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Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 29-Apr-20.
Taken just a few months before the BKK airport code was transferred from Don Muang to the new Bangkok airport at Suvarnabhumi. Don Muang was re-coded DMK.
'One-Two-GO', operated by Orient Thai Airlines.
This aircraft was delivered to Texas Air Corporation and leased to Continental Airlines as N72825 in Nov-86. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Goodyear, AZ, USA in Jul-04.
It was sold to Continental in Mar-05 and remained stored at Goodyear until Jul-05 when they sold it to another lessor. The aircraft was leased to Orient Thai Airlines as HS-OMD later that month and operated by their subsidiary company 'One-Two-GO'.
It was wet-leased to Myanmar Airways International between Mar/Sep-08. The aircraft was stored at Bangkok (DMK), Thailand in Aug-10 and permanently retired. It was eventually broken up there in Aug-13.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 30-Jan-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 10-Jul-23.
A postwar built DC-4-1009, this aircraft was delivered to National Airlines as N33679 in Feb-46, it was sold to Resort Airlines in Nov-53 and later sold again to Riddle Airlines in Jan-56.
It was sold to East Anglian Flying Services in Mar-62 as G-ARYY. East Anglian Flying Services was renamed Channel Airways in Oct-63. The aircraft continued in service until it was retired and stored at Southend, UK, at the end of the summer season in Nov-69.
It was sold to Ipswich Museum in Feb-70 but remained stored at Southend. It was eventually broken up there in Jan-71.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 02-Aug-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 23-Oct-24.
Originally delivered to Ansett Airlines Australia as VH-CZL in Nov-71, this aircraft was sold to Midway Airlines as N935ML in Jun-82. Midway sold it to a lessor in Aug-84 and leased it back.
In Jul-91 Midway ceased operations and the aircraft was repossessed and stored at Orlando, Fl, USA. A year later, In Jul-92, it was leased to AeroMexico, still as N935ML.
AeroMexico operated it for 10 years and returned it to the lessor in Jul-02 when, now 31 years old, it was permanently retired and stored at Tucson, AZ, USA. It was broken up at Tucson in Feb-06 although the registration wasn't cancelled until 08-Aug-13.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 04-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 11-Sep-23.
Delivered new to Trans American Airlines as N3024C in Mar-57, the aircraft was leased to Eastern Air Lines in May-57. By the time Eastern returned it in May-62, Trans American had become Twentieth Century Airlines.
They sold it to Airnautic the following month as F-BJKZ. Airnautic was merged into Air France in early 1966. In Jul-66 the aircraft was leased to Royal Air Cambodge as XU-IAJ. Royal Air Cambodge dropped the 'Royal' and was renamed Air Cambodge in 1970.
In 1974 the aircraft was sold to L'Armee de L'air (the French Air Force) serialled 45109 (also the c/n). It was retired and stored in 1980 and eventually broken up.
An empty ethanol train charges down the Chicago Line next to the steel mill in Burns Harbor, Indiana. A couple new signals can be seen in the background, NS is replacing old signals on this line at lighting speed.
The object in the picture is a tripod my grandfather gave to me. He made it himself, since he was a cabinetmaker (and a talented amateur photographer). I used the tripod actively until last month, when I bought a new, a more practical one. So that's a story about new things replacing the old. Nevertheless, the tripod is very dear to me, and I keep it as a talisman now.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 07-Jun-22.
Photo taken from the base of the original domestic Pier A, facing the old Cargo Ramp.
Leased to PIA Pakistan International Airlines, this aircraft was delivered to PIA in Aug-59 as AP-AJG. PIA bought it in Jul-64, sold it to Hawker Siddeley Aviation the same day and leased it back again. It was returned to Hawker Siddeley in Mar-66 and stored.
In Mar-67 it was re-registered G-AVJB and in Jul-67 it was leased to BMA British Midland Airways. It was sub-leased to Nigeria Airways for a year between Oct-68/Oct-69. It was leased to Kestrel International Airways in Mar-72 but they had financial problems and BMA repossessed it in Nov-72 when Kestrel ceased operations.
It was briefly leased to a company called Site Aviation in Jan-74 and leased to British Airways in Mar-76, returning to BMA in Jun-76. The aircraft was sold to Intra Airways (Jersey) in Dec-76. Intra was renamed Jersey European Airways in Oct-79. It was retired and stored at East Midlands Airport, UK, in Dec-80 after it was sold to Field Aviation.
