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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 09-Aug-21 (DeNoiseAI).
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.
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.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 29-May-22 (DeNoise AI).
Named: "Holidayliner Freedom".
Sadly, this beautiful DC-10 didn't last long. Built with a main deck cargo door, this aircraft could be used for either passengers or cargo. It was delivered to ONA Overseas National Airways as N1032F in Jun-73 and was written off at New York-Kennedy just 2.5 years later on 12-Nov-75.
Note:
The aircraft was departing on a ferry flight from New York-Kennedy to Frankfurt and Jeddah at the start of a series of Haj Pilgrimage charter flights with 129 staff passengers and 10 crew.
During the take-off run the aircraft hit a large flock of seagulls on the runway and the take-off was abandoned. The damage to the No:3 engine fan blades caused a rotation imbalance and the compressor case disintegrated, causing a fire in the engine pylon and the right wing.
It also damaged the No:3 hydraulic system which affected the aircraft braking and the No:3 thrust reverser couldn't be deployed.
The runway was wet and it was apparent that the aircraft was not going to stop on the runway, so the crew steered onto a taxiway with the aircraft still doing 40kts which caused the undercarriage to collapse. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 05-Jan-18, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 07-Nov-23.
Taken through glass with some reflections.
Named: "Maria Montessori"
This aircraft was delivered to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as PH-KCB in Mar-94. After 20.5 years in service, it was permanently retired at Crestview, FL, USA in Dec-14. It was 'technically' broken up at Crestview in Oct-16.
It was last noted at Crestview in Oct-16 with the forward upper fuselage cut out from just behind the flight deck windows including the forward galley area, no engines and many other parts missing.
Replacing and earlier scanned photo with a better version 28-Dec-17.
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.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 13-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 13-Mar-26.
The original 'Shorts Shed'...
Seen with the original Astazou engines which sounded like 2 wasps in a can!
G-ASCO was the 2nd prototype SC-7 Skyvan which first flew 29-Oct-65. It was used in the development programme and as a demonstrator and flew in many different liveries of prospective customers.
It didn't stay around for long though, it was stored at Short's factory airfield at Sydenham, Belfast (now Belfast Harbour Airport) in May-68 and was broken up in early 1972.
A cherry blossom is a flower of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is called sakura after the Japanese.
Currently they are widely distributed, especially in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere including Japan, Nepal, India, Taiwan, Korea, Mainland China, West Siberia, Iran and Afghanistan. Along with the chrysanthemum, the cherry blossom is considered the national flower of Japan.
All varieties of cherry blossom trees produce small, unpalatable fruit or edible cherries. Edible cherries generally come from cultivars of the related species Prunus avium and Prunus cerasus.
"Hanami" is the centuries-old practice of picnicking under a blooming sakura or ume tree. The custom is said to have started during the Nara period (710–794), when it was ume blossoms that people admired in the beginning, but by the Heian period (794–1185) cherry blossoms came to attract more attention, and hanami was synonymous with sakura. From then on, in both waka and haiku, "flowers" (hana) meant "cherry blossoms". The custom was originally limited to the elite of the Imperial Court, but soon spread to samurai society and, by the Edo period, to the common people as well. Tokugawa Yoshimune planted areas of cherry blossom trees to encourage this. Under the sakura trees, people had lunch and drank sake in cheerful feasts.
Woodblock print of Mount Fuji and cherry blossom from Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Hiroshige
Every year the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the public track the sakura zensen (cherry blossom front) as it moves northward up the archipelago with the approach of warmer weather via nightly forecasts following the weather segment of news programs. The blossoming begins in Okinawa in January, and typically reaches Kyoto and Tokyo at the end of March or the beginning of April. It proceeds into areas at the higher altitudes and northward, arriving in Hokkaido a few weeks later. Japanese pay close attention to these forecasts and turn out in large numbers at parks, shrines and temples with family and friends to hold flower-viewing parties. Hanami festivals celebrate the beauty of the cherry blossom and for many are a chance to relax and enjoy the beautiful view. The custom of hanami dates back many centuries in Japan. The eighth-century chronicle Nihon Shoki records hanami festivals being held as early as the third century AD.
