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Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 14-Oct-19.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWKT in Jun-04, this aircraft was originally an A330-203 but was modified to A330-202 standard before delivery. It was delivered to GECAS General Electric Capital Aircraft Services and leased to Qatar Airways as A7-AFM in Sep-04.
It was returned to the lessor in Sep-16 and returned to Airbus A330-203 standard. It was re-registered D-AXGF in Oct-16 and leased to Sun Express Airlines Germany for operation on behalf of Eurowings. The aircraft was temporarily stored at Frankfurt, Germany in Mar-20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Sun Express Germany was closed down by joint owners Lufthansa & Turkish Airlines in late Jun-20 and the aircraft was moved to Dusseldorf for further storage. It was transferred to Lufthansa Technik in Jul-20 and moved back to Frankfurt for storage.
In Jul-21 it was transferred to Eurowings Discover and operates long-haul leisure services on previous Lufthansa routes to the Caribbean, Central America and East Africa, as well as some long-haul services for Lufthansa (such as Frankfurt / Atlanta and Frankfurt to destinations in Canada). Current, updated 07-Dec-22.
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sooc, except for a little straightening. i don't think i could take a straight picture to save my life.
i miss spring break. this was a sort of window ledge/seat thingie in my room in the place we stayed, it was big enough to sit in. (which i did often.) and of course, it had the best view. ;)
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 13-Jul-22 (DeNoise AI).
Operating on a 3 week lease for Flying Colours Airlines in full Onur Air livery.
Named: "Kaptan Soray Kahin".
This aircraft was the 2nd prototype A321 and first flew at Hamburg-Finkenwerder in May-93 as an A321-111 with CFM56 engines.
It was registered F-WWIB for test flying at Toulouse. The aircraft returned to Finkenwerder in early 1996 and was re-fitted with International Aero Engines IAE2500 engines by May-96.
It was re-registered D-AVZG and first flew as an A321-131 in May-96. The aircraft was delivered to Onur Air (Turkey) as TC-ONJ in Jul-96. It was wet leased to UK airline Flying Colours for 3 weeks in May-99, still with the c/n (385) on the rear fuselage.
In Nov-00 it was wet leased to Shaheen Air International (Pakistan), returning to Onur Air in Jan-01. In Jan-06 it was wet-leased to Qeshm Air (Iran) and returned to Onur Air in Jun-06.
The aircraft was leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines between Oct-08/Jun-09 and again between Oct/Jan-10. It was withdrawn from service in Apr-20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and stored at Istanbul-ISL.
Due to the Pandemic Onur Air had financial problems and ceased operations in Dec-21 when the Turkish Government didn't renew their operating license. By this time the aircraft was almost 29 years old and isn't expected to fly again. Updated 13-Jul-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 25-Feb-25.
Named: "Sunkissed Girl".
First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AVZD, this aircraft was delivered to GECAS, leased to Virgin Atlantic Airways and sub-leased to Virgin Sun Airlines as G-VKIS in May-00.
It was returned to the lessor in Oct-01 and stored at Bristol-Filton, UK (now closed). It was ferried to Dublin in Apr-02 and repainted white. The aircraft remained stored at Dublin until Jan-03 when it was leased to LTE International Airlines (Spain) as EC-ILG.
It was operated as Volar in Jun-03 until Mar-05 when it became LTE International again. It was returned to the lessor three months later, in Jun-05 and leased to Turkish Airlines as TC-JMF in Jul-05.
The aircraft was returned to GECAS in Jan-12 and was due to be leased to Air Berlin as D-ABCJ, however the lease wasn't taken up. It was transferred to AMCK Aviation as M-ABEE (Isle of Man) in Feb-12 and leased to Nordwind Airlines (Russia) as VQ-BOD in Mar-12. It was ferried to Istanbul-ISL in Dec-21 and returned to the lessor.
It was stored at Istanbul-ISL and was leased to a new Turkish Airline, Southwind Airlines as TC-GRC in Jun-23. Ironically, Southwind was formed to operate holiday flights between... you've guessed it, Turkiye and Russia. More recently it has operated flights within Turkiye and currently is operating Haj Pilgrimage flights between Turkiye and Saudi Arabia. Updated 25-Feb-25. (see notes below!).
Note 1: The aircraft was involved in an incident at Moscow-Sheremetyevo on 02-May-19 when a truck ran into the port main landing gear. The aircraft was parked remote and there was no-one on board, apparently the truck driver 'fell asleep'! It was repaired & returned to service on 16-Jun-19.