It was sold to British Air Ferries in Sep-81 and returned to service, mostly operating night mail services for the UK Post Office. It was stored at East Midlands again in Oct-83. In Nov-86 it was sold to Baltic Aviation (Sweden) as SE-IVY and operated until Apr-89 when Baltic was declared bankrupt.
By now it was 30 years old and it was stored at Southend, UK. In late 1989 it made it's final flight back to Malmo, Sweden, where the engines were removed and repossessed by the owners.
It was dismantled during 1992 and transported to the 'High Chaparral' Wild West Theme Park at Kulltorp, Sweden, where it was rebuilt and displayed. As of Oct-15, the aircraft was still on display at Kultorp.
Note: I also have a photo of this aircraft in my database as SE-IVY with Baltic Airlines at www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/13689426775
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 18-Apr-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 19-Jun-23.
Delivered new to Continental Air Lines in Oct-58 as N249V, it was sold to Channel Airways in May-67 as G-AVNJ.
The aircraft was leased to Air Ferry in Jan-68 and returned to Channel Airways in Nov-68. Only 11 years old, it was permanently retired at Southend, UK in Oct-69 and broken up there in Jun-72.
Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version 11-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI).
Dates in the history are approximate. For instance, my photo above was taken in Mar-96 and is clearly still in standard Aeroflot livery. However, some histories say it was transferred to the Russia State Transport Company by 1993.
This aircraft was built in 1987 and delivered to Aeroflot as CCCP-86467 in May-88. It was sub-leased to Air Ukraine in Sep-91 and returned to Aeroflot as RA-86467 in Aug-92.
It was transferred to the Russia State Transport Company sometime in the mid 1990's and continued in service until it was permanently retired at Moscow-Vnukovo in Dec-11. It was broken up there in Nov-12.
Groothoofdspoort in Dordrecht, dome. The dome was added in 1692 and replaced an older roof and one of the main reason of the construction problems. During almost three centuries the gate subsided towards the water. In 1975 a thorough restoration solved the problem - 2014, Patrick Bosman
Interesting lesson today in 2B..
Field of Canola was Kim Klassen photo. We had to take it and replace the sky...took me awhile but I'm happy with the results...I'll have to try this again sometime soon so I don't forget...I forget a lot these days..Oh the sky shot was mine...
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 01-Jan-22 (DeNoise AI).
Additional 'Soaring Spirit' Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City, 2002 titles.
Fleet No: "7005"
First flown with the Boeing test registration N50217, this aircraft was delivered to Delta Air Lines as N864DA in Dec-99.
When the COVID-19 Pandemic hit the world in Mar-20, Delta Air Lines made the decision to permanently withdraw their Boeing 777 fleet. This aircraft was stored at Victorville, CA, USA in Oct-20.
It was sold to the 'Arizona Cardinals' (Phoenix based American Football Team) in Oct-22 when it was ferried to Marana, AZ, USA and stored. It appears to be a 'spares' aircraft as the Arizona Cardinals operate sister ship N867DA (now re-registered N777AZ) in their full livery. Updated 08-Feb-24.
Sometimes train chases lead to some very interesting 'other' finds. Given other indications in the immediate area, this section of rail was likely used as part of the road crossing and was subsequently replaced by better and heavier rail. Rusted well with a chunk missing. Part of the Atlantic and Yadkin, now Atlantic and Western
With the 47 replacing the intended Black 5 due to the heightened fire risk during the current warm and dry spell of weather, the "Swanage Belle" tour from London Victoria speeds past Potbridge on the fast line as it heads to Dorset.
Locomotive: West Coast Railways Class 47/4 47804.
Location: Totters Lane, Potbridge, near Winchfield, Hampshire.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 23-Jan-20.
Named: "Bergfora Viking".
First flown with the Boeing test registration N1786B. Another aircraft where SAS couldn't make their mind up. First it was due to be registered LN-RPN, then it was due to be SE-DTR and then SE-DYG. Eventually it was back to square one and the aircraft was delivered to SAS Scandinavian Airlines as LN-RPN in Nov-00.
