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Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 06-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 01-Apr-23.
A Manchester diversion into Liverpool on a foggy November morning.
Named: "St. Declan / Deaglan".
Delivered to Aer Lingus in Jul-65 as EI-ANG, this aircraft stayed in service for 26 years until Aer Lingus retired it at Shannon in Mar-91.
It was bought by leasing company Guinness Peat Aviation (later to become more famous as lessor GECAS) in Jun-91 and leased to Nigerian airline Hold Trade Air as 5N-HTA later the same month.
Unfortunately it didn't go on for much longer and was damaged beyond repair when it skidded off the runway at Kaduna, Nigeria, in Aug-92.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 06-Jan-17 (DeNoise AI 19-Sep-22).
This aircraft was delivered to Air New Zealand as ZK-NZT in Nov-77. It was leased to LAN Chile as CC-CJT in Jun-82 and returned to Air New Zealand as ZK-NZT in Mar-86. It was sold to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation later the same month and stored.
The aircraft was sold to American Airlines as N164AA in Jun-86 and served with them for another 18 years until it was retired and stored at Mojave, CA, USA in Dec-04. It was sold to Pacific AirCorp 46950 Inc in Jun-01 and was ferried to Marana, AZ, USA for further storage.
Permanently retired, it was sold to ART46950 LLC in Feb-03. It was noted still stored at Marana in Sep-09 and was broken up there sometime in 2014.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 18-Apr-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 19-May-23.
Delivered to Channel Airways as G-ATEI in Nov-65. It was leased to LIAT Leeward Islands Air Transport the following month as VP-LIN, returning to Channel Airways as G-ATEI in May-66.
In May-69 it was leased to Transair Canada as CF-TAX and returned to Channel Airways as G-ATEI again in Nov-69. It was wet-leased to Rousseau Aviation, France, from May/Aug-70.
In Aug-70 it was leased to Philippine Airlines as PI-C1029 and re-registered RP-C1029 when the Philippines country code changed in Nov-74. It was written off when it crashed shortly after take-off from Manila in May-75 when a tyre burst during undercarriage retraction. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 19-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 23-Nov-23.
Ordered in 1941, this aircraft was delivered as a C-47 to the USAAF US Army Air Forces in Jul-42 serialled 41-18428. It was allocated to the US 8th Air Force in Europe.
It survived WW2 and was converted to civil DC-3A standard. It was sold to LAI Linee Aeree Italiane as I-LONA in Nov-47. LAI was merged into Alitalia in Nov-57. The aircraft was sold to Martins Air Charter as PH-MAB in Feb-60.
It was sold to Australian Aircraft Sales in Dec-68 and sold to the Indonesian Navy serialled U-603 in Feb-70. The aircraft was written off on 15-Aug-84 at Wamena, West Papua Niugini.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 02-Jun-24.
First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AXAN, this aircraft was delivered to the easyJet Airline Company as G-EZOA in Dec-14.
It was the first aircraft to appear in easyJet Holidays special livery when it appeared in Nov-19 (I think there's also an 'neo' in this livery now). Current, updated 02-Jun-24.
37381 & 37051 climb away from Barnetby and heads back to Immingham with ore empties. The old concrete signal was replaced a few years later by a rather ugly health and safety steel version,but today even that has disappeared. Feb 23rd 1990.
Edited and replaced.
Torch on string and a flash tucked in my hooded sweater. The moon is photoshopped in place obviously, taken from an old testshot that wasn't sharp or large enough to be a nice moon photo alone.
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.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw recently!!
Yes I'm back again.
However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.
I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.
So make the most of me before they delete my acount: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/?details=1, to stop me complaining!!
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 26-Nov-21.
Parked at the Cambrian end of the terminal for a change.
I have to say that this was never the best slide in the box and it's a bit blurred. However I've cleaned it up as much as I can.
Later Named: "Concord".
