Re-uploaded again with its very interesting history by Karl E. Hayes

Otter 233 was delivered to the United States Army on 12 February 1958 with serial 57-6114 (tail number 76114). It was one of sixteen Army Otters flown from Downsview to Addison, Texas for work on them by Collins Radio Corporation, to equip them for service overseas. Its initial unit allocation is unknown but it did serve in Europe, and was noted undergoing overhaul at the SABCA plant at Gosseleis near Brussels (who performed maintenance on US Army aircraft) during September 1960. By January 1962 it had joined the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG), Italy based at Rome’s Ciampino Airport. It flew alongside a USAF C-47 which was also serving with the MAAG Flight.

Kenneth Ketzler flew the Otter. Apart from trips to Brienne-le-Chateau, France for maintenance, all his flying was within Italy, often visiting Italian military bases where US supplied helicopters were being introduced and MAAG personnel were working with Italian Army aviation units on these helicopters. There were also VIP flights and personnel transportation, which took the Otter all over Italy, from the mountains in the north down to the Mediterranean. As he recalls: “Ice seemed to cause me more concern than anything else. I especially remember several times flying IFR between Florence and Bologna at the lowest altitude of 12,000 feet and seeing ice forming on the wings. Flying over large bodies of water on one engine is not exactly my cup of tea. Seemed like the engine always ran rough whenever there was a trip to the islands of Sicily or Sardinia”.

76114 continued in service with MAAG Italy until February 1966, when it headed south to a new posting with the United States Mapping Mission to Ethiopia, based at the “old airport” at Addis Ababa. For this tasking the Otter was re-painted from the standard olive drab it had flown in while in Italy to the white/red colour scheme used by Army aircraft on survey work. It joined some Beavers with the Mapping Mission (76143 and 82026), a Douglas C-47 (17203) and UH-1B Huey helicopters, all of which were engaged in a topographic survey of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Army had received some Otters under a Military Air Program and they were also based at the same airfield, making it quite an important Otter base.

The Otter was noted there in June 1969, just prior to its long flight north to Coleman Barracks, Mannheim, Germany from where it was transported to the Sharpe Army Depot, Stockton, California where it arrived in August 1969. After overhaul at the Depot it was assigned in March 1970 to the Aviation Section at Fort Ord, California used as a maintenance support aircraft. It remained in service at Fort Ord until June 1975 when its Army career came to an end. The Otter was transferred to the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) on 30 June 1975, registered that day as N5325G, and flown from Fort Ord north to Boeing Field, Seattle where Foreign & Domestic Enterprises prepared the Otter for service with the CAP. This was the company of Lloyd Rekow, who specialised in Otters. That master Otter rebuilder Harold Hansen was also involved. The Otter was surveyed on arrival at Boeing Field and found to be in excellent condition. Little work was required and on 16 July 1975 it received its Certificate of Airworthiness, with total airframe time of 3,776 hours. It was painted into an unusual colour scheme of blue top with white and red undersides and was noted as such at Boeing Field during August 1975.

Its service with the CAP lasted little more than a year and by Bill of Sale 19 November 1976 it was sold to Eagle Aviation Inc., aircraft dealers of Jones-Riverside Airport, Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was sold on for $89,500 by Bill of Sale dated 2 January 1977 to Travelair Taxi Inc., doing business as Island Airlines of Port Clinton, Ohio. When it arrived at its new base at Port Clinton it was painted in a garish red, white and blue bi-centennial colour scheme, but was soon re-painted in the somewhat more attractive house colours of Island Airlines, which was white with a silver cowling, blue around the cockpit with a red flash behind the windows. It joined the other members of the Island Airlines fleet, Beaver N62352 and Ford Tri-Motor N7584. The Ford was used for sight-seeing flights but the Beaver and the Otter flew scheduled services from Port Clinton, located at the western end of Lake Erie, to islands in the Lake – Kelley’s Island, Put-in-Bay, Middle Bass and north Bass.

This unique operation styled itself “The Shortest Airline in the World”, with some justification. Departing from Carl Keller Field at Port Clinton, the Otter took all of seven minutes to complete its scheduled flight to Put-in-Bay, and a similar time for the return sector. As Edward J. Rusch, the company’s Chief Pilot, said: “The Otter works the rough sod and stone fields of the islands very efficiently”. By March 1981 the Otter had a total time of 4,833 hours on the airframe. On the scheduled services to the islands, the Otter (or Beaver, depending on the load) carried the resident population year round; tourist during the summer as well as migrant Mexican labourers for fruit picking; and fishermen during the winter for ice fishing. The Otter also carried mail and freight and performed medevac flights, averaging several each weekend during the summer as tourists injured themselves. The island’s policeman acted as a paramedic and accompanied the flight. During the winter months when the lake froze over and the ferry no longer operated, these Beaver and Otter flights were the only means of access to the islands.

After nearly 16 years of flying with the Otter, this unique operation came to an end. Island Airlines was taken over by Griffing Flying Service Inc of Port Clinton, to whom the Otter was transferred by Bill of Sale dated 23 September 1992, and to whom the Otter was registered the following month, still as N5325G. The scheduled services were terminated and the Otter put up for sale. The buyer, through brokers C&S Enterprises, was Delay River Outfitters Inc, trading as Air Schefferville to whom the Otter was registered C-FQND on 23 August 1993 and it set off for its new base of Schefferville in the remote bush country of northern Quebec.

