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Replacing and earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-Feb-22 (DeNoise AI).
AeroMexico and Mexicana, being based at 'hot and high' Mexico City, wanted an aircraft with uprated engines to be able to take off with high loads from Mexico City's 7,350ft / 2,240mtrs altitude. Douglas offered them the DC-10-15, basically a DC-10-10 (no centre leg) with uprated engines and some other refinements.
This aircraft was ordered by AeroMexico as XA-AMM, but that registration wasn't used and it was delivered to AeroMexico as N10038 in Jun-81. It operated AeroMexico's last DC-10 service in Dec-96 and was stored at Mexico City.
It remained stored until it was leased to Skyjet Antigua as V2-SKY in Sep-98. (it was originally to have been V2-LFB but that wasn't taken up). Skyjet operated services for many other airlines.
The aircraft was wet-leased to Saudia Saudi Arabian Airlines for a Haj Pilgrimage operation between Feb/May-99. It operated another Haj Pilgrimage for Cameroon Airlines between Apr/May-00.
It was leased short-term to Galaxy Airlines (Greece) between Apr/May-00 and another Haj operation for Saudi Arabian between Jan/Apr-01. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Maastricht, Netherlands during the winter season between Nov-01/Apr-02.
In Apr-02 it was wet-leased to Aerowings (Switzerland but based at Charleroi, Belgium). It seemed to spend more time stored than it did flying. It was stored at Rheims (France) as soon as it was delivered.
I'm not sure when operations started but the aircraft was stored at Maastricht (Netherlands) in Aug-02. From there it moved to Charleroi in Sep-02. Aerowings had gone by early Oct-02 and Skyjet suddenly became Astra Airlines.
The aircraft was leased to Air Mali in Dec-02 for a year but the aircraft was returned to Astra after a month and ferried to Opa-Locka, FL, USA in early Feb-03. It was permanently retired and was last noted still at Opa-Locka in Mar-06
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-May-22 (DeNoise AI)
"N'debele - Martha", Southern Africa World Tail livery.
Operated by British Airways franchise partner, British Regional Airlines.
First flown with the British Aerospace test registration G-4-018 in Jul-93, this aircraft was due for delivery to Markair (USA) as N140MA but the order was cancelled and the aircraft was stored.
It was registered to Jetstream Aircraft Ltd (British Aerospace) as G-BVKT in Mar-94 and leased to Manx Airlines Europe as G-MAJB in Jun-94. It was operated on behalf of British Airways Express from Jun-95.
In Sep-96 the aircraft was transferred to BRA British Regional Airlines while the operation on behalf of British Airways Express continued. The 'Express' titles were dropped in Jun-97.
British Regional Airways was merged into British Airways CitiExpress in Mar-02 while the operation for British Airways continued. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Hull-Humberside Airport, UK in Apr-03.
It was sold to Eastern Airways (UK) in Jul-03 and remained stored until it entered in Sep-03. In Sep-16 the aircraft was wet-leased to the UK Coastguard and painted in their full livery.
It was returned to Eastern Airways in Jan-17 and repainted in their full livery before returning to service. Now almost 29 years old it continues in service. Updated 07-Mar-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 02-May-18, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 20-Mar-24.
Named: "Caliacan".
Delivered to AeroMexico as XA-AMB in Apr-80, this aircraft was sold to GECAS in Jun-89 and leased back to AeroMexico until it was returned to the lessor in Nov-03.
It was stored at Goodyear, AZ, USA. The aircraft was re-registered N481SG in Jan-04 and remained stored at Goodyear until it was sold to Bravo Air Congo as TN-AHQ in Jan-07.
It operated for just over a year before being stored at Kinshasa in early 2008. It was last reported still stored at Kinshasa in Nov-11 and has presumably been broken up.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 11-Oct-20.
'Wunala Dreaming', Australia World Tail livery.