Delivered new to Canadian Pacific Air Lines in Aug-58 as CF-CZW, it was leased to British Eagle International in May-64 for the summer season, becoming G-ASTF.
It was returned to Canadian Pacific in Oct-64 and reverted to CF-CZW. It became G-ASTF again when it was sold to Caledonian Airways in Feb-66.
It was retired from service in Nov-69 and stored at London-Gatwick. A service life of only 11 years, not long by todays standards. It was broken up at Gatwick a year later, in Oct-70.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 17-Feb-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 14-Apr-26.
ABC Air Bridge Carriers. Looking very much in need of a coat of paint. In the days before the internet was commonplace, who remembers sending Telex's?...
First flown in Dec-60 with the UK temporary registration G-1-7, this aircraft was delivered to Riddle Airlines, USA in Jan-61 as N6502R. It was sold to Capitol Airways in Jul-62 and sold to Zantop Air Transport in Sep-65.
Zantop Air Transport was renamed Universal Airlines and the aircraft was re-registered N895U in Sep-66. In Feb-72 it was sold to Sagittair, UK and stored at Coventry, UK. It was sold to Field Aircraft services in 1973 and remained stored until it was registered G-BEOZ in Mar-77.
It was leased to ABC Air Bridge Carriers in Aug-79. It was retired at East Midlands Airport, UK, in Mar-86 and was preserved at the East Midlands Aeropark in May-87.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 09-Aug-21 (DeNoiseAI).
'Killer Whale' tail tail livery
Fleet No: "321".
Aircraft is current with North Cariboo Air. Updated Mar-21.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 12-Jun-19.
Named: "Mentrida".
This aircraft was delivered to Iberia as EC-DCE in Sep-78. After 23 years with Iberia it was withdrawn from service and stored at Madrid, Spain in Sep-01. The aircraft was sold to Republic Advanced Freighters as N908RF in Mar-02 and ferried to Chateauroux, France for further storage. Presumably the plan was to convert it to freighter configuration. However, it didn't happen and it was sold to RFC I727/39 Inc in Jun-02 and broken up at Chateauroux in Sep-02.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 06-Dec-21, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-Jan-24.
Named: "Santa Maria"
Air Columbus ceased trading on 26-Nov-94 and CS-TKC was impounded at Manchester. You can see a couple of concrete blocks in front of, and behind the nosewheel. It was leased from Norway Airlines and was released back to them on 15-Dec-94.
First flown in Oct-87 with the Boeing test registration N5573K, this aircraft was stored at Boeing Field until it was delivered to Nordstress Ltd (AWAS) as LN-NOS and leased to Norway Airlines in Jan-88.
It was wet-leased to Britannia Airways (UK) in May-88 and returned to Norway Airlines in Nov-88. It was leased to the United Nations between Dec-88/May-89. A few days later the aircraft was wet-leased to Air Europe Scandinavia and then sub-leased to Air Europe (UK) in Jun-89.
It was re-registered G-BRXJ in Apr-90. Air Europe (UK) ceased operations in Mar-91 and the aircraft was returned to Norway Airlines as LN-NOS the following month. In Apr-92 the aircraft was leased to Air Columbus (Portugal) as CS-TKC. Air Columbus ceased operations in Nov-94 and the aircraft was repossessed by Norway Bank the following month and stored.
It was leased to Air Malta as 9H-ACT in Apr-95 and returned to Norway Bank in Jun-96 and immediately leased to TAP Air portugal as CS-TIO. It was returned to the lessor in Oct-99 and stored at Lisbon.
In May-00 the aircraft was leased to Air Zarco (Portugal). Air Zarco was renamed euroAtlantic Airways in Jun-00. The aircraft was sub-leased to BRA Brasil Rodo Aereo as PR-BRA in Dec-00 and returned to euroAtlantic Airways in Apr-03, this time as CS-TLI.