In 1994 the Otter was sold to Aircraft Investments LLC., of Oshkosh, Wisconsin and leased by them to Waweig Lake outfitters Ltd of Thunder Bay, Ontario to whom it was registered on 18 April 1994. It went to Recon Air at Geraldton, Ontario who converted it to a Vazar turbine Otter with a PT6A-135 engine, and it was repainted orange overall with a white cheatline and tail band. It then entered service with Waweig Lake Outfitters.

For the next number of years the Otter would fly out of Waweig Lake during the summer months, carrying tourists, fishermen and hunters wishing to experience the delights of the Ontario bush country. This business was carried on by Waweig Lake Outfitters in association with Wilderness North Air of Milwaukee. By Bill of Sale 14 April 1997 Aircraft Investments LLC, owners of the Otter, transferred title to 3006298 Nova Scotia Company, but the lease to Waweig Lake Outfitters continued. The Otter continued to fly for Waweig Lake Outfitters and Wilderness North Air alongside turbine Otters C-GMLB (359) and C-FYCX (44). On 6 June 2001 Otter QND was registered to 1401380 Ontario Ltd., (Waweig Air) and continued its services in the Ontario bush country.

Early in 2002 the Otter undertook a unique “Flight of Friendship” tour of 35 US cities, sponsored by Wilderness North Air. As the company’s website explained: “We wanted to show our friends in the US that they are welcome here in Canada during a period of uncertainty due to the attacks on the World trade Center. This is why we felt compelled to fly one of our Canadian icons, a turbine Otter, on this Canadian Hospitality Tour. At each of the 35 stops, presentations will be made by the Wilderness North Chief Pilot Randy Melnick of items donated by Canadian fire departments to their US counterparts, as a sign of solidarity and friendship. North West Ontario is renowned for its pristine wilderness environment and excellent recreational sports activities, said Alan Cheeseman, President of Wilderness North, who operate one of Canada’s finest fly-in fishing and adventure sports facilities. Wilderness North flies its guests into 16 different lakes and outpost camps from its base in Armstrong, Ontario just north of Thunder Bay”.

Otter QND, on wheels, departed Thunder Bay on 8 January 2002 and returned at the end of March. Its routing on the tour was Thunder Bay-St.Charles, Illinois-Madison, Wisconsin-Chicago/Springfield-Indianapolis-Columbus-Cincinnati-Louisville-St.Louis-Springfield, Missouri-Memphis, Tennessee-Little Rock-Oklahoma City-Dallas (Love Field)-Houston-New Orleans-Tallahassee-Tampa-Orlando-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach-Daytona Beach-Jacksonville-Savannah-Atlanta-Columbia-Charlotte-Richmond-Washington-Baltimore (Ocean City)-Philadelphia-New York (Teterboro)-Boston-Albany-Buffalo-Cleveland-Dayton-Detroit-Grand Rapids-Lansing-Kalamazoo-Cedar Rapids-Des Moines-Rochester-La Crosse-Minneapolis-Duluth-Thunder Bay. On completion of this extensive tour, QND resumed flying in the Ontario bush country, along with Otters C-GMLB and C-FYCX, for Waweig Air and Wilderness North Air, flying from Armstrong Lake and the nearby seaplane base at Waweig Lake. It is mentioned in a CADORS report for 8 September 2007. QND arrived at the Churchill, Manitoba water base but the pilot did not call down and clear after landing. The airport operator did a ground check to make sure the aircraft was down and safe. As the report shows, QND did not confine its operations to Ontario, also visiting such distant places as Churchill, Manitoba.

In September 2010 Otter QND was advertised for sale, as having 12,130 hours total time and with an asking price of US $1,300,000. It was again advertised for sale in February 2013, price reduced to $1,250,000. The advert stated: “This aircraft is currently being run through the shop” and there were photographs of QND in a hangar having work done to it. It flew again for Waweig Air/Wilderness North Air for summer 2013 but was sold at the end of the summer season, in September 2013, to Vancouver Island Air.

In early October 2013 the Otter set off for its long delivery flight westwards, in the course of which an incident was recorded on CADORS on 4 October at La Ronge, Saskatchewan. On that day, Transwest Air DHC-6 Twin Otter C-FVOG on a local VFR flight out of La Ronge, reported seeing a DHC-3 Otter turning into him on finals for the La Ronge water base. The FSS had no information on the conflicting traffic. After landing the crew of the Twin Otter were able to identify the other aircraft as Otter QND and passed the information to the FSS. A few hours later the pilot of QND contacted the FSS and advised he had had radio failure inbound to La Ronge. QND was on straight floats and after La Ronge continued “lake hopping” across the country, eventually arriving at Campbell River on Vancouver Island, its new base. Registration of the Otter to 1401380 Ontario Ltd .,(Waweig Air) was cancelled on 31 October 2013 and C-FQND was registered to Vancouver Island Air Ltd., on 9 December 2013.

The Otter retained its orange overall colour scheme with white cheatline and tail stripe but acquired Vancouver Island Air fuselage titles. It replaced Beech 18 C-FGNR, which was sold, and joined Otter C-GVIX (97), these two turbine Otters from then on constituting the Vancouver Island Air fleet. Both Otters were still in service during summer 2017, flying the company’s charters and schedules out of Campbell River.