Most Japanese schools and public buildings have cherry blossom trees outside of them. Since the fiscal and school year both begin in April, in many parts of Honshu, the first day of work or school coincides with the cherry blossom season.
The Japan Cherry Blossom Association developed a list of Japan's Top 100 Cherry Blossom Spots with at least one location in every prefecture.
The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington. Mayor Ozaki donated the trees in an effort to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and also celebrate the continued close relationship between the two nations. Large and colorful helium balloons, floats, marching bands from across the country, music and showmanship are parts of the Festival's parade and other events.
The effort to bring cherry blossom trees to Washington, D.C., preceded the official planting by several decades. In 1885, Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore returned from her first trip to Japan and approached the U.S. Army Superintendent of the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds with the idea of planting cherry trees along the reclaimed waterfront of the Potomac River. Scidmore, who would go on to become the first female board member of the National Geographic Society, was rebuffed, though she would continue proposing the idea to every Superintendent for the next 24 years.
The first "Cherry Blossom Festival" was held in 1935 under joint sponsorship by numerous civic groups, becoming an annual event. The cherry trees had by this point become an established part of the nation's capital. In 1938, plans to cut down trees to clear ground for the Jefferson Memorial prompted a group of women to chain themselves together at the site in protest. A compromise was reached where more trees would be planted along the south side of the Basin to frame the Memorial. A Cherry Blossom Pageant was begun in 1940.
On December 11, 1941, four trees were cut down. It is suspected that this was retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan four days earlier, though this was never confirmed. In hopes of dissuading people from further attacks upon the trees during the war, they were referred to as "Oriental" flowering cherry trees for the war's duration. Suspended during World War II, the festival resumed in 1947 with the support of the Washington, D.C., Board of Trade and the D.C. Commissioners.
In 1948, the Cherry Blossom Princess and U.S. Cherry Blossom Queen program were started by the National Conference of State Societies. A Princess was selected from each state and federal territory, with a queen chosen to reign over the festival. In 1952, Japan requested help restoring the cherry tree grove at Adachi, Tokyo along the Arakawa River, which was the parent stock of the D.C. trees but had diminished during the war. In response, the National Park Service sent budwood back to Tokyo.
The Japanese ambassador gave a 300-year-old stone lantern to the city of Washington to commemorate the signing of the 1854 Japan-US Treaty of Amity and Friendship by Commodore Matthew C. Perry. For a number of years, the lighting of this lantern formally opened the Festival. Three years later, the president of the pearl company started by Mikimoto Kōkichi donated the Mikimoto Pearl Crown. Containing more than five pounds of gold and 1,585 pearls, the crown is used at the coronation of the Festival Queen at the Grand Ball. The next year, the Mayor of Yokohama gifted a stone pagoda to the City to "symbolize the spirit of friendship between the United States of America manifested in the Treaty of Peace, Amity and Commerce signed at Yokohama on March 31, 1854."
The Japanese gave 3,800 more Yoshino trees in 1965, which were accepted by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. These trees were grown in the United States and many were planted on the grounds of the Washington Monument. For the occasion, the First Lady and Ryuji Takeuchi, wife of the Japanese ambassador, reenacted the 1912 planting. In 1982, Japanese horticulturalists took cuttings from Yoshino trees in Washington, D.C., to replace cherry trees that had been destroyed in a flood in Japan. From 1986 to 1988, 676 cherry trees were planted using US$101,000 in private funds donated to the National Park Service to restore the trees to the number at the time of the original gift.
In 1994, the Festival was expanded to two weeks to accommodate the many activities that happen during the trees' blooming. Two years later, the Potomac and Arakawa became sister rivers. Cuttings were taken from the documented 1912 trees in 1997 to be used in replacement plantings and thus preserve the genetic heritage of the grove. In 1999, fifty trees of the Usuzumi variety from Motosu, Gifu, were planted in West Potomac Park. According to legend, these trees were first planted by Emperor Keitai in the 6th century and were designated a National Treasure of Japan in 1922. From 2002 to 2006, 400 trees propagated from the surviving 1912 trees were planted to ensure the genetic heritage of the original donation is maintained.
from Wikipedia
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 25-Jan-21.