It was wet-leased to Alisea Airlines (Italy) in Jun-03. Unfortunately, Alisea ceased operations in Sep-03 and the aircraft was returned to euroAtlantic. In Jan-04 it was sub-leased to BRA Transportes Aereas as PR-BRY. The aircraft returned to Portugal in Apr-04, wet-leased to euroAtlantic for the summer and returned to BRA Transportes Aereas in Nov-04.
BRA ceased operations in Nov-07, the aircraft was returned to the lessor and stored at Santiago, Chile. It was re-registered N238MQ in Jul-08 and remained stored at Santiago until it was leased to WebJet Linhas Aereas (Brasil) as PR-WJK in Sep-08. WebJet ceased operations in Nov-12. The aircraft was now 25 years old and was permanently retired at Sao Paulo-Conghonas, Brasil. It was preserved at the GOL Linhas Aereas training centre at Conghonas in Aug-17.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 13-Mar-15, plus DeNoise AI 14-Feb-23.
It's unusual to see people on the top balcony with chairs, not sure what was happening there. I thought it might be a Holiday weekend but the 31-May-66 was a Tuesday!
A brief history... Built in 1945 for the USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) serialled 43-48339 and transferred on delivery to the UK Royal Air Force as KJ816. It was sold to the Lancashire Aircraft Corporation as G-AMWV in Dec-52 and leased to Scottish Airlines.
The aircraft was returned to the Lancashire Aircraft Corporation in May-57 and leased to Silver City Airways in Oct-52. Silver City was merged into BUA British United Airways around Jan-62.
It was sold to Hibernian Airlines (Ireland) as EI-APB in 1966 and sold to Emerald Airways as G-AMVW again in Jun-67 and then to Ulster Air Transport/Air Ulster in May-68. It was withdrawn from use in Mar-69 at Prestwick, Scotland, UK and ended up on the 'fire dump' before being broken up.
After the rush of AOU and Ant-Man movie posters from Comic con, I decided to make Ultron and his "family".
From left to right:
Ultron - Fairly pleased with him, although I'm hoping we get an Ultron in next year's Avengers sets to replace him
Ant-Man - Really like him. He's practically the same as my last version, except the new head and the dark red hips (which IMO look better).
Wasp - Completely new. Don't have Savage Opress' torso, so I got inventive. Though I don't think the end result is too shabby.
Vision - Also completely new. After seeing him in the new AOU poster, I had to make him. His design comes from bits I've seen around Flickr, so if you see your design, then I give credit to you before hand.
Enjoy :)
COMMENTS AFTER FAVES ARE MUCH APPRECIATED
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 02-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 07-Jul-23.
"Sorry Captain, there'll be a slight technical delay"...
This aircraft was delivered to the Kings Flight, Royal Air Force as VL247, a Viking C Mk.2, in Feb-47. The Kings Flight became the Queens Flight in May-52. The aircraft was sold to Tradair in Aug-58 as G-APOR.
Like many airlines of the time, Tradair didn't last and ceased trading in Dec-62. Their assets were transferred to Channel Airways the following month. The aircraft was stored at Southend in Oct-63 and was broken up there in Feb-65.
Note: There were 3 ex Queens Flight Vikings, all were sold to Tradair, known as 'POO. POP & POR' (G-APOO, G-APOP and G-APOR).
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 20-Dec-15.
Delivered to JAL Japan Air Lines in Mar-66 as JA8311, it was sold to Dan-Air Services as G-BAJW in Dec-72. It was wet-leased to GAS Air Nigeria for the 1983/84 winter season between Oct-83/Apr-84.
It was also leased to Royal Nepal Airlines as 9N-ABW for the winter season 1985/85 from Oct-85/Apr-86 when it returned to G-BAJW again. In Mar-88 it was sold to the Aeron Leasing Corporation and leased back to Dan-Air until they returned it to Aeron in Oct-89.
It was sold the same day to AmeriJet International as N190AJ and converted to freighter with a main-deck cargo door in Jan-90. The aircraft was wet-leased to Aces Colombia in Jan-91 and returned to Amerijet in Dec-91.