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Interesting lesson today in 2B..

Field of Canola was Kim Klassen photo. We had to take it and replace the sky...took me awhile but I'm happy with the results...I'll have to try this again sometime soon so I don't forget...I forget a lot these days..Oh the sky shot was mine...

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Taken from Pendleton Road.

Fleet No: "266".

This aircraft was delivered to American Airlines as N266AA in Jul-85. It was permanently retired at Roswell, NM, USA in Sep-10. It was sold to the Jet Midwest Group LLC in Sep-13 and eventually broken up.

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Lockheed Tristar prototype visiting East Midlands (EMA) for a presentation to Rolls Royce staff.

This was the 3rd prototype Tristar and was originally to have been N302EA. However it first flew as N301EA with Lockheed not long before this photo was taken.

It was re-registered N302EA by Lockheed in Feb-73 at the end of the test programme and delivered to Eastern Air Lines in May-73. Eastern Air Lines ceased operating in Jan-91 and the aircraft was bought from the liquidator by Delta Air Lines in Mar-91.

It was re-registered N781DL in Jun-91. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair in Aug-95 after suffering a sudden decompression at 33,000 feet shortly after departure from Los Angeles en-route to Honolulu, causing severe damage to the airframe and the rear bulkhead separated from the fuselage crown.

The crew carried out an emergency descent to 14,000 feet and returned safely to Los Angeles. The aircraft was now 24 years old and due to the cost of repairs, Delta decided to retire it.

The aircraft was sold back to Lockheed almost immediately and used for testing in their 'Ageing Aircraft' programme. In Oct-95 the aircraft was ferried to Dobbins AFB, Marietta, GA., where it was eventually broken up.

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"Hello there me old cock sparrer!"

After the removal of a neighbours hedge, which was replaced by a low fence, we didn't see any sparrows for many months.

They have come back to our feeders at last.

Everyone loves Captain Jack Sparrow!

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 01-Jan-22 (DeNoise AI).

Additional 'Soaring Spirit' Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City, 2002 titles.

Fleet No: "7005"

First flown with the Boeing test registration N50217, this aircraft was delivered to Delta Air Lines as N864DA in Dec-99.

When the COVID-19 Pandemic hit the world in Mar-20, Delta Air Lines made the decision to permanently withdraw their Boeing 777 fleet. This aircraft was stored at Victorville, CA, USA in Oct-20.

It was sold to the 'Arizona Cardinals' (Phoenix based American Football Team) in Oct-22 when it was ferried to Marana, AZ, USA and stored. It appears to be a 'spares' aircraft as the Arizona Cardinals operate sister ship N867DA (now re-registered N777AZ) in their full livery. Updated 08-Feb-24.

I visited the Woltersdorfer Strassenbahn to see the Gotha trams in action before they are replaced in 2023.

It has one route, numbered 87, which links the Berlin S-Bahn at Rahnsdorf with the very pretty community of Woltersdorf.

The depot is situated a short distance off the route on Vogelsdorfer Str near the Thälmannplatz stop (this is the 3/4 point of the route with the 3rd passing loop).

Parked in the depot yard was works car 19, converted from a Rekowagen passenger car. It was new to Berlin in 1965 and rebuilt there as a works car in 1990. It was transferred to Woltersdorf in 1998.

Excerpt from Wikipedia: The Flexity Outlook is the newest version of streetcars for the Toronto Transit Commission. It is built by Bombardier Transportation in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

The new low-floor streetcars are operated on the 509 Harbourfront and 510 Spadina streetcar lines. They will be put in service on all 11 streetcar routes by 2019 and will replace the aging fleet of Canadian Light Rail Vehicle (CLRV) and the double-module Articulated Light Rail Vehicle (ALRV) streetcars, which have been in revenue service since the 1970s and 1980s respectively.

The new vehicles are low-floor and are just over 30 metres long, longer than the older CLRV and ALRV streetcars. Each vehicle has four sliding doors (opened either by the operator or when a passenger taps the button), large windows, air-conditioning systems, 64 fixed seats, interior bike racks and six flip-down seats.

It started the service on August 31, 2014 on the 510 Spadina Line.

With the 47 replacing the intended Black 5 due to the heightened fire risk during the current warm and dry spell of weather, the "Swanage Belle" tour from London Victoria speeds past Potbridge on the fast line as it heads to Dorset.

Locomotive: West Coast Railways Class 47/4 47804.

Location: Totters Lane, Potbridge, near Winchfield, Hampshire.

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Named: "Lady Penelope".

This aircraft was originally ordered by ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation for lease to JAS Japan Air Service, however the order was cancelled prior to construction. It was delivered to ILFC and leased to Virgin Atlantic Airways as G-VFAB in Apr-94. After 21 years in service the aircraft was returned to AerCap/ILFC in Oct-15 and permanently retired at Goodyear, AZ, USA.