With additional 'Team' titles.
Named: "Capri".
This aircraft was delivered to Alitalia as I-DEMP in Dec-81. it spent almost 21 years with Alitalia and was withdrawn from service and stored at Rome-Fumicino in Mar-02. It was permanently retired at Kinston, NC, USA in Jul-02 and was broken up there in Mar-03.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-Mar-17 (DeNoise AI 24-Aug-22).
'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.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 20-Jan-19.
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.
Replaced the handguard and stock with wood furniture. I never realized how low stocks sit on AKs o.o But it 'almost' has a Thompson look to it now if you don't think about it too much. xD
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 12-Feb-15, plus DeNoise AI 18-Jan-23.
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).
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 04-Mar-17, DeNoise AI 29-Sep-02.
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, USA in Dec-18. It was broken up there in 2022.
Shyamali Paul replaces a damaged LED bulb with a new one at a Chrysanthemum flower cultivation farm at a village in West Bengal, the eastern state of India. Here farmers with the help of microfinancing to cultivate Chrysanthemum flowers which are exported to Europe and USA apart from other states of India. Farmers light up their fields with LED bulbs at night to get quality production of ornamental flower like Chrysanthemum. Here fellow flower growers shifted to a new innovative method of farming as they strung up rows of 9Watt LED bulbs across their fields and kept these switched on from sunset till dawn for 7-10 days during the budding stage.
The innovation of thousands of LED bulbs are switched on during the night to give the plants artificial, “day-like” light to compensate for its lack during the daytime cover-up. It was found the plants showed stunted growth when kept the lights on at night and the quality of his chrysanthemums was also very good.
The process is by exposing the plant to a continuous phase of light even at dusk they are enhancing the process of photosynthesis, which means the plant cooks way more food than it can cook only from the sunlight it receives in the morning. With the process being repeated over a period of days, the plant gets engaged in cooking and storing the food and then when the lights are suddenly cut off, the plant grows at a very fast rate with enough nutrition for a good quality produce. During the process, the farmers need to maintain a perfect balance between the periods of light and darkness.
Three years back, their business was floundering, now suddenly things have changed on which more than 5000 farmers’ families are depending on Chrysanthemum flower cultivation.
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 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.
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 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 ...
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).
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 26-Aug-15 (DeNoise AI 29-Jul-22).
G-APWF was delivered to Jersey Airlines in Apr-62. Jersey Airlines was renamed British United (CI) Airways in Aug-63 and renamed British United Island Airways in Nov-68.
In Jul-70 it was renamed yet again, this time as BIA British Island Airways. BIA was merged into Air UK in Jan-80. The aircraft was stored at Jersey, CI, UK, in late 1981 and was broken up there in Apr-84, the nose section being sold to a local inhabitant.
Note: When British Caledonian first started the Manchester / London-Gatwick service, it was twice daily on these British Island Airways Heralds. The morning southbound was a night-stop while the morning northbound went through to Blackpool to operate for BIA during the day, before returning late afternoon to continue southbound for B.Cal.
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.
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.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 30-Nov-21 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was delivered to Pan-American World Airways Cargo in a full freighter configuration, without windows, as N457PA in Oct-67 (all B707-320C aircraft were built with a large cabin cargo door as standard and could be used for passengers or cargo, or both in the ‘combi’ role).
It was sold to ATASCO Leasing Inc in Jun-78 and immediately leased to Pelican Air Transport UK as G-BPAT, returning to ATASCO a year later in Jun-79. It was sold to Zambia Airways the same month as 9J-AEQ. They operated it for seven years until it was sold to National Air Charter in Apr-86, still as 9J-AEQ.
In Feb-89 it was sold to 707 Leasing Ltd and leased to TAAT Trans Arabian Air Transport, Sudan the same month as ST-ALM. It was only with TAAT for three months until May-89 when it was returned to 707 Leasing Ltd and leased to Air Hong Kong as VR-HKL.