An early build Boeing 757, line No:16, this aircraft was delivered to British Airways as G-BIKF in Apr-83. It was leased to Air Europe two days later for the summer season and returned to British Airways in Oct-83. It was sold to Barclays Mercantile Finance in Aug-02 (on behalf of DHL Air Ltd) and stored at Tel Aviv, Israel prior to freighter conversion. The aircraft was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in Apr-03 and delivered to DHL Air Ltd in May-03. It was permanently retired at Madrid, Spain in Jul-16 after 33 years in service and had retained the same registration throughout it's life. Updated (Oct-20).
Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version 13-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI)
I'm no longer doing histories for the smaller aircraft, they're too complicated and take too much time.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-Nov-21 (DeNoise AI).
Leased from/op by TransAer International. TransAer (previously Translift) was one of the original ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance & Insurance) companies operating services for other airlines. The history below only shows major sub-leases but there were lots of 'one-off' and short-term leases in between.
I was dreading doing the history for this aircraft, it goes on for ever...
First flown in Apr-93 with the Airbus test registration F-WWIZ, this aircraft was delivered to the Orix Aircraft Corporation as N429RX in Jul-93 and stored until it was leased to Translift Airways as EI-TLE in Oct-93.
It was wet-leased to Leisure Air (USA) between Nov-94/Apr-95, TransMeridian Airways (USA) between Dec-95/Apr-96, Turkish Airlines between May/Oct-96 and TransMeridian Airways between Nov-97/Apr-97.
Translift was renamed TransAer in May-97 and became TransAer International Airways in Sep-97. The aircraft was wet-leased to Novair Airlines (Sweden) for 3 weeks in Nov-97, TransMeridian Dec-97/Apr-98, AirWorld (UK) between May/Nov-98, TransMeridian between Dec-98/Apr-99 and Britannia Airways between Apr/Oct-99.
The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Nov-99 (TransAer ceased operationa a year later in Oct-00). In Jan-00 it was leased to Airtours International Airways as G-BYTH. It was transferred to Airtours German operation, flyFTI (Frosch Touristik International) as D-ASSR in Apr-00 for the summer season, returning to Airtours as G-BYTH in Nov-00.
It was sub-leased to Skyservice Airlines (Canada) as C-GTDM in Dec-01. Confusingly, it was sub-sub-leased back to Airtours for the summer season in Apr-02. Airtours was renamed MyTravel Airlines in May-02.
The aircraft was returned to Skyservice Airlines (on paper) in Nov-02 and became G-BYTH the same day on return to MyTravel. It was transferred to MyTravel Lite in May-03 (MyTravel's attempt at 'low-cost' - it didn't work!) and was based at Birmingham (UK) for the summer season.
It returned to MyTravel Airways in Nov-03 and was sub-leased to Skyservice Airlines as C-GTDM in Dec-03, returning to MyTravel as G-BYTH in Apr-04. It was sub-leased to Skyservice again (as C-GTDM) between Nov-04/Apr-05 and between Nov-05/Apr-06.
As G-BYTH the aircraft continued in service with MyTravel. The MyTravel Group was merged into Thomas Cook Airlines in Mar-08 and it continued in service until it was returned to the lessor in Apr-10.
Later that month the aircraft was leased to Skywest Airlines (Australia) as VH-FNP. Skywest entered a franchise agreement with Virgin Australia in May-13, operating as Virgin Australia Regional Airlines.
The aircraft was withdrawn from service at the end of Apr-20 and stored at Perth, WA, Australia, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. It remained stored at Perth until it was ferried to Sharjah and returned to the lessor in late Mar-21.
It was leased (or sold) to Olympus Airways (Greece) as SX-AQK in Apr-21 but never entered service. It remained stored at Sharjah, UAE. Now 32 years old, it's permanently retired and probably used for spares. Updated 25-Feb-25.