Note 2: Russia invaded Ukraine in Feb-22 and sanctions were placed on the country by the west, this meant that aircraft registered outside Russia were uninsured. The aircraft were taken over by the Russian State and were to be re-registered. This one was allocated RA-73327 but Nordwind had returned the aircraft three months earlier!
Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run
Hollywood Studios - Orlando, FL USA
*[We flew the fastest ship in the galaxy
while hurtling through hyperspace! LOL]
*[The quite-amazing new STAR WARS exhibit opened just ten days
prior (to above) on December 5th, 2019. Since we were in Orlando
for a company holiday-party we checked it out. As expected, it was jammed in the daytime with a 90+ minute wait for the ride. We went back in the evening (with a 35 minute wait) and it was very cool! With everything all lit-up at night it was fantastic and we truly felt
as if we were on the Galaxy's Edge! A must for the Star Wars fan!]
*[Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is set within the Star Wars universe, at the Black Spire Outpost village on the remote frontier planet of Batuu. Attractions include Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, a dark ride that places guests in a climactic battle between the First Order and the Resistance; and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, a flying simulator attraction that allows guests to pilot the Millenium Falcon through a customized secret mission on behalf of Hondo Ohnaka and Chewbacca. Restaurants and shops include Oga's Cantina, Savi's Workshop, and the Droid Depot. The land opened in 2019, replacing the park's Streets of America section. The 14-acre area cost an estimated $1 billion. - Probably why a park-ticket is $125.]
The Brickell Avenue Bridge is a bascule bridge in Downtown Miami, Florida, that carries U.S. Route 1 (US 1; Brickell Avenue) over the Miami River.
The original Brickell Avenue Bridge was built in 1929 and replaced in 1995. The Brickell Avenue Bridge was widened by one additional northbound lane in 2006 to reduce the traffic bottleneck through downtown. Before this, there were three southbound but only two northbound lanes. Currently, there are three lanes in each direction as well as a pedestrian walkway on both sides. Still, the bridge causes frequent traffic delays on the busy Brickell Avenue when it opens. According to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), the bridge opened 4,990 times in 2010.
The statue is a 53-foot bronze monument commissioned by the Florida Department of Transportation and created by Cuban Master Sculptor Manuel Carbonell in 1995. The "Pillar of History" consists of a 36-foot high carved bas-relief column that graphically narrates the lives of the Tequesta Indians, Miami's first inhabitants, and features 158 figures. At the top stands a 17-foot bronze sculpture, "Tequesta Family" portraying a Tequesta Indian warrior aiming an arrow to the sky, looking for space in eternity, with his wife and child by his side, while the son covers his face in expectation of their extinction.
Carbonell also created four bas reliefs, measuring 4-feet by 8-feet, which were installed in niches on the bridge's supporting piers. Each relief honors Miami's early founders and pioneers - William and Mary Brickell, Henry Flagler, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and Julia Tuttle.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brickell_Avenue_Bridge
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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 11-May-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 20-Mar-25 (it was a very 'yellowed' negative!).
The charter division of SABENA Belgian World Airlines.
Delivered new to Air France as F-GHGK in Mar-94 this aircraft was only in service for less than two years before being sold to a leasing company and stored in Dec-95.
In Jun-96 it was leased to Sobelair as OO-STF. It was returned to the lessor in Mar-01 and leased to Asiana Airlines in May-01 as HL7200. Returning to the lessor in Jan-06 it was immediately sold to RAM Royal Air Maroc as CN-ROG.
RAM sold it to Cargo Aircraft Management as N365CM in Feb-12 when it was stored at Jacksonville-Cecil Field, FL, USA. The aircraft was ferried to Tel Aviv, Israel around May-13 and converted to freight configuration with a main deck cargo door.
The conversion was completed in Jul-13 and the aircraft was leased to ABX Air in Aug-13. It appears to have been returned to Cargo Aircraft Management around Feb-14 and was noted stored at Wilmington, Ohio in Mar-14, still in basic Royal Air Maroc livery.
It remained stored until it was eventually leased to Cargojet Airways, Canada, in Mar-15 as C-GVIJ. Cargojet bought it in Oct-18. It was wet-leased to DHL Aviation in Apr-22 and operates in full DHL livery. Current, updated 20-Mar-26.
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 slide with a better version 25-Jan-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-Jul-23.
Named: "Jet Clipper Challenger".
This aircraft was delivered to Pan American World Airways as N767PA in Jun-63. It was sold to a lessor in Jun-76 and leased to Dan-Air London as G-BEAF a few days later.