It was sold to Northern Air Cargo (Alaska) in Apr-98. It continued in service with NAC through into the 2000's and was retired at Anchorage, AK, USA, in approx 2011. It's still in use (2015) as a Fire Service trainer.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 17-Feb-18, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 16-Jan-24. Blurred, a long distance shot, outside the range of my 200mm telephoto.
STAF Cargo Airlines (Servicios de Transportes Aereos Fueguinos SA) Argentina. leased from/operated by World Airways.
As well as operating their own services and charters for the US Military, World Airways was a well established ACMI lease operator (= Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance & Insurance). The long history shows many of the leases.
This aircraft was built as an MD-11CF with a main deck cargo door and could be used for either passengers or cargo. It was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to World Airways as N276WA in Mar-95.
It was sub-leased to Garuda Indonesia Airways on a Haj Pilgrimage operation between May/Jul-95. In Aug-95 it started a long-term lease to Malaysia Airlines. They sub-leased it to Garuda Indonesia Airways for a Haj Pilgrimage operation in Apr-96.
It returned to MASkargo (Malaysia Airlines Cargo) in May-96 as a freighter. It was sub-leased to Philippine Airlines between Oct-96/Aug-97 when it returned to MASkargo. It returned to World Airways in Nov-97 and was sub-leased to STAF Cargo (Argentina) between Aug-98/Feb-00.
The aircraft was sub-leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines for a Haj Pilgrimage operation between Feb/Apr-00 in full STAF livery. It also operated Haj flights for Garuda Indonesia Airways between Jan/Apr-01 (with 10 days off in the middle).
It was returned to ILFC in Oct-12 and sold to FedEx Federal Express later the same month when it was stored at Victorville, CA, USA. The aircraft was re-registered N68092 but never flew again, it was used by Fed Ex as a spares source. It was last noted at Victorville in Oct-16, still as N276WA.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 01-Feb-18 (DeNoise AI 11-Sep-22).
BASE Airlines - Business Air, with additional 'So nice to fly with' titles.
Previously G-LOGT of Loganair
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 07-Jul-19.
Named: "Clann MhicAonghais / Clan Macinnes".
First flown with the Embraer test registration PT-SGX, this aircraft was delivered to a lessor and leased to BMA British Midland Regional as G-RJXD in Feb-00.
It was renamed 'bmi regional' in Feb-01. 'bmi regional' ceased operations in Feb-19 and the aircraft returned to the lessor. It was leased to Loganair as G-SAJN in Mar-19. Current, updated 25-Mar-24.
Just feel like monkeying with old portraits....
This man was the homeowner of the house where the church I attend was replacing windows. We were just talking and I was snapping while he was talking.
Edits in Lightroom then Photoshop.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 28-Oct-19.
Additional 'Dubai Summer Surprises 2005' logo & titles.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWJP, this aircraft was delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SJN in Sep-98. It was traded in to Boeing for Boeing 777's in Aug-03 and registered D-AIFL to Boeing Capital. In Jan-04 it was leased to Emirates Airline as A6-ERM. It was withdrawn from service in Jul-16 and stored at Dubai World Central, UAE. The aircraft briefly returned to service for one round trip to Muscat, Oman in early Oct-16 and was stored again at Dubai. It was ferried to Teruel, Spain in Dec-16 for further storage. The aircraft was sold to AS Air Lease IX (Ireland) Ltd as EI-GAD in Jan-17 and remained stored at Teruel until it was leased to Hi Fly Airlines Malta as 9H-JAI in Jun-17. It operated many short-term and one-off leases for a number of airlines until it went on long-term wet-lease to Estelar Latinoamerica (Venezuela) in Dec-17, it returned to Hi Fly Malta in Jan-19 and was stored at Cairo, Egypt. It was wet-leased to Estelar again in Aug-19 and the lease continues. Current, updated (Oct-19).