Den Blå Planet is a combined saltwater and freshwater aquarium outside Copenhagen in Denmark, with roughly 20,000 fish spread over 53 aquariums.[2] The aquarium opened in March 2013.[3] Den Blå Planet has replaced Denmark's Aquarium, which was founded in the 1930s in Charlottenlund and closed in November 2012.[4] The new facility is located on the island of Amager's east coast[5] in Kastrup, Tårnby municipality.
The largest of the aquariums is 7–8 meters deep and through this runs a passage for visitors. The visitors are thus "inside the aquarium" and can study the fish from all sides. Another of the larger aquariums (for cold salt water) is "outdoors for the fish", and here you can, among other things, study swimming ducks from below. There is also a special section for poisonous fish. In addition to the beautiful but poisonous dragon fish, which are not entirely unusual in the aquarium hobby, there is also the fugu fish popular in Japan. There are also seals, jellyfish, and several species of shark and ray.
The difference between school-dwelling fish and bottom-dwelling, territory-claiming fish is demonstrated with piranhas and catfish respectively. The electric eel mentioned from the time in Charlottenlund is also still there. For those interested in cichlids, there is also a special section for these aquarium fish. Also crocodiles, other reptiles and various amphibians, as well as tropical snakes can be studied.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 28-Jul-19.
'T-Mobile' logojet, right side.
Originally due for delivery as D-AHLB, this registration wasn't used and the aircraft was delivered to a lessor and leased to Hapag-Lloyd as D-AHLD in Dec-90. It was returned to the lessor in Nov-98 and leased to MALEV Hungarian Airlines as HA-LER the following month. It was returned to the lessor and re-leased to Hapag-Lloyd as D-AHLD in Mar-04 when it was operated for Hapag-Lloyd Express. It was repainted in 'T-Mobile' logojet livery in Feb-06. The aircraft returned to the lessor in Dec-07. It was leased to Aerolineas Argentinas as LV-BNM in Jan-08. In Jun-13 it was returned to the lessor and permanently retired at Orlando-Sanford, FL, USA. It was last noted still at Sanford in Aug-15 and was subsequently broken up.
Despite the livery having been replaced over 5 years ago, Air Canada's old Evergreen livery still lives on and whilst in certain conditions does look particularly dated and even weathered poorly, in most cases such as good lighting and well-maintained still looks sleek and elegant... The winter light certainly proves the old colours still looks superb and dare I say better than the new livery.
For the W22 scheduler, Air Canada are certainly busy at London Heathrow; the carrier is operating 8 daily flights from their usual hubs across Canada, as well as a fifth-freedom flight to and from Mumbai. 5 out of the 8 daily flights are in the hands of the large Boeing 787-9 fleet, whilst the remaining 3 flights are provided by one Airbus A330-300, Boeing 737 MAX 8 and Boeing 777-300ER each.
At present, Air Canada is in the process of finalising their upcoming S23 schedule where capacity and frequency are expected to increase, expect a update in the future...
Currently, Air Canada operates 37 Boeing 787s, which includes 8 Boeing 787-8s and 29 Boeing 787-9s. Air Canada have 2 Boeing 787-9s on-order.
Foxtrot Romeo Sierra Alpha is one of 29 Boeing 787-9s operated by Air Canada, delivered new to the flag-carrier on 5th January 2017 and she is powered by 2 General Electric GEnx-1B engines.
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner C-FRSA on short finals into Runway 27L at London Heathrow (LHR) on AC858 from Toronto-Pearson (YYZ), Ontario.
Replaced the trans-dark blue facade from my original model with the trans-light blue found in the LEGO Architecture set.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 27-Apr-19, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 22-Jul-23.
Fleet No: "508".
Built as a Tristar 1, this aircraft was delivered to Air Canada as C-FTNH in Dec-73. It was converted to Tristar 150 standard in 1989. It was retired by Air Canada and stored at Marana, AZ, USA in Nov-90.