It stayed with Air Hong Kong for over three years until it was returned to the lessor in Oct-92 and sold to TAAT, this time as ST-AMF. It continued in service with TAAT until they ceased operations in 2006 when the aircraft was stored at Khartoum, Sudan. It was reported still stored at Khartoum in Nov-11 and may have since been broken up.
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun.
Although the new order in Leeds city centre continues its inexorable march, you can still find some pockets of how things used to be.
I'm not sure about this image yet, but the area between Leeds station and Kirkgate always felt like it had some potential, though ideally with some elevation.
A morning mooch before work at Leeds station this morning revealed this point of view from the Centenary pedestrian footbridge over the River Aire.
I think it probably needs a longer lens, but as it was a work day, I only had what I could carry in my rucksack. One to try again to reach in a bit closer I think.
43184 tails 43366 with 5Z43 08.06 Neville Hill TMD to Derby. This is a route learning/refreshing trip for Cross Country drivers.
Holy Trinity Church spire competes for attention, but the Inter City Executive livery HST is my true faith.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 20-Apr-22.
The engines carry the titles 'Boeing MD-90'... ARGHHHHH!
First flown in Nov-96 with the McDonnell Douglas test registration N6203U, this aircraft was leased to KTHY - Kibris Turk Hava Yollari (Cyprus Turkish Airlines) as TC-KTB at the end of Mar-97. It was returned to McDonnell Douglas in Nov-97 and stored at Marana, AZ, USA.
It was transferred to the Boeing Aircraft Holding Company and re-registered N535MD in Apr-98. It was leased to Turkish Airlines as TC-JHB in Jul-98. It didn't stay long and was returned to Boeing in Dec-98 as N935MD, it was stored at Marana again.
In Aug-99 the aircraft was leased to AMC Aviation (Egypt) as SU-BMS and returned to Boeing Finance as N744BC in Mar-02. This time it was stored at Victorville, CA, USA.
Over two years later the aircraft was leased to Fly Hello (Switzerland) as HB-JIB in Aug-04. It was wet-leased to BritishJET in May-05. In Jan-08 Fly Hello terminated the lease and the aircraft was wet-leased to Air Malta the following day.
It returned to Fly Hello in Apr-08 and continued in service until it was returned to the lessor in Jan-10. It was stored at Greensboro, NC, USA.
The aircraft was sold to Delta Air Lines as N919DN in Feb-10. After further storage, maintenance, repainting and cabin re-configuration it was re-registered N648NW in Jul-11. It was re-registered N918DH the following month.
After the COVID-19 Pandemic started, Delta decided to retire the MD-90 fleet and this aircraft was permanently retired at Blytheville, AR. USA in May-20. Updated 20-Apr-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 23-Mar-15.
Fleet No: "905".
Delivered to TCA Trans Canada Airlines as CF-TKE in Feb-61, TCA became Air Canada in Jun-64. It only operated for 11 years until it was sold to Air Holdings (Sales) Ltd in Feb-72 and immediately leased to Templewood Aviation who sub-leased it to Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Indonesia, as PK-MVW.
It was repossessed by Air Holdings in Dec-72 and registered G-BAMX in Jan-73. It was withdrawn from use and stored at Southend, UK, in Jun-73, it was used for spares and broken up there in 1974.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 19-Sep-15.
Named: "Narino".
Delivered to AVIANCA Colombia in Apr-65 as HK-726, the aircraft was sold to Monarch Aviation in Jul-83. It was sold on to Jet Star Inc the following month as N4450Z. It was sold to Leaseway International Inc in Nov-83 and leased to Silver Wings. It was returned to Leaseway International in Oct-84. The same month it was sold to Boeing Military Airplane Company. It was withdrawn from use and parts were used in the KC-135E conversion programme. The remains were stored at Davis-Monthan Air Base, AZ, USA, and were broken up there in Mar-91.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 22-Apr-22 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was delivered to China Airlines as B-1862 in Apr-77. It was leased to Mandarin Airlines in Dec-92 and returned to China Airlines in Feb-99.
It was re-registered B-18252 in Jul-99 to avoid duplication with registrations issued in mainland China (B-1862 is currently a China Eastern A320 built at Tianjin in 2014). The aircraft was sold to The Gulf Falcon Group as P4-GFC (Aruba) in Dec-99 and leased to Air Gulf Falcon.