It was sub-leased to IAS Cargo Airlines in Sep-76 and returned to Dan-Air in Jun-78. the aircraft was returned to the lessor in Jun-78 and sold to Interamericana Export (Argentina) as LV-MSG in Jul-78.
It was immediately leased to Transportes Aereo Rioplatense. The aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Buenos Aries-Ezeiza, Argentina in 1984. It was broken up there in Oct-96. The fuselage was used as part of a Restaurant until 1998.
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.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 13-Oct-21 (DeNoise AI).
First flown with the Boeing test registration N1787B, this aircraft was delivered to Itochu Airlease and leased to Sterling European Airways as OY-SEH in Jan-99.
It was sub-leased to Transavia Holland between Apr/Sep-99 and to Air Berlin from Apr/Jun-01. The aircraft was sub-leased to Israir (Israel) between Jul/Sep-01. It was returned to the lessor in Mar-07 and was due to be leased to Transavia Holland as PH-HSW.
Instead, it was leased to Transavia France as F-GZHV in May-07 and was fitted with blended winglets before it entered service.
The aircraft was temporarily stored at Nantes, France in Mar-20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and returned to service in Jul-20. It was stored at Perpignan, France in Sep-22 (it's nearly 24 years old so I'm not sure if it's permanently retired).
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 09-Apr-18, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 21-Feb-24.
Part of the US Flag and the 'N' seem to have peeled of the registration on this side, leaving it as 822US!
This aircraft was first flown in Nov-82 and stored at Long Beach, CA, USA until it was delivered to PSA Pacific Southwest Airlines as N946PS in May-83. It was re-registered N822US in Mar-88 prior to being merged into US Air the following month.
US Air was re-named US Airways in Feb-97 (this aircraft wasn't repainted in the 'black' US Airways livery). The aircraft was sold to the Alameda Corporation in Apr-02 and stored at Las Vegas, NV, USA.
It was leased to CSI Aviation Services in Sep-03 and operated on behalf of the US Department of Justice. It was returned to the lessor in Dec-04 and stored at Goodyear, AZ, USA. It was used as a demonstrator for the 'Q80' 'Stage 4' hush-kits in 2005.
The aircraft was sold to Jetran International Airways (Romania) as YR-MDK in Jul-06. It was wet-leased to Rwandair Express between Jan/Sep-07 and to Nouvelle Air Ivoire between May/Aug-09.
In Nov-11 it was leased to Ten Airways (Romania). It was with Ten Airways until their AOC was suspended in Jan-15 and it returned to Jetran. It was stored at Bucharest-Baneasa the same month. It was last noted still stored at Baneasa in Apr-17 and is unlikely to fly again.
I replaced the vintage limbs. From some newer figure. I don't know what it was from even ....It had a black guys head . And shoulder armor, that I removed....
This Cylon was OK for customizing since he has almost no chrome ! As we all know is a problem with this figure anyway !
I managed to get him apart without damaging anything ..It would be nice to be able to rechrome the pieces again. With some home kit or something... I haven't seen a home kit though ....
To my knowledge this was the last Renault Major running up around the East Midlands , she has since been replaced ,
The Class 07 shunters were designed to replace Class USA steam locomotives on the Southampton Docks system and were introduced from 1961. With the closure of much of the Docks railways they became surplus and some were scrapped, entered Departmental Service or went to Preservation. D2994 was built in 1962 and under TOPS became 07 010. After a spell on the West Somerset Railway, where it is seen here at the head of a short demonstration freight, it is now located on the Avon Valley Railway near Bristol.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 30-May-24.
Operated on behalf of British Airways by CityFlyer Express in this hybrid 'Chatham Historic Dockyard' livery (without the blue lower fuselage and engines).
Originally ordered by TAT Transport Aerien Transregional (previously Touraine Air Transport) as F-GKNF. The order was cancelled before completion.
The aircraft was first flown as F-WWLP in Oct-92 and was stored at Toulouse until it was delivered to the GPA Group Ltd and leased to CityFlyer Express as G-BVEF in Mar-94. It was operated on behalf of British Airways Express.
It was returned to the lessor in Mar-01 and stored at Exeter UK. The aircraft was leased to Coast Air (Norway) in Feb-02 and re-registered LN-FAI in Nov-02. It returned to Nordic Aviation Capital A/S in Mar-04 and was immediately leased to Air Wales as G-CDFF.
Air Wales ceased operations in Apr-06 and the aircraft was returned to the lessor and stored at Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK. In Nov-06 it was leased to Aurigny Air Services and operated in association with Flightline.
It was briefly sub-leased to EuroManx in Sep-07. It was returned to operation by Aurigny from May-08 and was wet-leased to Aer Arann between May/Jul-08. It was returned to Nordic Aviation Capital in Sep-08 and stored at Billund (Denmark).