The aircraft was sold to Air Transat in May-93 and operated for another 8 years. It was retired and stored at Montreal-Mirabel, Canada in Dec-01 before being broken up there in Feb-02.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 05-Jul-23.
Named: "Lady Emmeline" (named after Emmeline Pankhurst, an English political activist who is best remembered for organising the UK suffragette movement and helping women win the right to vote in the early part of the 1900's).
First flown in Feb-22 with the Airbus test registration F-WZFU, this aircraft was delivered the Air Lease Corporation and leased to Virgin Atlantic Airways as G-VLIB in Apr-22. Current, updated 05-Jul-23.
Replacing an earlier digital photo from 06-Jun-23 with a better version.
Operated on behalf of TUI Airways UK by SmartLynx Airlines - Estonia. All white with titles & tail logo.
First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AUBL, this aircraft was delivered to Etihad Airways as A6-EIQ in Nov-12. It was sold to a lessor as VP-CRI in Sep-22 and leased to SmartLynx Airlines Estonia as ES-SAF in Nov-22.
It was briefly wet-leased to Air Malta for four weeks between Apr/May-23. It was wet-leased to TUI Airways UK in May-23 for the summer season and is expected to return to SmartLynx at the end of Oct-23. Current, 08-Jul-23.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 01-Jul-21
KD Air started operations in 1990 and was based at Qualicum Beach, a small town on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. They operated flights between Qualicum Beach and Vancouver, Tofino and Gillies Bay. There was also ground transport link between Qualicum Beach and Port Alberni.
KD Air ceased operations in 2019.
The British Army replaced its Land Rover Series III fleet with 110's in 1985, with many being sold onto the civilian market from the late 1990's. This one was seen at Northrepps Airfield, near Cromer in Norfolk.
Length: 181.1 in. (4,600 mm)
Width: 70.47 in. (1,790 mm)Height: 81.89 in. (2,080 mm)
Wheelbase: 109.84 in. (2,790 mm)
Curb weight: 4,308 lb. (1,954 kg)
Front suspension: Rigid axle, coil springs, anti-roll bar
Rear suspension: De Dion axle, coil springs, anti-roll bar
Front brakes: 11.77 in. (299 mm) vented discs
Rear brakes: 11.42 in. (290 mm) discs
Front tyres: 7.5/- R16
Rear tyres: 7.5/- R16
Fuel capacity: 16.49 gal. (75 litres)
Engine: 2,495 cc (152.3 cu. in.) inline 5, 10 valve, turbo diesel
Engine output: 120 hp (89.48 kW)
at 4,200 rpm
Gearbox: 5 speed manual
Drive: All wheel drive
Top speed : 81 mph (130 km/h)
0 to 100 km/h (62 mph): 17.5 sec.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 01-Sep-19, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 05-Mar-23.
This was taken at Pisa, Italy. Note the wartime ramp, made up of Marston Matting (aka Pierced Steel Planking). I was on a British Eagle Viscount on the next stand.
I-LIFE was delivered new to LAI Linee Aeree Italiane in Mar-57, seven months later, in Oct-57, LAI were merged into Alitalia. It remained in service with Alitalia for 12 years until it was sold to Somali Airlines in Jun-69 as 6OS-AAK.
It was re-registered 6O-AAK later the same month. It was retired at Mogadishu, Somalia, in Jun-77 and later broken up.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 03-Apr-22, plus Topa DeNoise AI 09-Feb-24
Operated by Lauda Air on behalf of Lauda Air Italy.
An early CRJ.100 (Line No:36), this aircraft was first flown with the Canadair test registration C-FROL, it was delivered to Lauda Air as OE-LRC in Mar-94. It was sold to Lufthansa Leasing GmbH as D-ACLX and leased to Lufthansa CityLine in Oct-95.