It was sold to a lessor in Jun-01 and leased back to SAS. It was leased to SAS' short lived 'low-cost' subsidiary 'Snowflake.com' in Mar-03 and returned to SAS Scandinavian Airlines in Jan-06, although it continued to operate in full Snowflake livery until it was repainted in Aug-07.
The aircraft was stored at Stavanger, Norway in Apr-20 as a consequence of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It never returned to service and was ferried to Marana, AZ, USA in Oct-20 where it was permanently retired. Updated 27-Oct-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 29-May-22 (DeNoise AI).
Named: "Holidayliner Freedom".
Sadly, this beautiful DC-10 didn't last long. Built with a main deck cargo door, this aircraft could be used for either passengers or cargo. It was delivered to ONA Overseas National Airways as N1032F in Jun-73 and was written off at New York-Kennedy just 2.5 years later on 12-Nov-75.
Note:
The aircraft was departing on a ferry flight from New York-Kennedy to Frankfurt and Jeddah at the start of a series of Haj Pilgrimage charter flights with 129 staff passengers and 10 crew.
During the take-off run the aircraft hit a large flock of seagulls on the runway and the take-off was abandoned. The damage to the No:3 engine fan blades caused a rotation imbalance and the compressor case disintegrated, causing a fire in the engine pylon and the right wing.
It also damaged the No:3 hydraulic system which affected the aircraft braking and the No:3 thrust reverser couldn't be deployed.
The runway was wet and it was apparent that the aircraft was not going to stop on the runway, so the crew steered onto a taxiway with the aircraft still doing 40kts which caused the undercarriage to collapse. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 09-Aug-21 (DeNoiseAI).
It was foggy at London-Gatwick on this particular morning. I had the whole fleet at Manchester, G-GCAL was around the corner.
These aircraft were parked out on a taxiway opposite the Fire Station and where the new Control Tower is located. My ramp car didn't have a radio so I had to get a lift out there with the Servisair guys.
Work has begun to replace the highway 52/64 bridge over the Mississippi River between Savanna, IL, and Sabula, IA. Some research shows the bridge was opened in December 1932, and has around 2400 vehicles a day pass over it. Crews have really opened up some shots with all the tree removal.
Here a westbound unit grain train heads out of Savanna. Seen here passing CP 1462 with a beautiful UP leader. Guess these ex-SP's won't be around forever, but man they look pretty worn. Train is bound from North St. Louis, MO, to Selby, SD.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-Mar-17 (DeNoise AI 24-Aug-22).
'Raffles' logojet livery.
This aircraft was delivered to Singapore Airlines as 9V-SPK in Jan-97. Sadly, the aircraft was destroyed at Taipei (Taiwan) on 31-Oct-00 when it struck construction equipment during take-off on a runway that was closed for maintenance.
It's sister-ship with the 'Raffles' livery, 9V-SPL, was very quickly repainted back into standard livery.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 04-Aug-24.
It seems strange to think that of the eight airlines represented in this Terminal 2 line-up, only two of them are still operational. Virgin Atlantic and Delta. The others, Sabre, Air 2000, SABENA, Flying Colours, Continental and Britannia, are all long gone!
Named: "Lady Patricia".
With original Sabre tail livery.
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.
I thought it was long past time for an update on my Avengers collection now that Ant Man is part of the fold.
Updates from the last pic are:
The addition of Black Panther (NACM), Namor (OLS), The Thing (Decool), Reed Richards, Sue Richards, Johnny Storm, Ghost Rider (MR), Rogue (EG) Ant Man, Beast (SY), Havok (SGP) and Spider Woman (PPM).
I've replaced my Vision fig with one by BU, Hawkeye with the SY version and my Winter Soldier with the one by MH80. Cap' has been replaced with the 2014 official body but i've kept the MR head and Spideys' head has been replaced by the PCB version.
Looking forward to adding Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch to the collection soon.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 18-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-Aug-23.
With all those fuel trucks in attendance it must have been tanking up to go trans-Atlantic...
Named: "St. Brendan / Breanainn".
This aircraft has a looooong history... Delivered new to Irish International Aer Lingus as EI-ALC in Apr-61. It was wet-leased to PIA Pakistan International Airlines between Oct-64/May-65. It was leased to Braniff Airways as N7082 in Nov-65 and returned to Aer Lingus in May-66 as EI-ALC.