The Crinan Canal between Crinan and Ardrishaig in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland is operated by Scottish Canals. The canal, which opened in 1801, takes its name from the village of Crinan at its western end. Approximately nine miles (14 km) long, the canal connects the village of Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp with the Sound of Jura, providing a navigable route between the Clyde and the Inner Hebrides, without the need for a long diversion around the Kintyre peninsula, and in particular the exposed Mull of Kintyre. The canal was built to provide a short cut for commercial sailing and fishing vessels and later Clyde puffers to travel between the industrialised region around Glasgow to the West Highland villages and islands. It was designed by civil engineer John Rennie and work started in 1794, but was not completed until 1801, two years later than planned.

The canal's construction was beset with problems including finance and poor weather. Landowners demanded high prices for their land and navvies were reluctant to leave jobs in more accessible parts of England and Scotland. The canal bank near Lochgilphead failed in 1805 and the canal's course was diverted to avoid the marshy ground. The canal's reservoirs were finished in 1809 but two years later a storm caused one to burst releasing its water and sending boulders and mud along the canal in both directions wrecking locks, the canal banks and the nearby roads.[2]

The canal company, headed by the Duke of Argyll, had to seek help from the government, who asked Thomas Telford to assess the problems. He suggested improvements to the locks, and some parts of the canal were redesigned including the swing bridges which were replaced in cast iron in 1816.[3] The government paid for the work but the canal company lost control and it was handed to the Caledonian Canal Commissioners.[4]

Queen Victoria travelled along the canal to Crinan during a holiday in the Scottish Highlands in 1847. She was greeted at Ardrishaig and her boat was towed by four horses, two of which were ridden by postilions in royal livery. At Crinan she boarded the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. Her journey made the canal a tourist attraction

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Nelson's Monument is a commemorative column or tower built in memorial to Admiral Horatio Nelson, situated on the Denes, Great Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk, England. It was designated as a Grade I listed structure in 1953

Designed by architect William Wilkins, it was raised in the period 1817–19 from money raised by a committee of local magnates. The first custodian of the monument was former Able Seaman James Sharman, a member of the crew of HMS Victory from Norfolk and one of those who carried Nelson below decks after he was shot.

The monument, correctly called the Norfolk Naval Pillar, is in the style of a Doric column topped by six caryatid figures that support a statue of Britannia proudly standing atop a globe inscribed with the motto from Nelson's coat of arms Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat (translates to 'Let him who has merited it take the palm'), she holds an olive branch in her outstretched right hand, a trident in her left and looks inland – said to be towards Nelson's birthplace in Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk. The whole monument is 144 ft (44 m) high, compared to 169 ft (52 m) for the monument in Trafalgar Square and the top is reached by some two hundred and seventeen steps. The structure was completely restored in time for the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 2005. In 2006 it was removed from English Heritage's Buildings At Risk register. In August 2006 it was rededicated. It currently stands, albeit separated in its own small railed plot, in an industrial estate (Nelson road). The monument is open to the public on a limited basis.

In the late nineteenth century, the original synthetic Coade Stone caryatids were replaced with concrete replicas. The figure of Britannia and the six caryatids were replaced by a fibreglass copy in 1982.

Tone Mapped with NIK Collection Color EFEX pro 4 in Photoshop and corrected with Lightroom

Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" photo with a better version 23-Apr-14, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 22-Oct-23.

Shame that the guys from Manchester Handling decided to drive through my shot!

Originally delivered to Eastern Airlines in Nov-78 as N339EA, a Tristar 1. It was sold to LTU Lufttransport Unternehmen in Dec-80 as D-AERN and immediately leased back to Eastern. It returned to LTU in Feb-81.

The aircraft was converted to Tristar 200 standard in Apr-86. It was sold to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation in Nov-95 as N851MA and stored prior to being converted to freighter configuration in Jul-96.

It was initially leased to Millon Air, Miami in Jul-96 for a year before being returned to the lessor and sold to Fine Air in Jul-97. Fine Air was renamed Fine Air Services in Jan-98 and the aircraft was re-registered N260FA in Feb-98.

Fine Air was renamed Arrow Air in May-02 and the Tristar fleet were retired and replaced by DC-10F's. This one was stored at Roswell, NM, USA, in Jul-02 and finally broken up in 2008.

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It was foggy at London-Gatwick on this particular morning. I had the whole fleet at Manchester, G-GCAL was around the corner.

These aircraft were parked out on a taxiway opposite the Fire Station and where the new Control Tower is located. My ramp car didn't have a radio so I had to get a lift out there with the Servisair guys.

Work has begun to replace the highway 52/64 bridge over the Mississippi River between Savanna, IL, and Sabula, IA. Some research shows the bridge was opened in December 1932, and has around 2400 vehicles a day pass over it. Crews have really opened up some shots with all the tree removal.

Here a westbound unit grain train heads out of Savanna. Seen here passing CP 1462 with a beautiful UP leader. Guess these ex-SP's won't be around forever, but man they look pretty worn. Train is bound from North St. Louis, MO, to Selby, SD.

1924 on licence plate on the field ambulance...

The first ambulances to appear in late 19th-century Canadian cities were horse-drawn. Motorized ambulances soon replaced the horse-drawn versions.

Montreal's Royal Victoria, General and Notre-Dame hospitals acquired their first motorized ambulances in 1909, 1912 and 1917, respectively. The Royal Victoria, however, continued to use horse-drawn vehicles during the winter until World War I.

Ambulance Chalmers Montreal 1920 - Link to photo - upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Ambulance_Cha...

Link to - Canadian Army Medical Corps - www.royalcdnmedicalsvc.ca/virtual-museum-3/8-photo-galler...