It was wet-leased to Air Littoral (France) the same day and returned to Lufthansa CityLine in Jul-96. The aircraft was returned to Lufthansa Leasing, leased to Lauda Air again, as OR-LRC and sub-leased to Lauda Air Italy in Mar-99.
It wasn't with Lauda Air Italy for long (I was lucky to catch it!) and returned to Lauda Air in Apr-01. It was returned to Lufthansa Leasing a few days later. The aircraft was sold to Bombardier Capital Inc as D-ANIM and leased to Eurowings (Germany) towards the end of Apr-01.
The aircraft was returned to Bombardier Capital Inc in Nov-01 and stored at Maastricht, Netherlands. It was re-registered C-FZZO in Jul-0 and remained stored until it was leased to Lufthansa CityLine as D-ACJZ in Nov-02.
It was returned to Bombardier Capital Inc in May-03 and was re-registered N652ML in Jun-03 for a lease to Midways Airlines (USA). However, the lease was cancelled and the aircraft was stored.
It was leased to Mesa Airlines in Jul-04 and operated on behalf of US Airways Express. It returned to Bombardier Capital in Jan-06. It was sold to Voyageur Airways as C-FIPX in May-06 and operated on behalf of Harmony Airways between Jun/Oct-06.
The aircraft continued in service with Voyageur until late 2012. The registration was cancelled in Feb-13. No further information. Updated 03-Apr-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 11-Oct-20.
Named: "Jetstreamer". In 1999 this was Virgin's new livery...
This aircraft is c/n 002 and the A340 second prototype. It had it's first flight in Feb-92 with the Airbus test registration F-WWAS. After the test programme was completed the aircraft was leased to Virgin Atlantic Airways as G-VHOL in May-97. It was returned to Airbus Leasing in Jul-11 and stored at Lourdes, France. It was sold to GMT Holdings 4 Ltd as M-YRGU in Sep-11 and remained stored. The aircraft was due to to be leased to Luzair (Portugal) as CS-TTQ but the lease didn't happen. It was sold to Rajshahi Air (Bangladesh) in Dec-11 and went straight to Tehran, Iran via an intermediate point. The aircraft, now registered EP-APA, was seen outside the Iran Aseman Hangar at Tehran in Jan-12. It entered service with Iran Aseman Airlines in Mar-12. Current, updated (Oct-20).
Note: Rajshahi Air was a 'shell' company to evade international sanctions on Iran and the EU stopped the transfer of subsequent aircraft.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 04-Mar-21.
Seattle Mariners logocopter.
The Seattle Mariners are a US Professional Baseball Team based in Seattle, WA, USA.
No longer in this livery, this helicopter has had a number of different liveries, now 40 years old, it's still in service.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 20-Jan-22 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was bought by AWAS Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services but by the time it was due for delivery they didn't have an airline to lease it to. It was due to be delivered as VR-BLC but that wasn't used and it was delivered to AWAS as HB-IHU in Oct-89.
It was sold on delivery to Petrolair System SA (Switzerland). The aircraft was re-registered HB-IEE the following month. In Sep-95, Petrolair System SA dropped the 'System' and was renamed Petrolair SA. They became Privatair in Jan-97.
The aircraft was wet-leased to the UK Royal Air Force for 10 days in Feb-00 when the Swiss Flag style tail logo was replaced by a small Union Flag. The aircraft was fitted with blended winglets in Oct-07. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Hahn, Germany in Mar-13
It was sold to JetMagic (Malta) as 9H-AVM in Oct-13 and remained stored at Hahn until it was delivered to Malta in Feb-14. The aircraft was stored at Montpellier (France) between Aug-14/Aug-15, it was then moved to Auch (France) in Aug-15 and stayed there until Apr-16 when it moved back to Montpellier again.
The aircraft returned to service in Jun-16. It was repainted in a special livery in Jul-17 for the Band, U2 for their 'U2 - The Joshua Tree Tour 2017' and for U2 again in Feb-19 for the 'U2 - Joshua Tree Tour 2019'.