It was leased to BWIA British West Indian Airways as 9Y-TCS in Dec-66 and returned to Aer Lingus in Apr-67 as EI-ALC. It was leased to Trans Caribbean Airways as N8790R between Oct-67/Apr-68, again returning to Aer Lingus as EI-ALC.
It was sold to Trans Polar Airways, Norway, as LN-TUV in Oct-70 but was repossessed in May-71 and stored until it again became EI-ALC in Nov-71. It was sold to Trans European Airways, Belgium, as OO-TEB in Aug-72 and wet-leased to Air Cambodge between Oct-73/Apr-73.
It was wet-leased to Tunis Air between May/Dec-75. It was briefly wet-leased to El Al Israel Airlines between Sep/Oct-78. Trans European sold it to ATA American Trans Air in Nov-78 as N8790R.
It was immediately leased to Ambassadair and returned to ATA in May-82. It then went through a procession of 'Affinity Groups' such as the 'Emerald Shillelagh Chowder Marching Society' in May-84 and 'Airfast' in Jun-86.
In Dec-86 it was sold to a 'Samuel Azar'. He sold it to (presumably!) his brother, 'Gab Azer' in Jul-88 and it found itself in Zaire the same month, re-registered 9Q-CFT with Fontshi Aviation Service.
By now the aircraft was 28 years old, a great age for an early turbo-jet Boeing 720. It continued in service until Oct-90 when it was involved in a runway over-run at Mbuji-Maji, Zaire (I'm unable to find further details). It never flew again and was stored at Mbuji where it remained. It was photographed still at Mbuji in Feb-06, derelict but intact and complete with engines. It's thought to have been broken up in mid 2011.
I also have a photo of this with Trans European Airways at
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 22-Oct-17 (DeNoise AI 22-Sep-22).
G-AVMY was delivered to BEA British European Airways in Aug-69. BEA was merged with BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation to form British Airways in Jul-74. G-AVMY continued in service until BA retired it at Bournemouth in Jan-92.
It was due to be sold to Okada Air, Nigeria, as 5N-OSA but the sale was cancelled. It was sold to European Aviation in May-93 and later leased to a subsidiary company, European Air Charter, in Jun-95.
It was wet-leased to SABENA Belgian World Airlines over the Christmas/New Year peak in Dec-95/Jan-96 and again to cover the Easter peak period in Mar-96.
It was leased to AB Airlines (previously Air Belfast & Air Bristol), in Oct-97, returning to European Air Charter 2 months later in Dec-97. It was finally retired at Bournemouth in Aug-00 and eventually broken up there in 2003.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 12-Feb-15, plus DeNoise AI 18-Jan-23.
This is not a good photo and was taken just as it was going dark. Thank goodness for Photoshop and DeNoise software! (if you think it's bad now, you should have seen the original!).
D-ALIN had only a short life-span compared with today's airliners. It was delivered new to Lufthansa in Apr-55 and operated for 12 years. It was retired and stored at Hamburg in Jun-67. It was donated to Hermeskeil Museum, West Germany in May-80 and is still there today (Feb-15).
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 03-Jan-22 (DeNoise AI).
Arriving after a non-stop ferry flight from Hong Kong. This was the 22 year old aircraft's penultimate landing. The following day it ferried to Bruntingthorpe, UK, on it's final flight to a date with the scrap-mans axe.
First flown with the Boeing test registration N60697, this aircraft was delivered to Cathay Pacific Airways as VR-HUE in May-93. It became B-HUE in Aug-97 when Hong Kong became an autonomous region of China.
In Jan-15, after 22 years in service, the aircraft ferried from Hong Kong via Manchester to Bruntingthorpe, UK where it was permanently retired. Updated 03-Jan-22
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 21-Oct-21 (DeNoise AI).
A series of 5 photos showing the final flight of British Airways Concorde G-BOAC. Arriving into Manchester for it's last ever landing. It was originally on open display at Manchester's 'Runway Viewing Park'. However British Airways stipulated it should be preserved under cover and It now sits in it's own 'hangar'.
G-BOAC was the 'Flagship' of the British Airways Concorde fleet. It was first flown as G-BOAC on 27-Feb-75 and after participating in the Concorde test programme it was delivered to British Airways on 13-Feb-76.