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 16-Jan-18.
This aircraft was built as an 'RC' with a main deck cargo door and could be used for either passengers or cargo. It was delivered to Continental Airlines as N8905 in Jun-67 and used as a passenger aircraft.
It was sold to Air Canada as CF-TOR in Sep-72. At the end of May-74 the Canadian Government changed their registration system to C-Fxxx to allow for C-Gxxx registrations and this aircraft became C-FTOR. It was sold to Air Florida as N73AF in Feb-81.
It was leased to Emerald Airlines in Nov-81 but was repossessed by Air Florida in Apr-82. In Sep-82 it was sold to All Star Airlines and was converted to a full freighter. It was re-registered N557AS in Sep-85.
In Dec-85 it was sold to a lessor and leased to Hawaiian Airlines. The aircraft was stored at Honolulu in Sep-90 and repossessed by the lessor in Apr-91. It remained stored until it was leased to Kitty Hawk Air Cargo in Mar-92.
It was re-registered N112PS in Jun-92. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Jul-01 and sold to Sky Way Enterprises Inc, operating as A Liner Aviation, the following day. The aircraft was sold to Frontera Flight Holdings in Nov-20 and is currently stored at Saltillo, Mexico. Updated 02-Dec-23.
Note: Frontera Flight Holdings are usually the trustee for Aeronaves TSM (Mexican Cargo Airline) whose base is... Saltillo
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 17-Feb-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 05-Apr-26.
Delivered to Air Malta in Mar-83 as 9H-ABA, the aircraft was traded in to British Aerospace in part-exchange for B.Ae 146's in Sep-94. It was sold on the same day to Indigo Aviation AB and leased to ANZ Air New Zealand as ZK-NAF.
In May-99 it was sub-leased to Royal Tongan Airlines (operated by ANZ). It was returned to Air New Zealand and the lessor in Apr-01 and stored. In Jul-01 it was sold to Sierra Pacific Airlines as N712S. It was retired and stored at Tucson, AZ, USA, in Aug-02. The aircraft was last noted still stored at Tucson in Jan-13.
I also have a photo of this with Air New Zealand at...
This line is being up graded to PTC and the Vaders did not replace this set of Type "G" NYC installed tri-lights and it looks like this will be the only Type "G"s that will be on this line when the PTC is finally activated..
The consist of the train was NS F9A 4270, F9B 4275, F9B 4276, F9A 4271,NS 39 (a power car) and passengers cars NS 7, Pennsylvania: NS 12, Indiana: NS 11, Illinois: NS 9, Alabama: NS 13,Georgia: NS 14, Missouri: NS 4, Michigan: NS 2, Carolina: NS 18, New Orleans: NS 24, Delaware: NS 23, Pennsylvania:
Early November around here is usually brutal for anyone who is affected by the seasons. Late autumn can steal your soul. The days are shorter, Daylight Time is over, and darkness comes like a surprise. And then the weather starts to turn. The earlier golden days are replaced by endless weeks filled with cold winds, joyless clouds and unending darkness. Frequent rains rip the leaves from the trees and rob them of their color. What a background for a presidential election.
Eight years ago, it was a nightmare. The weather started to turn on election day, and for weeks after that the darkness continued unbroken as events unfolded in Florida and Washington. Between the election and the day the Supreme Court ruled for Bush, the sun never came out -- or so it seems now, although I suppose there were days when it did. It was the death of hope. The heavens seemed to mock the very idea of hope. The same dark cycle played out more quickly four years ago. When the country was offered a choice between light and darkness, we once again found ourselves collectively sidetracked into the dark side.
It's different now. This year we had a pleasant autumn that continued, unseasonably warm, right through the election. It's only a matter of time before we catch up to the calendar and the season turns miserable again. But it's different now -- the cold and wet and darkness won't be reinforcing a deeper sense of hopelessness. This isn't 2000. It isn't 2004. It's 2008, Barack and Michelle Obama are headed for the White House, and there's a new sense of hope to warm our souls during the dark days. (And lots of hard work.)