Although it's now over 32 years old it continues in service, it can't have that many hours or cycles 'on the clock'. Current, updated 19-Jan-22.
The Automatic Warrior Rifle is built to replace the aging AR15 series with its new and innovating design.
With features such as a robust forward-piston blow back system, interchangeable magwell to accommodate standard three different rounds, easy moderations to fit the style of combat your looking for and ability to use existing parts from the AR15 series!
Calibers:
- 5.56 NATO
- 6.8 SPC
- 7.62x39mm
Versions:
- Standard/Long
- Standard/Pistol
- Sniper Platform Rifle
- SOPMOD (over 20 interchangeable parts)
I might not win this competition, but I will put up a damn good fight!
Credit to Duke and Wes~
"HELP! HEUHGh.."
Silence.
Siii~lence.
Soft. So soft.
Butter!
Sharp. Cold.
Blood. A lot.
Dead.
"Now we've done it, my frie~nd!The farmer didn't want to shut up and play.. ihihih.. Mother will be happy.. ih ih.."
Voices.
Many voices.
"There! Someone called from he... hey.. someone is.. someone is dead! GUARDS!"
Oh-o.
Run.
Run and climb.
Run run run run climb climb climb!
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This sunrise was just breathtaking. I almost cried.
Death Valley salt flats, CA.
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Time is running out for the Class 319’s on London Northwestern Railway as they are set to be replaced by Class 730’s in the coming weeks. Ex Thameslink 319433 is seen at Tring prior to working 2T54 17:15 to London Euston with 319220 on the rear.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 14-Apr-15.
BKS = Barnby, Keegan and Stevens, the airline's founders.
G-ALZR in it's final livery, just 16 months before it was written off at London-Gatwick (LGW)
G-ALZR was delivered new to BEA British European Airways in Feb-52. Just over five years later, in Aug-57, it was sold to Rolls Royce and was re-registered G-37-4 in Feb-59. It was used as a test-bed for the Rolls Royce Tyne engine.
It was sold to BKS Air Transport in May-63 and was converted to a freighter in Nov-64 for the BKS Bloodstock Division specialising in the carriage of horses.
It was damaged beyond repair while landing at London-Gatwick Airport in Jul-69 when the nosewheel collapsed. It was sold to Dan-Air London in Nov-69 for spares and transported to Dan-Air's Engineering base at Lasham, Hants, UK, where it was broken up in 1972.
Take into account that I am not permanent here.
Away I am swimming.
Three.
Ps. I have received sopranosflight's print.
I might say I squealed a little when it came in the mail.
I tagged her, so you should go check out her wondrous stream.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 14-Aug-22 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was delivered to Alaska Airlines as N796AS in May-98. It was sold to a lessor on delivery and leased back to Alaska. It was returned to the lessor in May-16 and stored at Victorville, CA, USA.
The aircraft was sold to Safair Operations Pty Ltd (South Africa) in Sep-16. It was due to be registered ZS-WRO but that wasn't taken up and it was registered ZS-WMP (after Safair's Executive Director 'Wimpie' Davidson. It's operated by flySafair.co.za. Current, updated 14-Aug-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 27-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).
Original Sabre tail livery. Fitted with hush-kits and 'Boeing 727 Quiet Power' titles on the engines.
Named: "Lady Patricia".
Delivered to TAA Trans Australia Airlines in Oct-74 as VH-TBK, TAA was renamed Australian Airlines in Aug-86. The aircraft was sold to a lessor in Dec-86 and leased to Dan-Air Services as G-BNNI a few days later.
It was wet-leased to Sun Country Airlines, USA between Dec-89/Apr-90 and again between Sep-90/Apr-92. It was returned to the lessor in Nov-92 and stored at Dan-Air's maintenance base at Lasham, UK.