The aircraft was sold to First Air (Bradley Air Services) as C-GKLB in Feb-09. First Air consolidated their services with Canadian North in Nov-19. The aircraft was removed from service in Jan-21 and stored at Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.
Canadian North took over the operation of the aircraft in May-21 and it returned to service in Jul-21. It's now 33 years old and continues in service. Updated 15-May-25.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 27-Apr-24
Green livery.
This aircraft was delivered to British Airways as G-BDXF in Apr-78. After 24 years in service with British Airways it was sold to European Skybus and leased to European Aviation Air Charter in May-02.
In Jul-05 it was wet-leased to Corsair (France), returning to European Air Charter in Nov-05. On its return the aircraft was permanently retired at Kemble, UK. It was broken up at Kemble in Dec-06.
Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" photo with a better version 04-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).
Rough history... This aircraft was delivered to Aeroflot Russian Airlines as CCCP-86015 in 1982. It became RA-86015 in 1993 after the Soviet Union had become the Russian Federation.
It was leased to VASO Airlines in 2000 and returned to Aeroflot (date unknown). The aircraft was broken up in 2004.
Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 25-Oct-25.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWCV, this aircraft was originally ordered by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as PH-AGL but the order was cancelled before completion.
It was sold to Emirates Airline as A6-EKB in Jul-87. The aircraft was traded in to Airbus for A330's in Nov-00 and immediately sold to Iran Air as EP-IBL. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Tehran-IKA in Apr-18. Presumed permanently retired.
With Thai Airways replacing 747s with 777-300ERs to Sydney effective March 29th, HS-TGA departs Sydney Airport's runway 34L for Bangkok as Thai 476.
Replaced a string of these trapeze artist mini spots with a new fixture in the clients master bedroom in Winnetka.
Draw your own conclusions.
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.
Pontefract (or Pomfret) Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of famous sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War.
The castle, on a rock to the east of the town above All Saints' Church, was constructed in approximately 1070 by Ilbert de Lacy on land which had been granted to him by William the Conqueror as a reward for his support during the Norman Conquest. There is, however, evidence of earlier occupation of the site. Initially the castle was a wooden structure which was replaced with stone over time. The Domesday Survey of 1086 recorded "Ilbert's Castle" which probably referred to Pontefract Castle.
Robert de Lacy failed to support King Henry I during his power struggle with his brother, and the King confiscated the castle from the family during the 12th century. Roger de Lacy paid King Richard I 3,000 marks for the Honour of Pontefract, but the King retained possession of the castle. His successor King John gave de Lacy the castle in 1199, the year John ascended the throne. Roger died in 1213 and was succeeded by his eldest son, John. However, the King took possession of Castle Donington and Pontefract Castle. The de Lacys lived in the castle until the early 14th century. It was under the tenure of the de Lacys that the magnificent multilobate donjon was built.
In 1311 the castle passed by marriage to the estates of the House of Lancaster. Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (circa 1278–1322) was beheaded outside the castle walls six days after his defeat at the Battle of Boroughbridge, a sentence placed on him by King Edward II himself in the great hall. This resulted in the earl becoming a martyr with his tomb at Pontefract Priory becoming a shrine. It next went to Henry, Duke of Lancaster and subsequently to John of Gaunt, third son of King Edward III. He made the castle his personal residence, spending vast amounts of money improving it.
In the closing years of the 14th century, Richard II banished John of Gaunt’s son Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, from England. Following the death of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in 1399, Richard II seized much of the property due to Bolingbroke. Richard then shared some of the seized property around among his favourites. The castle at Pontefract was among such properties which was under threat. These events aroused Bolingbroke to return to England to claim his rights to the Duchy of Lancaster and the properties of his father. Shakespeare's play Richard II (Act 2, scene 1, 277) relates Bolingbroke’s homecoming in the words of Northumberland in the speech of the eight tall ships:-
NORTHUMBERLAND
Then thus: I have from Port Le Blanc,
A bay in Brittany, receiv’d intelligence,
That Harry Duke of Herford, Rainold Lord Cobham,
Thomas, son and heir to th’ Earl of Arundel,
That late broke from the Duke of Exeter,
His brother, Archbishop late of Canterbury,
Sir Thomas Erpingham, Sir John Ramston,
Sir John Norbery, Sir Robert Waterton, and Francis Quoint—
All these, well furnished by the Duke of Brittany
With eight tall ships, three thousand men of war,
Are making hither with all due expedience,
And shortly mean to touch our northern shore
When Bolingbroke landed at Ravenspur on the Humber, he made straight way for his castle at Pontefract. King Richard II, being in Ireland at the time, was in no position to oppose Bolingbroke. Bolingbroke soon deposed Richard and took the crown for himself as Henry IV.