I spent the last week in Mallorca, I brought some interesting pictures back!

Let's begin with that Cinquencento with one of the two codes of the island (PM and IB). PM was the first code used, till 1997 when it was replaced by the code IB.

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'Raffles' logojet livery.

This aircraft was delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SPK in Jan-97. Sadly, the aircraft was destroyed at Taipei (Taiwan) on 31-Oct-00 when it struck construction equipment during take-off on a runway that was closed for maintenance.

It's sister-ship with the 'Raffles' livery, 9V-SPL, was very quickly repainted back into standard livery.

One of a pair of very smart Ford Mondeo ST unmarked CIU Vehicles seen parked at Essex Police's Fleet Workshops.

Please note that although this vehicle as most likely been replaced, the plates will remain blocked.

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With all those fuel trucks in attendance it must have been tanking up to go trans-Atlantic...

Named: "St. Brendan / Breanainn".

This aircraft has a looooong history... Delivered new to Irish International Aer Lingus as EI-ALC in Apr-61. It was wet-leased to PIA Pakistan International Airlines between Oct-64/May-65. It was leased to Braniff Airways as N7082 in Nov-65 and returned to Aer Lingus in May-66 as EI-ALC.

It was leased to BWIA British West Indian Airways as 9Y-TCS in Dec-66 and returned to Aer Lingus in Apr-67 as EI-ALC. It was leased to Trans Caribbean Airways as N8790R between Oct-67/Apr-68, again returning to Aer Lingus as EI-ALC.

It was sold to Trans Polar Airways, Norway, as LN-TUV in Oct-70 but was repossessed in May-71 and stored until it again became EI-ALC in Nov-71. It was sold to Trans European Airways, Belgium, as OO-TEB in Aug-72 and wet-leased to Air Cambodge between Oct-73/Apr-73.

It was wet-leased to Tunis Air between May/Dec-75. It was briefly wet-leased to El Al Israel Airlines between Sep/Oct-78. Trans European sold it to ATA American Trans Air in Nov-78 as N8790R.

It was immediately leased to Ambassadair and returned to ATA in May-82. It then went through a procession of 'Affinity Groups' such as the 'Emerald Shillelagh Chowder Marching Society' in May-84 and 'Airfast' in Jun-86.

In Dec-86 it was sold to a 'Samuel Azar'. He sold it to (presumably!) his brother, 'Gab Azer' in Jul-88 and it found itself in Zaire the same month, re-registered 9Q-CFT with Fontshi Aviation Service.

By now the aircraft was 28 years old, a great age for an early turbo-jet Boeing 720. It continued in service until Oct-90 when it was involved in a runway over-run at Mbuji-Maji, Zaire (I'm unable to find further details). It never flew again and was stored at Mbuji where it remained. It was photographed still at Mbuji in Feb-06, derelict but intact and complete with engines. It's thought to have been broken up in mid 2011.

I also have a photo of this with Trans European Airways at

www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/6053766819

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Named: "Ciudad de Siguenza".

First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AVZG, this aircraft was delivered to Iberia in Jul-01 as EC-HTE, it was re-registered EC-IIG in Dec-02. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Madrid, Spain in Apr-13.

The aircraft was returned to the lessor as F-WXAK in Oct-13 and was stored at Lourdes, France the following month. It was due to be leased to Almasria Universal Airlines as SU-TCG but the lease was cancelled. The aircraft remained in storage until it was leased to Kogalymavia (operating as Metrojet) as EI-FSB in Mar-15. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Moscow (DME) in Nov-16.

It was returned to the lessor in May-16 and stored at Sofia, Bulgaria until it was leased to BH Air as LZ-BHK in Jun-16. The aircraft was sub-leased to VietJet Air in Dec-16 and returned to BH Air in Mar-17. it was returned to the lessor in early Apr-18 and leased to Red Wings (Russia) as VP-BRW in late Apr-18. It was stored at Tallin, Estonia in Apr-20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and returned to service in early Jun-20. Current, updated 21-Jun-21.

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This is not a good photo and was taken just as it was going dark. Thank goodness for Photoshop and DeNoise software! (if you think it's bad now, you should have seen the original!).

D-ALIN had only a short life-span compared with today's airliners. It was delivered new to Lufthansa in Apr-55 and operated for 12 years. It was retired and stored at Hamburg in Jun-67. It was donated to Hermeskeil Museum, West Germany in May-80 and is still there today (Feb-15).

Replace HR Wells with Malcolm Merlyn. Im not changing it.

Honorable Mentions

Deathstroke

Firestorm (Both)

Custom doll ooak Monster high,SHe has been given a full repaint.Hair has been replaced with a wig I made.I sculpted armor out of polymer,ears are polymer.. she is a fanciful scout archer her tribe is a bit more glamorous then your typical elf :)

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Arriving after a non-stop ferry flight from Hong Kong. This was the 22 year old aircraft's penultimate landing. The following day it ferried to Bruntingthorpe, UK, on it's final flight to a date with the scrap-mans axe.

First flown with the Boeing test registration N60697, this aircraft was delivered to Cathay Pacific Airways as VR-HUE in May-93. It became B-HUE in Aug-97 when Hong Kong became an autonomous region of China.