It was re-registered 3C-GFC (Equatorial Guinea) in Mar-00, re-registered 5Y-GFC (Kenya) in Aug-00, then 3D-GFC (Swaziland) in Sep-01. It's worth noting that throughout all these questionable registration changes it had spent most of it's time on the ground at Sharjah, UAE.
It was returned to the Gulf Falcon Group in Oct-01 as 3D-PAJ and was immediately leased to Sky Aviation. The aircraft was stored at Sharjah in Mar-02 and was returned to the Gulf Falcon Group in Dec-02.
In Jan-03 it was leased to Kinshasa Airways (Congo) as 9Q-CWY and was back in storage at Sharjah in Mar-03. It was registered to the Gulf Falcon Group again in Apr-07 as J2-SHF (Djibouti) with the intention of being leased to Daallo Airlines.
However the lease didn't happen and the aircraft remained stored at Sharjah. It was last noted still stored at Sharjah in Mar-15.
I also have a photo of this aircraft with Air Gulf Falcon at ...
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 15-Mar-18.
Later became PH-KJG with BASE Business Airlines.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 24-Apr-22 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to Air New Zealand as ZK-NCH in Oct-94. It was returned to ILFC in Oct-06 and immediately leased to flyGlobespan.com as G-CEFG.
The aircraft was sub-leased to Air India for 2 weeks in Apr-07. It was sub-leased to Air India again between May-07/Sep-08. flyGlobespan ceased operations in Dec-09 while the aircraft was operating a series of charter flights for the UK Royal Air Force.
It was returned to ILFC and was initially stored at RAF Brize Norton, UK. In Jan-10 it was ferried to Miami for further storage and was re-registered N411LF in Mar-10.
The aircraft was due to be leased to Luzair (Portugal) as CS-TQQ but the lease was cancelled just before delivery. Instead it was leased to Omni Air International (USA) in Sep-10 and was re-registered N396AX in Jan-11.
In Oct-16 the aircraft was returned to the lessor and sold to Cargo Aircraft Management Inc. It was converted to full freighter configuration with a main-deck cargo door at Tel Aviv, Israel in Mar-17. Blended winglets were also added at this time.
It was leased to ATI Air Transport International in mid-Apr-17. The aircraft was re-registered N347AZ at the end of the month and is operated by ATI on behalf of Amazon Prime Air. Current, updated 06-Nov-21.
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Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 10-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 15-Mar-23.
Originally registered to the Bristol Aeroplane Company as G-AMLJ, it later used the Bristol temporary registration G-18-116 before being delivered to Aer Lingus in Jul-52 as EI-AFR.
It was sold to Skyways Ltd in Jun-55 but wasn't returned to the UK Register as G-AMLJ until 3 months later. In Dec-55 Skyways sold it to Middle East Airlines as OD-ACM.
It was acquired by BOAC Associated Companies in May-58 but remained operating in the middle east until it returned to the UK, again as G-AMLJ, in Oct-58 and was leased to BKS Air Transport. They bought it in Jul-59.
It was sold to Aer Turas Ireland in Mar-66 as EI-APC. Aer Turas flew it for more than 6 years until it was sold in France in Dec-72 to Transportes Aeriens Reunis as F-BTYO. It was retired at Nice, France, in 1976 and broken up.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 13-Jan-24.
The 10th A330-243/MRTT for the UK Royal Air Force which is in 'Reserve Status' and was leased to Thomas Cook Airlines UK by Air Tanker Services Ltd. It has been fully fitted out and still has it's underwing refuelling equipment fitted. It had just been painted at Air Livery, Manchester in Thomas Cook Airlines [very] basic new livery and departed today back to the Airbus Military facility at Getafe, Spain. It entered service with Thomas Cook in Apr/May-15.
First flown in Jan-14 in storage primer as F-WWTR, this aircraft was delivered to EADS Spain as EC-330 in Mar-14 for conversion to MRTT (Multi Roll Tanker Transport) standard.