Richard II was captured by Henry Bolingbroke's supporters in August 1399 and was initially imprisoned in the Tower of London. Sometime before Christmas that year he was moved to Pontefract Castle (via Knaresborough) where he remained under guard until his death, perhaps on 14 February 1400. William Shakespeare's play Richard III mentions this incident:
Pomfret, Pomfret! O thou bloody prison,
Fatal and ominous to noble peers!
Within the guilty closure of thy walls
Richard the second here was hack'd to death;
And, for more slander to thy dismal seat,
We give thee up our guiltless blood to drink.
Various chroniclers suggest that Richard was starved to death by his captors, and others suggest he starved himself. A contemporary French chronicler suggested that Richard II had been hacked to death, but this is, according to the ODNB, "almost certainly fictitious"
Richard III had two relatives of Elizabeth Woodville beheaded at Pontefract Castle on 25 June 1483 – her son, Sir Richard Grey, and her brother, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers.
n 1536, the castle's guardian, Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy handed over the castle to the leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace, a Catholic rebellion from northern England against the rule of King Henry VIII. Lord Darcy was executed for this alleged "surrender", which the king viewed as an act of treason.
In 1541, during a royal tour of the provinces, it was alleged that King Henry's fifth wife, Queen Catherine Howard, committed her first act of adultery with Sir Thomas Culpeper at Pontefract Castle, a crime for which she was apprehended and executed without trial. Mary, Queen of Scots was lodged at the castle on 28 January 1569, travelling between Wetherby and Rotherham.
On his way south to London, King James rode from Grimston Park to view Pontefract Castle on 19 April 1603 and stayed the night at the Bear Inn at Doncaster. The castle was included in English jointure property of his wife, Anne of Denmark.
Royalists controlled Pontefract Castle at the start of the English Civil War. The first of three sieges began in December 1644 and continued until the following March when Marmaduke Langdale, 1st Baron Langdale of Holme arrived with Royalist reinforcements and the Parliamentarian army retreated. During the siege, mining and artillery caused damage and the Piper Tower collapsed as a result. The second siege began on 21 March 1645, shortly after the end of the first siege, and the garrison surrendered in July after hearing the news of Charles I's defeat at the Battle of Naseby. Parliament garrisoned the castle until June 1648 when Royalists sneaked into the castle and took control. Pontefract Castle was an important base for the Royalists, and raiding parties harried Parliamentarians in the area.
Oliver Cromwell led the final siege of Pontefract Castle in November 1648. Charles I was executed in January, and Pontefract's garrison came to an agreement and Colonel Morrice handed over the castle to Major General John Lambert on 24 March 1649. Following requests from the townspeople, the grand jury at York, and Major General Lambert, on 27 March Parliament gave orders that Pontefract Castle should be "totally demolished & levelled to the ground" and materials from the castle would be sold off. Piecemeal dismantling after the main organised activity of slighting may have further contributed to the castle's ruined state.
It is still possible to visit the castle's 11th-century cellars, which were used to store military equipment during the civil war.
Little survives of what "must have been one of the most impressive castles in Yorkshire" other than parts of the curtain wall and excavated and tidied inner walls. It had inner and outer baileys. Parts of a 12th-century wall and the Piper Tower's postern gate and the foundations of a chapel are the oldest remains. The ruins of the Round Tower or keep are on the 11th-century mound. The Great Gate flanked by 14th-century semi-circular towers had inner and outer barbicans. Chambers excavated into the rock in the inner bailey possibly indicate the site of the old hall and the North Bailey gate is marked by the remains of a rectangular tower.
The castle has several unusual features. The donjon has a rare Quatrefoil design. Other examples of this type of Keep are Clifford's Tower, York and at the Château d'Étampes in France. Pontefract also has an torre albarrana, a fortification almost unknown outside the Iberian Peninsula. Known as the Swillington Tower, the detached tower was attached to the north wall by a bridge. Its purpose was to increase the defender's range of flanking fire.
Wakefield Council, who manage the site, commissioned William Anelay Ltd to begin repairs on the castle in September 2015, but work stopped in November 2016 when Anelay went into administration. The Council then engaged Heritage Building & Conservation (North) Ltd, who began work on the site in March 2017. A new visitor centre and cafe were opened in July 2017; but in April 2018 the council announced that they had terminated the contract with HB&C (North) Ltd, as no work had been done since mid-March, and they had not had any reassurances that the work would restart. On Yorkshire Day 2019, the restoration was completed, and the castle was removed from Historic England's "Heritage At Risk" list.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 01-Oct-16.