After 2.5 years in storage it was leased to Sabre Airways in Mar-95. It was stored at London-Gatwick in May-96 and ferried to Lasham in Nov-96 for further storage before being leased, short term, to Constellation International Airways between Apr/May-97.
It returned to service with Sabre Airways and was wet-leased to Sun Country Airlines for the winter season between Nov-99/May-00. Sabre Airways bought it in Sep-00 and it was ferried to Southend, UK, in Nov-00 for freighter conversion.
However, the airframe was found to be badly corroded and the conversion was abandoned. The aircraft remained stored at Southend and was sold to Cougar Leasing Ltd in Dec-03.
The engines were removed and the aircraft was noted still stored at Southend in Jul-03 with the nose cut off. The registration was cancelled the following month. The airframe was later sold to 727 Communications, Stilling, Denmark, disassembled and taken by road & sea to be reassembled outside the 727 Communications HQ in Denmark. It was noted still there in Mar-17.
The sight on the right will be gone very soon, as unfortunately E400s have been drafted into Croydon (C) garage to replace the Scania machinery on the 405 early. One is seen at West Croydon alongside another unique type on the 154.
928 was new to Lothian Buses in 2009 as 928.
She is seen here on Driver Training duties exiting Princes Street.
In 2013, this bus were repainted into the Swoops livery, but continued without route branding.
In 2015, it was given a partial repaint replacing the white roofs with orange roofs for the Service 29 going Double Deckers, with this they also moved to Central.
In 2017, it was repainted into the Lothian Country livery to kickstart the Service 43 operations for Queensferry.
Now, in 2024 it is seen here in Madder - an unexpected move as the other Ex-Lothian Country B9TLs have been painted white.
Now as it stands 905/6 are white at Marine, 926-928 are at Longstone in Madder with 929 and 931 also being at Longstone in white. 930 is at Central in white.
931 might have Lothian Country logos, last night it moved from Marine to Longstone where someone said it had Lothian Country logos.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-Mar-23.
Southern England storm 'Katie' diversion from London-Heathrow. With a nice shot of Derbyshire's snow covered hills in the background.
Special livery celebrating "50 years, Singapore's Golden Jubilee" in 2015.
First flown in Jan-09 with the Airbus test registration F-WWSC, the aircraft was ferried to the Airbus airfield at Hamburg-Finkenwerder for interior fitting out and painting.
It was delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SKI in Jul-09. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Singapore at the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mar-20.
It was moved to Alice Springs, Australia in Apr-20 for continued long term storage. The aircraft never re-entered service and was broken up at Singapore in Nov-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 18-Jan-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 14-May-23.
Built in 1947 this aircraft was originally sold to Iranian Airways as EP-ACH. It was sold to Morton Air Services as G-ANAN in Jul-53. It was leased to the Burma Oil Company in Burma (now Myanmar) as XY-ADE in Feb-55 and returned to Mortons as G-ANAN in Mar-56.
The aircraft was sold to Alares Development in Dec-68 and sold to SONATRA Societe Nationale de Transport Aerien (Senegal) as 6V-ABT in Jun-69. It was eventually broken up (details unknown).
Photo of and old train station where suburban trains used to arrive to Valencia. In the last decades, the new trams have replaced these old wooden trains -called trenet- that had a special charm to those all, like me, that when we were teenagers used to catch them and travel sat down on the running boards feeling the fresh air without being aware of the risk assumed, even we jumped off the train while running. Life goes by ... and memories remain.
Foto de la antigua 'estació del pont de fusta'. Aún recuerdo los viejos trenes de madera -el trenet- que cuando era joven usaba para llegar hasta a Valencia. Era un placer viajar sentado en el estribo sintiendo el aire freso y sin ser consciente del peligro que corría, incluso me bajaba del tren en marcha. La vida pasa, ... los recuerdos permanecen.
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Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version 09-Feb-19.
First flown in Apr-90 with the British Aerospace test registration G-6-155, it was re-registered G-BSLS in Jun-90 and then G-BTNU the following month.