In Jan-15, after 22 years in service, the aircraft ferried from Hong Kong via Manchester to Bruntingthorpe, UK where it was permanently retired. Updated 03-Jan-22

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This aircraft was delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SMO in Oct-92. It was sold to a lessor and leased to Air Atlanta Icelandic as TF-AMI in Feb-05. The aircraft was returned to the lessor as N940RB in Nov-05 and stored prior to freighter conversion.

It was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck side cargo door (SCD) in Oct-06 and leased to Air Atlanta Icelandic again at the end of that month.

It was wet-leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo in Jul-07 and operated on their behalf for over 11 years, returning to Air Atlanta Icelandic in Oct-18.

The aircraft was wet-leased to Magma Aviation in Dec-18. Current, updated 10-Feb-23.

Note: The registration 9V-SMO was re-used on a Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-941 in Jun-17.

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USAir Express, operated by Allegheny Commuter Airlines.

First flown in Jan-84 with the Short Brothers test registration G-14-3634, this aircraft was re-registered G-BLCS in Feb-84. It was sold to Short Air Lease Inc and leased to Dash Air as N132DA in Mar-84. It was repossessed by the lessor in Dec-84 and leased to Westair Commuter Airlines later that month. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in May-90. It was leased to Simmons Airlines in Jun-90 and returned to the lessor in Jun-91. It was leased to Allegheny Commuter Airlines in Jul-91 and operated on behalf of US Air Express. It was returned to the lessor in Jul-94 and transferred to Shorts Aircraft Delivery Inc as N405SA the same month. The aircraft was stored until it was converted to Shorts SD.330/C-23B Sherpa standard in Dec-96. It was delivered to the US Army serialled 93-1321 in Mar-97. It served with the Alaska ANG and was withdrawn from use and stored at Fort Sill, OK, USA in Nov-13. The aircraft was moved to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, USA in Dec-14 and permanently retired.

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This is a very rare bird indeed. First flown in Jun-01 with the Airbus test registration F-WWJF, it was originally ordered by Sabena as OO-SQB. It was never delivered and was stored at Toulouse, France.

It was leased to Canada 3000 as C-GZIA on 19-Sep-01 to start non-stop services between Toronto and Delhi and entered service 10 days later operating a flight into Manchester UK.

Just five and a half weeks later, on 07-Nov-01, Canada 3000 ceased trading in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist atrocities in the USA. The aircraft was repossessed by ILFC and stored at YYZ.

It was leased to Air Tahiti Nui as F-OJTN in Mar-02. The aircraft was sub-leased to Air Caledonie International for two months between Aug/Oct-14 while their A330 was on maintenance. The aircraft was withdrawn from service in Nov-18 and permanently retired at San Bernardino, A, USA in Dec-18. Updated 29-Sep-22.

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 30-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).

Basic Corsair c/s, operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic.

This aircraft was originally ordered by Singapore Airlines as 9V-SQZ. That registration wasn't used and it was then due to become 9V-SKG, that wasn't used either as the US leasing company insisted on it being registered in the USA.

The aircraft was delivered to Bankers Trust and leased to Singapore Airlines as N121KG in Oct-84. It was sub-leased to Ansett Airlines (Australia) in Jun-95 and returned to Singapore Airlines in Sep-96. It was returned to the lessor in Jan-97 and stored at Las Vegas.

The aircraft was sold to Corsair (France) as F-GSEA in Aug-97. Corsair sold it to a lessor in Dec-04 and it was leased to Air Atlanta Icelandic as TF-AME the following day. It was sub-leased to Air Atlanta Europe in Mar-05 and operated on behalf of internet travel company Travel City Direct.

It returned to Air Atlanta Icelandic in Nov-07 and was immediately leased to Air Senegal and Air Naimey for Haj Pilgrimage operations, returning to Air Atlanta Icelandic in Jan-08.

The aircraft continued in service with Air Atlanta operating it's own charters and short-term leases to other airlines. In Sep-13 it was leased to Med-View Airlines (Nigeria) for another Haj Operation and returned to Air Atlanta in Nov-13. After 30 years in service the aircraft was stored at Kemble, UK and permanently retired. It was broken up at Kemble in Oct/Nov-14.

...replacing the pre-treat tank in our toilet.

Credits: ESA/NASA

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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 09-Nov-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 23-Jan-22.

This aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation in May-98 and leased to Air France as F-GNIG. It was returned to ILFC in Oct-10 and stored at Paris-Orly.

It was leased to Finnair as OH-LQG in Feb-11. In Dec-15 it was retired by Finnair and returned to the lessor. It was sold to Universal Asset Management as N537SK later the same month and was permanently retired at Tupelo, MS, USA.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 15-Jun-17 + DeNoise AI 28-Sep-22.

Originally to have been delivered as B-1861 to China Airlines, that registration wasn't taken up and it was delivered as B-1880 in Apr-80.

It was transferred to Mandarin Airlines in Aug-92 and returned to China Airlines in Feb-99. In Jul-99 Taiwan changed their registrations to 5 numbers to avoid duplication with mainland China and this aircraft became B-18253.