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 03-Feb-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 17-Jun-23.
Not my photo although I was there on the day (I ran out of film!), scanned from a slide in my collection (one of only 6 of the 18,200 photos on Flickr that I didn't take myself).
This aircraft was delivered new to the UK Royal Air Force in Feb-46 as MW258 and used extensively on the Berlin Air Lift. It was stored at RAF Kilbride, Scotland in Feb-51 and transferred to RAF Aldergrove, Belfast in Feb-54.
It was sold to Aviation Traders (Engineering) Ltd. in Dec-54 as G-ANXN and transferred to Air Charter in Feb-55. Dan-Air bought it in Sep-56 and operated it for 7 years until it was retired at Lasham in 1963 and broken up there later the same year.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a slightly better version 28-Aug-20.
A heavily cropped shot outside the 200mm focal length of the telephoto lens I had at the time.
Adria Airways ceased operations suddenly at the end of Sep-19.
Considering this aircraft had 'one careful owner' for most of it's life, it certainly got around. First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWIH, this aircraft was delivered to Adria Airways as YU-AOD in Sep-90.
It was wet-leased to Aero Lloyd (Germany) between Jul/Oct-91. After the break-up of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia was allocated it's own registration prefix and the aircraft became SL-AAB in Feb-92.
It was briefly wet-leased to Transmed Airlines (Egypt) between Apr/May-92 and then to WDL Aviation (Germany) between Dec-92/Mar-93. On it's return to Adria, the Slovenia country code was changed from SL and it became S5-AAB on 15-Mar-93.
The aircraft was wet-leased to Cretan Airlines (Greece) at the end of Mar-93. The lease changed to a dry-lease as Cretan's own crews were trained and it was re-registered SX-BAT. It returned to Adria as S5-AAB in Nov-94. The aircraft was wet-leased to Air Malta between Mar/Nov-96, to Eurofly Italy between Jul-97/Apr-98 and to Afriqiya Airways (Libya) between Apr-06/Apr-08.
It was sold to Phoenix Aircraft Leasing in Nov-09 and leased to MIA Myanmar International Airways as XY-LHD. The aircraft returned to the lessor in May-14 and was immediately sold to Danish Air Transport Leasing A/S as OY-LHD and leased to DAT Danish Air Transport.
It was withdrawn from use and stored at Sofia (Bulgaria) in Apr-19. By now it was 29 years old and I expected it to be scrapped, but no! It was ferried to Tucson, AZ, USA in early Sep-19 for further storage.
It was sold to Elevate Jet as N804RR in Sep-19. It was noted at Tucson in Jul-20 in Elevate's full livery but doesn't seem to have flown yet. Stored, updated 12-May-24.
Note: Elevate Jet are a Business Jet owner/operator, currently with an EMB.135BJ and a Falcon 900.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 15-Jul-16.
Originally built as an MD-81, this aircraft was delivered to a lessor and leased to Swissair as HB-INN in Aug-81. It was converted to MD-82 standard prior to being returned to the lessor in Jul-97.
It was re-registered N928TW and stored at Kansas City, MO, USA the following month. It was leased to TWA Trans World Airlines in Dec-97. TWA was taken over by American Airlines in Dec-01 and the aircraft became part of the American Airlines fleet.
It was permanently retired and stored at Roswell, NM, USA in Feb-03. It was last noted still stored at Roswell in Sep-10. The registration was finally cancelled in Mar-13. Presumably it's now been broken up.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 12-Nov-17.
Skyservice USA was an Airtours company which operated in west coast USA. They also had a DC-10-10 which operated mostly between west coast points and Hawaii for in house tour operator 'Sun Trips' (there is a DC-10 photo in the Douglas DC-10 set).