It became MRTT026 in Dec-14 and was delivered to Air Tanker Ltd at RAF Brize Norton, UK as G-VYGK in Feb-15. This is an RAF Reserve aircraft which would be seriallied ZZ340 in military service. On arrival at Brize Norton the military equipment was removed and stored and the interior was fitted out for civil use with 320 economy seats.
The aircraft was wet-leased to Thomas Cook Airlines UK in Apr-15 and returned to Air Tanker Ltd in Mar-19. It was wet-leased to Condor Flugdienst in Apr-19 and returned to Air Tanker Ltd in Mar-20 at the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The Air Tanker civilian A330 fleet operate regular Royal Air Force scheduled services between Brize Norton and the Falkland Islands and operate short-term and ad-hoc charter flights for airlines worldwide.
The aircraft was leased, short-term, to Jet2 .com in May-24 to cover while sister-ship G-VYGL was on maintenance at Birmingham, UK. Current, updated 04-Jun-24.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 27-Jan-18, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 13-Dec-23.
With both Kalitta and American International Airways titles.
Originally built as a 'Combi' with a side cargo door, this aircraft was delivered to Kuwait Airways as 9K-ADA in Jul-78. It was wet-leased to EgyptAir in Nov-87 and returned to Kuwait Airways in Jun-88.
In Dec-88 it was wet-leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines and returned to Kuwait Airways in Jul-89. The aircraft was sold to American International Airways (Kalitta!) as N707CK in Aug-95 and was converted to a full freighter configuration by Jan-96.
The company was renamed Kitty Hawk International Air Cargo in Feb-99 and the aircraft was stored at Mojave, CA, USA in May-00. It was leased to Kalitta Air in Dec-00 when the aircraft was returned to service.
It was returned to Kitty Hawk and sold to the Kitty Hawk Collateral Liquidating Trust and stored in Sep-02. In Feb-04 it was leased to Global Air Cargo. The aircraft was due to be re-registered N707KH but that didn't happen and the aircraft returned to the Kitty Hawk Collateral Liquidating Trust just 3 months later in May-04.
In Jun-04 it was leased to AFX Capital III Ltd and was re-registered N801KH in Jul-04. It was sub-leased to Air Bangladesh as S2-ADT two weeks later. The aircraft was stored at Manston UK in Apr-05 without titles.
It was returned to AFX Capital III around Jan-06 but remained stored at Manston. It was returned to Kitty Hawk Collateral Liquidating Trust in Oct-06 and immediately sold to Star Aviation Services.
It was ferried from Manston, via Brussels to Ahlhorn, Germany in Nov-06 with the undercarriage locked down. The aircraft was broken up at Ahlhorn in Jul/Aug-07.
Note: The registration N707CK was later re-used by Kalitta in Mar-06 on an ex JAL Japan Airlines Cargo B747-246F, c/n 21681/382.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 01-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 16-Nov-23.
Fleet No: "815".
CF-TJO was built with a main deck cargo door and could be used as a passenger aircraft or as a freighter. The aircraft was delivered to TCA Trans Canada Airlines in passenger configuration in Feb-63.
Trans Canada Airlines was renamed Air Canada in Jun-64. It became C-FTJO on 31-May-74 when the Canadian Government introduced the C-Gxxx registration series.
The aircraft continued in service until it was retired at Montreal-Dorval in Jun-82. It was donated to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for training purposes and was eventually broken up at Montreal in Nov-93.
The registration C-FTJO was later used on an Air Canada A320-211.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 07-Feb-22 (DeNoise AI).
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWCN, this aircraft was delivered to ILFC and leased to Air Liberte as F-GHEJ in May-90. It was returned to ILFC in Sep-96 and stored.
The aircraft was transferred to ILFC Bermuda, re-registered VR-BQU and leased to AeroCancun (Mexico) in Feb-97, It was returned to the lessor in Jun-97 and stored.
It was re-registered N535KR in Apr-98 and leased to Passaredo Transportes Aereo (Brasil) as PP-PSE in Jun-98. The aircraft was returned to the lessor on Sep-99 and immediately leased to Yemenia as 7O-ADJ.
The aircraft was written of on 30-Jun-09 when it crashed near Moroni, Comoro Islands while on approach in bad weather.