe half hour left.
I think that both she and her husband didn’t think it was right, I think they feel like they were overcharging me for less time used, or something like that. They were nice and polite, and they allowed me to use up what was left of the booked timeslot. They pointed out that they have a small makeshift studio in their spare bedroom, and suggested I could use it for some indoor photo-shoots, use what was left of the booked timeslot to do more photographs if I wish to do so. I figured why not? Not only that I would get my money’s worth, but also take a chance to do more refresher photography.
And this is one of the series of photos I took in the remaining half hour of the booked timeslot.
Point of note: Lulu had left a glowing and positive review on my profile, on the model booking website, pointing out that despite my being deaf with speech impaired, she had found working with me a pleasure and enjoyable.
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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 03-Nov-14, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-Mar-25.
Named: "Nordlingen".
First flown in Mar-87 with the Airbus test registration F-WWAR, this aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa in Jun-87 as D-AIAN. It operated for Lufthansa for almost 22 years until it was withdrawn from service and stored at Dresden, Germany in Oct-08.
It was sold in Apr-09, through an intermediary, to Kyrgyz Trans Avia as EX-35009. This appears to have been a way of getting round western sanctions on exports to Iran, like some of its sister-ships.
It was initially wet leased to Mahan Air in Jul-09. Not wet leased for long though! In Aug-09 it was re-registered in Iran as EP-MNR. I'm unable to verify that it's still in service after Nov-19 and it's given as 'stored' in most databases.
However, we don't know with aircraft in Iran whether it's just 'stored' or permanently retired, although it's now 38 years old! Updated 28-Mar-25.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 29-Mar-17, plus DeNoise AI 30-Dec-22.
Named: "Asia".
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWJO, this aircraft was delivered to Austrian Airlines as OE-LAH in Feb-95.
It was sold to the Ingepar/TAP Consortium in May-06 and leased to the French Air Force as F-RAJB for 5 years. The aircraft was sold to Celine Aviation as F-HCEL in Jun-06 while the lease to the French Air Force continued (as far as I'm aware the aircraft remained as F-RAJB).
In Sep-06 it was leased to the French Ministry of Defence and reverted to the French Air Force in Nov-06. The aircraft was stored at Irstres Air Base in Dec-20 and advertised for sale,
It was 'sold' to LMO AERO as F-HLMG, for the Kenyan Red Cross in Mar-21 and moved to Chateauroux, France where it was stored. The intention was to use it for the transport of COVID Vaccines and PPE supplies. However, that didn't happen and it remained stored.
It was ferried to Kertajati, West Java, Indonesia in May-22 for continued storage. I'm assuming that as it's now 28 years old, it's permanently retired. Updated 30-Dec-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 11-Feb-24.
Air France by Jersey European.
First flown with the British Aerospace test registration G-5-071, this aircraft was delivered to CAAC Civil Aviation Administration of China as B-2706 in Feb-87. It was transferred to China Eastern Airlines in May-88.
It was sold back to BAe (Operations) Ltd as G-BVUY in Nov-94. It was leased to Carib Express as J8-VBB (J8 = St. Vincent & the Grenadines) in Feb-95. The aircraft returned to BAe (Operations) Ltd in Apr-96.
In Jun-96 it was transferred to British Aerospace Holdings Inc as N171TR for lease to TriStar Airlines (USA) but the lease wasn't taken up.
It was leased to Jersey European Airways as G-JEAT in Oct-96 and JEA bought it in Sep-97. It was one of several BAe 146's that were operated on behalf of Air France in full Air France livery.
JEA was renamed FlyBe Airlines in Jul-02 and the aircraft was permanently retired at Exeter, UK, in Aug-04. It was used as a Fire Service training aircraft before being broken up.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 07-Jun-22.
Photo taken from the base of the original domestic Pier A, facing the old Cargo Ramp.
Leased to PIA Pakistan International Airlines, this aircraft was delivered to PIA in Aug-59 as AP-AJG. PIA bought it in Jul-64, sold it to Hawker Siddeley Aviation the same day and leased it back again. It was returned to Hawker Siddeley in Mar-66 and stored.