It was sold to the Gulf Falcon Group, based at Sharjah, UAE, in Jan-00. Registered in Aruba as P4-GFD it was leased to Air Gulf Falcon. It was re-registered 3C-GFD (Equatorial Guinea) in Mar-00, 5Y-GFD (Kenya) in Jun-00 and 3D-GFD (Swaziland) in Oct-00 before being donated to Iraqi Airways in Nov-00 as YI-AOX.

The aircraft was damaged at Baghdad when the airport was captured by US Forces during the invasion of Iraq and was withdrawn from use there in Apr-03.

It was last noted still stored there in Aug-12 with other derelict aircraft from the old Iraqi Airways fleet, without engines and with all the doors open. If it hasn't already been broken up, it will be eventually.

I also have a photo of this aircraft in the original China Airlines livery at ...

www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/6456290325

Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 29-Jan-15, plus DeNoise AI 07-Jan-23.

The above photo was taken through the dirty window of a Channel Airways Vickers Viking...

Hybrid livery. Basic Silver City Airlines with British United titles.

Originally built as a Bristol 170 Mk XIA (11A) and registered to the Bristol Aeroplane Company as G-AIME in Dec-46, this aircraft was delivered to Suidair (South Africa) as ZS-BVI in Aug-47.

They didn't have it long and it returned to the Bristol Aeroplane Company two months later, in Oct-47, and was re-registered G-AIME again in Jan-48. It was converted to a Bristol 170 Freighter 21 in early 1948 and was leased to British Aviation Services in Jul-48.

It was returned to the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 and was eventually sold to Silver City Airways in Nov-50 and was converted to 'Wayfarer' standard with passenger seats. It was occasionally leased to the Ministry of Defence for trooping flights and used the RAF serial XF662 during these flights.

In Feb-56 it was leased to Air Kruise (Kent) Ltd. They dropped the '(Kent)' and were renamed Air Kruise Ltd in Feb-57. The aircraft was returned to Silver City in Oct-57 (I can remember seeing it at Blackpool in the early 1960's operating passenger services to the Isle of Man).

Silver City became a part of the British United Group in Jan-63 as part of British United Air Ferries. It remained in the above livery and was withdrawn from use at the end of the summer season in Oct-63 when it was stored at Lydd, UK. It was later moved to Southend, UK and was broken up there in May-64.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 07-Oct-17, plus DeNoise AI 26-Feb-23.

Named: "Long Beach".

This aircraft was delivered to Air Malta as 9H-ABC in Mar-83. It was sold to British Aerospace in Dec-94 in part-exchange for B.Ae 146-RJ70's. British Aerospace immediately sold it to a leasing company who leased it to Air New Zealand as ZK-NAG later that month.

It returned to the lessor in Dec-95 when it was immediately leased to TEA Cyprus (Trans European Airways) as 5B-DBF. TEA Cyprus wet-leased the aircraft to Pacific Airlines (Asia) the following day. It returned to TEA Cyprus in May-97 and was wet-leased to Air Afrique five days later.

It was returned to TEA Cyprus in Dec-97 and returned to the lessor in Feb-98. It was leased to Winair as N118RW the same month. Winair bought it in Mar-98 but apparently didn't keep up the payments as it was repossessed by the lessor in Jun-99.

In Jul-99 the aircraft was leased to Frontier Airlines. The registration N276FL was reserved by Frontier but wasn't used. It returned to the lessor in Oct-03 and was stored until May-04 when it was leased to Atlantic Airlines de Honduras as HR-ATN. The aircraft was permanently retired at La Ceiba, Honduras in mid 2008.

Hopefully a temporary replacement

HFF

We Are All So Easily Replaced. San Jose, CA 2014

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 21-Mar-16, plus DeNoise AI 29-Nov-22.

First flown in Feb-92 with the Airbus test registration F-WWCL, this aircraft was delivered to Balair Switzerland as HB-IPL in Apr-92.

Balair merged with CTA in Jan-93 to form Balair/CTA. It was renamed Balair CTA Leisure in Nov-97. The aircraft was sold to a lessor in Nov-99 and leased to Oman Air in Dec-99 as A4O-OC.

It was returned to the lessor in Mar-02 as N640KS. In Jul-02 it was leased to Air Plus Comet as EC-IHV and in Nov-03 they sub-leased it to Aerolineas Argentinas as LV-AIV.

It was repossessed by the lessor in May-10, re-registered N391LF and permanently retired at Walnut Ridge, AR, USA the following month. It was last noted still at Walnut Ridge in Sep-11. The aircraft was broken up there in late 2011. Updated 29-Nov-22

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 21-Nov-25.

First flown in Nov-93 with the de Havilland Canada test registration C-GFUM, this aircraft was delivered to Tyrolean Airways, Austria as OE-LLY in Jan-94. It was withdrawn from serevice and ferried to North Bay, ON, Canada for storage in Jul-01.

The aircraft was sold back to Bombardier Inc as C-GHQZ in Oct-01 and remained stored at North Bay. It was leased to Hydro Quebec in Feb-02 and returned to Bombardier Capital in Sep-03 when it was stored at Calgary, AB, Canada.

In Jan-04 it was leased to Voyageur Airways and wet-leased to the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service in mid Apr-05 and based at Nairobi, Kenya. The aircraft returned to Canada a couple of times for scheduled heavy maintenance.