The aircraft was delivered to Dan-Air Services in Aug-90 and returned to British Aerospace in Nov-92 when it was stored. It was leased to British World Airlines in Apr-93 for the summer and returned to BAe in Oct-93. British World leased it again in Apr-94 and it was returned to BAe Leasing in Oct-95.
The aircraft was transferred to British Aerospace (Operations) Ltd in Feb-96 and leased to BAe Asset Management in Mar-96 when it was sub-leased to Aer Lingus Commuter as EI-CLJ. It was returned to BAe Asset Management in Jan-03.
It was sold to Trident Jet (Jersey) Ltd as G-BTNU and stored at Bristol-Filton, UK in Apr-03 (and later at Exeter, UK). It remained stored until it was leased to Air Dolomiti (Italy) as I-ADJJ in Nov-05. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Dec-09 and stored at Southend, UK.
In Aug-10 it was sold to African Airline Investments as ZS-SOR. It was noted at Johannesburg-Rand in May-12 in a colourful corporate livery. It was leased to Air Annobon (Equatorial Guinea), (date unknown). Air Annobon ceased operations in Sep-16 and the aircraft was leased to Air Djibouti in Oct-16.
It was returned to African Airline Investments in mid 2018 and (looking at FR24), it was flown intermittently up to Sep-18 when it was stored at Mmabatho-Mafeking Intl, South Arica. It was broken up there in Sep-21. Updated 28-Jan-24.
Installed as part of the Water Orton corridor resignaling scheme between 2009 and 2012 the repeater for WN4884 has always made for a fine frame for trains on the Up Derby Fast from the Saltley Viaduct. The signal stands in the way of the alignment of the new viaduct and has recently been replaced with a simple pole mounted version between the fast and slow lines. Pictured here back in 2019 as 43366 powers by with 1S51 Plymouth to Glasgow Central.
VIA 39 is deadheading to Central Station with VIA 905 visible through an old CN swing bridge which has been locked in place and out of use for about twenty years. CN freight trains used to use this to access the Port of Montreal but a new route replaced this one. At left is another CN relic: Wellington tower, out of use about a dozen years and rapidly deteriorating. The CN St-Hyacinthe sub in the background sees dozens of AMT, VIA and Amtrak trains every day.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a slightly better version 03-Feb-19.
Fleet No: "714".
This aircraft was delivered to CP Air as C-GCPS in Apr-81, CP Air was renamed Canadian Pacific Airlines in Jan-86. Canadian Pacific Airlines was merged into Pacific Western Airlines to form Canadi>n Airlines International in Apr-87. It was sold to a lessor in Sep-96 and leased back to Canadi>n Airlines. In Apr-01, Canadi>n Airlines International was officially merged into Air Canada (although Air Canada had been providing finance guarantees for around a year beforehand. Quite a few aircraft, including this one, had already been repainted in Air Canada livery with Canadi>n titles). The aircraft was transferred to Air Canada Tango in Mar-02 and then to Air Canada's 'low-cost' airline Zip Air Inc in Feb-03. It was returned to Air Canada and then to the lessor as N2257 in Jan-04 and stored at Mojave, Ca, USA. It was sold to Petrozaz LLC in Dec-04 and leased to Nova Air (Mexico) as XA-OCI. The aircraft was returned to the lessor and permanently retired at Mexico City in Sep-09.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-Nov-17, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 22-Jul-23.
Fleet No: '5318', later '5418'.
This aircraft was delivered to United Airlines as N518UA in Sep-90. It was fitted with blended winglets in Jul-08. In Dec-08 the aircraft was sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest and sold back to United Airlines in Apr-17.
In Oct-19, after 29 years in service, the aircraft was ferried to Tupelo, MS, USA and permanently retired. It was sold to Universal Asset Management the following day and broken up at Tupelo in 2020.