Leased from/operated by Falcon Air Express on behalf of Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas.
Named: "Lillian II".
Quite a late build Boeing 727, this aircraft was delivered to Avianca Colombia in Dec-80. It was originally to have been registered HK-2474 but that wasn't taken up and it was delivered as N203AV (the registration it kept all it's life).
It was sold to International Air Leases Inc in Jul-91 and leased back to Avianca. It was returned to the lessor in Apr-93. In Jul-93 it was leased to AvAtlantic. They sub-leased it to APA International Air between May/Jun-96 and it was returned to the lessor in May-97.
The aircraft was leased to Nations Air Express in Jul-97 and returned to the lessor in Sep-98. In Jan-99 it was leased to Falcon Air Express and sub-leased to Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas the same day.
It was returned to Falcon Air Express in mid 1999 and continued in operation until it was retired and stored at Tucson, AZ, USA in Jul-02. It was sold to Pegasus Aviation in Feb-03. According to the US FAA Register, the registration wasn't cancelled until May-15 but the aircraft had been broken up well before that.
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 19-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).
A dark December day in Manchester.
Fleet No: "076".
Originally ordered by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as PH-DTM the order was cancelled before completion. It was sold on delivery to PAL Philippine Airlines, originally as RP-C2000. However that registration wasn't taken up and it was delivered as RP-C2003 in Oct-76.
It was sold to a lessor in Oct-88 and leased back to PAL until it was returned to the lessor in May-94. The aircraft was re-registered EI-DLA in Jun-94 and it was leased to Leisure Air (USA) the following month. It didn't stay long and was returned to the lessor in Nov-94 (Leisure Air ceased operations in Jan-95) and stored at Greensboro, NC, USA.
It wasn't until Jul-96 that it was leased to Continental Airlines, still as EI-DLA (Fleet No:076). The aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Mojave, CA, USA in Feb-00. It made it's last flight in Aug-03 when it was ferried to Greenwood, MS, USA and permanently retired. It was broken up there in Jul/Aug-04.
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Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 23-Mar-16.
Fleet No: '613'
First flown with the Boeing test registration N6009F, this aircraft was delivered to Air Canada as C-GDSP in Jul-88. It operated with Air Canada until it was retired at Roswell, NM, USA in Sep-08. It was sold to the Jet Midwest Group LLC in Apr-12 as N756JM for scrapping. It was last noted still at Roswell in Oct-13.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-May-25.
This aircraft was delivered to Asiana Airlines as HL8254 in Jul-12. Current, updated 28-May-25.
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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 07-Aug-24.
Note: The aircraft behind the Dornier is Boeing B767-328ER S7-RGT leased from Royal Brunei Airlines (V8-RBM) by the Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight.
Air France by ProteuS AirlineS.
First flown with the Dornier test registration D-CDXK, this aircraft was ordered by Tahiti Conquest Airlines but the order was cancelled. It was delivered to Proteus Air System as F-GNPA in Mar-96 and operated for a joint company Air France/Air Inter Express.
The product was renamed Air France by ProteuS AirlineS in 1998 after Air Inter had been merged into Air France. The aircraft was returned to Proteus and the lessor in May-00.
The following month it was leased to Air Alps Aviation as D-CALP and operated as KLM Alps under a franchise agreement with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. It was returned to Air Alps Aviation in Apr-01 and was re-registered in Austria in May-03 as OE-LKE.
The aircraft was operated by Air Alps Aviation until it was sold to AeroCardal (Chile) as CC-ACG in Aug-10. In Sep-14 it was sold to TEC Aircraft Leasing and leased to Private Wings Flugcharter as D-CITO. Current, updated 07-Aug-24.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 26-Mar-17, plus DeNoise AI 28-Nov-22.
Right side. The fuselage livery incorporates the 'JAS' titles although on this side they appear as a 'mirror image'.
This aircraft was delivered to JAS Japan Air System as JA8004 in Jun-97. JAS was merged into Japan Airlines Domestic in Apr-04. In Oct-06 Japan Airlines Domestic was merged into 'the other half', Japan Airlines International.
The 'International' was dropped in Apr-11 when the airline became Japan Airlines again. The aircraft was sold to Delta Air Lines as N940DN in May-12 and initially stored at Marana, AZ, USA.