Bombardier sold it to Voyageur Airways in Feb-19 while the lease to the UN continued. It returned to Voyageur Airways in Feb-21 and was sold to Wasaya Airways, Canada in Jul-22. Now 32 years old, it continues in service. Updated 21-Nov-25.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 22-Sep-21 (DeNoise AI).

Named: "St. Flannan / Flannan".

First flown with the Fokker Aircraft test registration PH-EXG, this aircraft was delivered to Aer Lingus Commuter as EI-FKD in Apr-90. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Woensdrecht, Netherlands in Feb-01.

It was re-registered to Fokker Services as PH-EXG and leased to Denim Air in Nov-03. It was sub-leased to VLM Airlines as OO-VLY, initially operated by Denim Air, in Dec-03. The aircraft was briefly leased to Fokker Services as PH-ZFC in Jan-04, returning to VLM as OO-VLY in Feb-04.

VLM was taken over by CityJet in Oct-09 although the companies continued to operate separately and it was operated for CityJet by VLM. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Apr-13 and stored until it was leased to Hunnu Air (Mongolia) in Jul-13 as JU-8883.

The aircraft was sold to VGAS Vermeer Global Aviation Services (Netherlands) as 2-MIES in Jul-19 and sold to Gomair (Democratic Republic of Congo) as 9S-ABG the following week. Current, updated 22-Sep-21.

Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 15-Jun-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 01-Sep-24.

Operated by Comair on behalf of Delta Connection.

Fleet No: "7111".

No history!

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 20-Feb-14.

This aircraft brought in the instruments for the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra on a UK tour.

Currently (Sep-18), the registration SP-LWA has been re-used on a LOT B737-800/W.

Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 29-Jul-24.

Bit too much ground equipment really!

This aircraft was delivered to the Polish Air Force serialled '102' in Apr-66. It was transferred to LOT Polish Airlines as SP-LSI in Mar-75.

The aircraft was sold to Balkan Bulgarian Airlines as LZ-BEH in Jul-91 and re-registered LZ-ZAH in 1999. It was sold to Phoenix Aviation as EX-75905 in 2000 and sold to Intal Air in 2003. Withdrawn from use and stored by 2006. No further information.

Replaced background, added white frame and placed Brian outside the frame.

Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 16-Feb-19, plus DeNoise AI 21-Dec-22.

My one regret is that I never saw these aircraft on the water or flying.

Named: "Hawaii Mars".

Delivered to the United States Navy in 1945.

Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 28-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 23-Sep-21.

It only took me 55 years to notice that this aircraft has a non-standard double forward door on the right side. The usual forward door is a standard 'Douglas' round topped single door leading right on to the flight deck.

On lease to Cambrian Airways as a passenger aircraft for a couple of months in the summer of 1965 after the tragic loss of Viscount G-AMOL on 20-Jul-65 (hat-tip to Tony Merton Jones & Barry Lloyd for the info).

Delivered to the US Army Air Force in Nov-44, serialled 42-72336, the aircraft was sold to Cruzeiro do Sul as PP-CCI in Apr-46.

It was sold to Transocean Air Lines in Jun-48 as N226A and sold again 5 years later, in Aug-52, to California Eastern Airlines. In Jun-54 it became OD-ACA with Air Liban and was sold to Air France in Apr-59 as F-BIUT.

The aircraft was sold to Aer Turas as EI-AOR in Jun-65. In Nov-69 it was sold to Africair as ZS-IGC and sold to WENELA Botswana in Mar-71 as A2-ZFH. It transferred back to South African register as ZS-IGC again, in Feb-76.

It was sold to Transair Cargo (Congo) in May-77 as 9Q-CAM and operated for ‘African Lux’ three months later. It was destroyed when it was shot down over Mozambique while operating a flight from Rhodesia to Zaire in Nov-77. The two Belgian crew survived but were imprisoned for a year (thanks to Huart Michel for the additional info).

Replacing a photo from Jul-16 with a better version.

'TUI BLUE, The New Kind of Hotel' logojet.

I like the way the logo on the rear fuselage spells out the word 'BLUE'.

Delivered to the TUI Group and leased to Hapagfly (Hapag-Lloyd) as D-ATUD in Mar-06, Hapagfly was renamed TUIfly in Nov-06 and the aircraft was fitted with 'Split Scimitar' winglets in May-14. Current (May-18).

File: 2019001-0053

Previous 1936 x 1296 image replaced with full size 3872 x 2592 image.

2019 British Formula One Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, 14th July 2019.

Some hours before the start of the F1 race, I walked all the way around the circuit, attending food stalls, exhibits, funfairs, and souvenir stalls.

This is a helicopter landing area, at the south part of the circuit, approximately slightly on the east side. I like helicopters and I’ve seen them at air shows and museums. I’ve touched those that are on display, but that was the first time I’ve been close enough to feel the rotor downwash. I just reach for my camera, why not take photos, after all the best thing about digital cameras is that the bigger the memory card you have, the more photos you can take. In the old days of using film, you’re limited by how many rolls of film you have available.

Please note that I like helicopters, but I’m not an expert on helicopters. I can recognise the manufactures and mostly the models, but not the variants. All I know is that this is an AgustaWestland AW109, but I wouldn’t know which variant. According to the Internet, this helicopter register G-MUZZ is supposed to be AW109SP.

At that time of taking the photos, those helicopter are used as charter flights, ferrying rich customers to the circuit, to beat the traffic jams.