This was another lessor owned aircraft with a long history. First flown in Jun-93 with the Airbus test registration F-WWDM, this aircraft was stored at Toulouse, France in Jul-93 before delivery to the Orix Aircraft Corporation in Sep-93. It remained in storage until it was re-registered N437RX in Mar-94.
It was leased to Airworld, UK as G-BVJV in Apr-94 for the summer season. On it's return to Orix in Nov-94 it was stored at Stansted, UK and leased to Airworld again in Apr-95. It was sub-leased to Skyservice Airlines (Canada) as C-FWOQ in Nov-95 and returned to Airworld as G-BVJV in Apr-96.
It was leased to Transmeridian Airways, USA as N437RX in Nov-96 for the winter, returning to Airworld as G-BVJV in Apr-97. The aircraft returned to Orix in Nov-97 and was leased to Airtours International Airways as G-EPFR two weeks later.
It was sub-leased to Skyservice as C-FTDF in Dec-97 and returned to Airtours in Apr-98. In Nov-98 it was sub-leased to Airtours subsidiary SkyserviceUSA and returned to Airtours as G-EPFR in Apr-99.
In Feb-00 the aircraft was leased to Airtours German subsidiary FlyFTI (operating for German Tour Operator, Frosch Touristik International). It was re-registered D-AAMS in Mar-00. It returned to Airtours in Jan-01 and was sub-leased to Skyservice Airlines, Canada as C-FTDF in Feb-01.
The sub-lease to Skyservice continued with the aircraft being sub-leased back to Airtours International for the summer season from Apr/Nov-01.
Airtours was renamed MyTravel Airways in Apr-02 and the summer sub-leases from Skyservice, Canada continued between May/Nov-02, Apr/Nov-03, May/Nov-04, May/Nov-05 and Mar/Nov-06. The aircraft was returned to MyTravel Airways, this time as G-FTDF, in Apr-07.
MyTravel was merged into Thomas Cook Airlines UK in Mar-08. The aircraft continued in service until it was permanently retired and stored at Manchester, UK in Jan-11. It was ferried to Greenwood, MS, USA for further storage. The registration was cancelled in Aug-11 and it was later broken up.
(191/366/2020)
Another day, another damp walk in our awesome British summer weather.
Brighter days are coming, at least.
This is the entrance into Highfield's Park near the tram stop. I love the arty decoration at the top in particular. It's a shame that all the cherry trees along this path were removed last year (apparently too old and diseased) but at least they've replaced them with new saplings
For my photography project, I followed my friend Gloria around for a day, when going to stage school.
And I just really like this photo. :)
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 21-Apr-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 21-Oct-23.
Seen here operating a cargo charter.
The durability of the old Douglas built designs never fails to amaze me. This aircraft is still in service in late Mar-26. Almost 58 years after it was delivered to Martinair!
Delivered new to Martinair Holland as PH-MAN in Jul-68, it was built as a passenger/cargo combi aircraft with a main-deck cargo door. It was sold to Hawaiian Airlines as N94454 in Nov-73.
It was wet leased to Itavia from Oct-78 to May-81. In Sep-81 it was leased to American International Airways and repossessed in Sep-84. In Jan-85 it was sold to Airborne Express and re-registered N933AX in Apr-85.
In Aug-03 the company was sold to DHL Brussels and renamed ABX Air, flying for DHL USA. It was returned to DHL Network Operations (USA) in Oct-08 and stored at Wilmington, OH, USA.
In Feb-11 it was sold to Map Asset Preservation Inc and leased to Kalitta Charters II LLC. In Jul-12 it was re-registered N916CK. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Oscoda, MI, USA in Dec-19.
After 51 years in service you'd think that was it. No! It was sold to Frontera Flight Holdings Inc (as trustee for Aeronaves TSM) in Nov-21 and registered XA-VFA with Aeronaves TSM SA de CV in Jan-22. Now almost 58 years old it continues in service. Updated 25-Apr-26.