It was ferried to Jacksonville-Cecil Field, FL, USA in Jan-13 for heavy maintenance, painting and cabin reconfiguration and entered service in Apr-13. The aircraft was permanently retired at San Bernardino, CA, USA in Jan-19 with 46,186 hours and 37,519 flight cycles 'on the clock'.
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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 10-May-22 (DeNoise AI)
Leased to Ansett Air Freight and operated by Kitty Hawk Air Cargo.
This aircraft was delivered to American Airlines as N6833 in May-69. It was in service with American for 25 years until it was sold to a leasing company in May-94. It was converted to freight configuration with a main deck cargo door in Jun-94 and was leased to Kitty Hawk Air Cargo in Aug-94.
The aircraft was sub-leased to Pan Air in Oct-96 and returned to Kitty Hawk in Dec-96. It was sub-leased to Ansett Air Freight in Jan-98, returning to Kitty Hawk in Mar-99.
The company filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in May-00 and the aircraft was sold to the Kitty Hawk Collateral Liquidating Trust and leased back to Kitty Hawk Aircargo in Oct-01.
The aircraft was finally retired at Roswell, NM, USA at the end of Jul-05 and never flew again. It was last noted still stored at Roswell in Mar-11 in derelict condition.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 29-Jan-19.
Originally delivered to Aeroflot Russian Airlines as CCCP-42527 (date unknown), this aircraft was sold to Air Ukraine as UR-42527 (date unknown). It was sold to Air Lviv in Jun-65. It was permanently retired at Lviv, Ukraine around 2005/06. Last noted at Lviv in Aug-08, derelect. Thought to have been broken up in 2012.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 26-Aug-21 (DeNoiseAI).
Taken from the Templeton Bridge,
Fleet No: "722".
First flown with the Boeing test registration N1786B, this aircraft was originally to have been registered N17730. This wasn't taken up and the aircraft was delivered to Continental Airlines as N27722 in Apr-99. It was fitted with blended winglets in May-05. Continental Airlines was merged into United Airlines in Oct-10 and the blended winglets were changed to split scimitar winglets in Sep-15. Current, updated (Aug-20)
Replacing a photo from Apr-15 with a better version.
Named: "Princess Salma Bint Abdullah".
This aircraft was delivered to the CIT Leasing Corporation and leased to Royal Jordanian Airlines as JY-BAC in Oct-15. Current (Sep-18).
Go Ahead WY have had this Procters branded Volvo B7RLE on the Leeds - Wetherby X98/99 over the last few days, seen here in Oakwood, Leeds. There is a wonderful recess mounted post box here at the junction with North Lane to the right of the bus.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 06-Aug-21.
Leased from/operated by Maersk Air.
An early build B737-700 (Line No:11), this aircraft was first flown with the Boeing test registration N35161. It was delivered to Maersk Air (Denmark) as OY-MRB in Mar-98. It was wet-leased to Air Malta in Mar-00 and returned to Maersk Air in Oct-00.
The aircraft was sold to GECAS in Dec-00 and immediately leased to GOL Transportes Aereos (Brasil) as PR-GOA. It was returned to GECAS in Sep-12 and stored at Greenwood, MS, USA where it was subsequently broken up after only 14 years in service.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 26-Aug-21 (DeNoiseAI)
'all go' titles, right side. 'go now' titles. left side.
This aircraft was delivered to ILFC and leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines as PK-GWF in Apr-90. It was returned to the lessor in Mar-98 and leased to Go Fly Ltd as G-IGOF the following month (see note below).
Go Fly was merged into the easyJet Airline Company in Dec-02 and the aircraft stayed with them until it was returned to the lessor in Nov-03. It was leased to Garuda again in Dec-03 as PK-GHS.
The aircraft was transferred to Garuda Citylink in May-04 and returned to the lessor in Jan-09 and leased to Sriwijaya Air as PK-CJY in Feb-09. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair when it caught fire at Jakarta (CGK) in Oct-14.
Note: Go Fly Ltd was set up by British Airways as a low-cost answer to Ryanair and easyJet. It was based at Stansted, UK. It didn't really catch on and it's somewhat ironic that BA eventually sold Go Fly to easyJet in Dec-02.
Replacing an earlier photo taken 21-Jun-16 with a better shot 25-Jun-16.
Recently repainted in the Thomas Cook Group's new corporate livery.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWYG, this aircraft was delivered to Airtours International Airways and leased to their Danish subsidiary, Premiair, as OY-VKG in Jul-00. The Airtours Group was renamed MyTravel Airways in May-02 and Premiair was renamed MyTravel Airways A/S.