In Mar-67 it was re-registered G-AVJB and in Jul-67 it was leased to BMA British Midland Airways. It was sub-leased to Nigeria Airways for a year between Oct-68/Oct-69. It was leased to Kestrel International Airways in Mar-72 but they had financial problems and BMA repossessed it in Nov-72 when Kestrel ceased operations.
It was briefly leased to a company called Site Aviation in Jan-74 and leased to British Airways in Mar-76, returning to BMA in Jun-76. The aircraft was sold to Intra Airways (Jersey) in Dec-76. Intra was renamed Jersey European Airways in Oct-79. It was retired and stored at East Midlands Airport, UK, in Dec-80 after it was sold to Field Aviation.
It was sold to British Air Ferries in Sep-81 and returned to service, mostly operating night mail services for the UK Post Office. It was stored at East Midlands again in Oct-83. In Nov-86 it was sold to Baltic Aviation (Sweden) as SE-IVY and operated until Apr-89 when Baltic was declared bankrupt.
By now it was 30 years old and it was stored at Southend, UK. In late 1989 it made it's final flight back to Malmo, Sweden, where the engines were removed and repossessed by the owners.
It was dismantled during 1992 and transported to the 'High Chaparral' Wild West Theme Park at Kulltorp, Sweden, where it was rebuilt and displayed. As of Oct-15, the aircraft was still on display at Kultorp.
Note: I also have a photo of this aircraft in my database as SE-IVY with Baltic Airlines at www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/13689426775
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 21-Feb-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 26-May-83.
Monarch Airlines was an early buyer of B757's, this one is line No:18 and was delivered to Monarch in Apr-83 as G-MONC. It was leased to Hispania Lineas Aereas in Nov-88 and re-registered with the Spanish temporary registration EC-211 the following month.
It returned to Monarch as G-MONC in Mar-89. In Apr-90 it was leased to a German leasing company and sub-leased to Condor Flugdienst for 2 years as D-ABNY, returning to Monarch in Mar-92 as G-MONC.
In May-96 the aircraft was leased to Air Holland. Operated by Monarch for a year it was re-registered PH-AHO in May-97. In Nov-97 Air Holland sub-leased it to Air Gabon for 2 months. It returned in Jan-98 and continued in operation with Air Holland until it was returned to Monarch in Apr-99, again as G-MONC.
In Nov-08, then almost 26 years old, it was permanently retired at Lasham, UK, and broken up there in Feb-09.
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Named: "Byron Bay".
This aircraft was delivered to QANTAS Airways as VH-OGU in Aug-98. It was leased to Australian Airlines between late May and early Jul-99. The aircraft was retired by QANTAS in Dec-14 and was stored at Alice Springs, NT, Australia in Jan-15.
The aircraft was ferried to Victorville, CA, USA in Oct-15 and sold to ShunFeng Airlines (SF Airlines Cargo, China) as N207CR a few days later. It was transferred to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, as Trustee, the same day.
It remained stored at Victorville until Jan-16 when it was ferried to Singapore-Paya Lebar for cargo conversion. It was converted to freighter configuration with a main-deck cargo door in Jun-16 and transferred back to SF Airlines Cargo as B-6996. Current, updated Mar-21.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 04-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 11-Sep-23.
Delivered new to Trans American Airlines as N3024C in Mar-57, the aircraft was leased to Eastern Air Lines in May-57. By the time Eastern returned it in May-62, Trans American had become Twentieth Century Airlines.
They sold it to Airnautic the following month as F-BJKZ. Airnautic was merged into Air France in early 1966. In Jul-66 the aircraft was leased to Royal Air Cambodge as XU-IAJ. Royal Air Cambodge dropped the 'Royal' and was renamed Air Cambodge in 1970.
In 1974 the aircraft was sold to L'Armee de L'air (the French Air Force) serialled 45109 (also the c/n). It was retired and stored in 1980 and eventually broken up.