The aircraft was wet-leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines for Haj Pilgrimage operations between Dec-03/Mar-04 and again between Dec-04/Feb-05. In May-05 it was leased back to MyTravel Airways UK for the summer season, returning to MyTravel A/S at the end of Oct-05.
The aircraft was wet-leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines again for a Haj Pilgrimage operation between Dec-05/Feb-06, and between Nov-06/Feb-07 and Nov-07/Jan-08. In May-08 the MyTravel Group was merged into the Thomas Cook Travel Group and MyTravel Denmark was renamed Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia. More Haj Pilgrimage leases for Garuda Indonesia were operated between Nov-08/Jan-09 and Oct/Dec-10.
The Thomas Cook Group UK ceased operations on 23-Sep-19, taking Thomas Cook Airlines UK with it. Thomas Cook Scandinavia continued operating at a reduced capacity and was sold to Norwegian Consortium at the end of Oct-19. It was renamed Sunclass Airlines on 01-Nov-19.
This aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Copenhagen in Mar-20 when the COVID-19 Pandemic hit the world. In Feb-21 it was sold to TVPX Aircraft Solutions as N349UK and ferried to Istanbul-ISL, Turkiye for maintenance with Turkish Airlines.
In May-21 it was sold to Turkish company ULS Airlines Cargo and registered in San Marino as T7-ULS. It was immediately leased to San Merino Executive and operated as a 'Preighter' with seats and carpets removed. The aircraft was wet-leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines for a Haj Pilgrimage operation between May and early Aug-23 (with seats & carpets refitted!).
It was returned to ULS Airlines Cargo in Oct-23 and sold to CAM Cargo Aircraft Management as N803CM. It was stored at Istanbul-ISL awaiting 'P2F' freighter conversion. The aircraft was converted to full freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in Mar-25 and leased to ULS Airlines Cargo, Turkiye as TC-GOU in Jul-25, it operates cargo services on behalf of Turkish Airlines Cargo. Current, updated 24-Dec-25.
Development of an improved B-29 began in 1944 with the desire to replace the unreliable Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone engines with the more powerful four-row 28-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial engine. A B-29A-5-BN was modified by Pratt & Whitney as a testbed for the installation of the R-4360 in the B-29 with four 3,000-horsepower R-4360-33s replacing the 2,200-horsepower R-3350s. Known as the XB-44 Superfortress, it took to the skies in May 1945.
The planned Wasp-Major powered bomber, the B-29D, was to incorporate considerable changes in addition to the new engines including extensive use of 75-S aluminum making the wing stronger and lighter, a more robust undercarriage, and specifically a larger vertical fin and rudder and enlarged flaps to deal with the increased engine power and weight. Armament was similar to that of the B-29 with two bomb-bays carrying 20,000 pounds (9,100 kg) of bombs and a further 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg) externally. Defensive armament was 13 x 12.7mm (.50 inch) machine guns (or 12 machine guns and one 20mm (0.8 inch) cannon) in five turrets.
The need for the new bomber lead to an order with Boeing for 200 B-29Ds in July 1945 but the end of World War II in August 1945 prompted mass cancellations of outstanding orders for military equipment, with over 5,000 B-29s cancelled in September 1945. In December of that year, B-29D orders were cut from 200 to 60, while at the same time the designation of the aircraft was changed to B-50. On its first flight in May 1945, the XB-44 proved to be 50-60 mph (80-100 km/h) faster than the standard B-29. The first production B-50A (there were no prototypes) made its maiden flight on 25 June 1947 with a further 78 B-50As following.
In this image, a B-50A (serial number 46-0010) “Lucky Lady II” assigned to the 43rd Bombardment Group flies high over the American mid-west. This aircraft became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop. The “Lucky Lady II” departed Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth, Texas on 26 February 1949 heading east and after flying 23,452 mi (37,742 km), the aircraft returned to base on 2 March 1949 after flying 94 hours and one minute. During its circumnavigation, the aircraft wa refuled four times by KB-29M Superfortress tankers near Lajes Air Base in the Azores, Dhahran Airfield in Suadi Arabia, Clark Air Base in the Philippines, and Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii using the soon-to-be-obsolete grappled-line looped-hose technique.The mission required a double crew with three pilots under the command of Capt. James Gallagher and rotated shifts of four to six hours. The aircraft flew at altitudes between 10,000 to 20,000 ft (3,000 to 6,100 m) and completed the trip around the world at an average ground speed of 249 mph (401 km/h). General Curtis Lemay, the Strategic Air Command’s commanding general, was on hand to greet “Lucky Lady II” upon its arrival with Distinguished Flying Cross medals for the crew.