It was the aircraft which inaugurated supersonic trans-Atlantic scheduled services between London-Heathrow and Washington, DC, USA in May-76.
In early 1979, in a joint operation with Braniff International Airways, the London-Heathrow / Washington-Dulles service continued on to Dallas-Fort Worth. The aircraft was registered G-N81AC on the Trans Atlantic sectors. The 'G-' was removed for the US Domestic sectors, becoming N81AC.
The aircraft operated successfully for 27 years before it's final flight from London-Heathrow to Manchester on 31-Oct-03.
It's on permanent loan to Manchester Airport Plc and is displayed at Manchester Airport's Runway Visitor Park. Charges apply.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 22-May-22 (DeNoise AI).
Fitted with 'Hush Kits'.
First flown with the Boeing test registration N57001, this aircraft was delivered to Britannia Airways as G-BHWF in Dec-80. It was sold to Thomson Tour Ops in Nov-85 and leased back to Britannia.
It was sub-leased to Air New Zealand in Jan-88 and returned to Britannia Airways in Apr-88. The aircraft was also sub-leased to Midway Airlines (USA) in Nov-88 and returned to Britannia Airways in Apr-89.
It was returned to the lessor, sold to Indigo Aviation AB and leased to Air New Zealand ZK-NAI in Dec-93. The aircraft was retired and stored at Christchurch in Dec-01. It was returned to Indigo Aviation in Feb-02 and leased to ADC Airlines (Nigeria) as 5N-BEE in May-02.
ADC Airlines ceased trading in Apr-07, one of seven Nigerian Airlines that were closed down by the Nigerian Government as being underfunded. The aircraft was withdrawn from use at Lagos, Nigeria.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 20-Jan-19.
USAir Express, operated by Allegheny Commuter Airlines.
First flown in Jan-84 with the Short Brothers test registration G-14-3634, this aircraft was re-registered G-BLCS in Feb-84. It was sold to Short Air Lease Inc and leased to Dash Air as N132DA in Mar-84. It was repossessed by the lessor in Dec-84 and leased to Westair Commuter Airlines later that month. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in May-90. It was leased to Simmons Airlines in Jun-90 and returned to the lessor in Jun-91. It was leased to Allegheny Commuter Airlines in Jul-91 and operated on behalf of US Air Express. It was returned to the lessor in Jul-94 and transferred to Shorts Aircraft Delivery Inc as N405SA the same month. The aircraft was stored until it was converted to Shorts SD.330/C-23B Sherpa standard in Dec-96. It was delivered to the US Army serialled 93-1321 in Mar-97. It served with the Alaska ANG and was withdrawn from use and stored at Fort Sill, OK, USA in Nov-13. The aircraft was moved to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, USA in Dec-14 and permanently retired.
Shyamali Paul replaces a damaged LED bulb with a new one at a Chrysanthemum flower cultivation farm at a village in West Bengal, the eastern state of India. Here farmers with the help of microfinancing to cultivate Chrysanthemum flowers which are exported to Europe and USA apart from other states of India. Farmers light up their fields with LED bulbs at night to get quality production of ornamental flower like Chrysanthemum. Here fellow flower growers shifted to a new innovative method of farming as they strung up rows of 9Watt LED bulbs across their fields and kept these switched on from sunset till dawn for 7-10 days during the budding stage.
The innovation of thousands of LED bulbs are switched on during the night to give the plants artificial, “day-like” light to compensate for its lack during the daytime cover-up. It was found the plants showed stunted growth when kept the lights on at night and the quality of his chrysanthemums was also very good.
The process is by exposing the plant to a continuous phase of light even at dusk they are enhancing the process of photosynthesis, which means the plant cooks way more food than it can cook only from the sunlight it receives in the morning. With the process being repeated over a period of days, the plant gets engaged in cooking and storing the food and then when the lights are suddenly cut off, the plant grows at a very fast rate with enough nutrition for a good quality produce. During the process, the farmers need to maintain a perfect balance between the periods of light and darkness.
Three years back, their business was floundering, now suddenly things have changed on which more than 5000 farmers’ families are depending on Chrysanthemum flower cultivation.
the last of my photography project, will probably replace if i can get another day in the dark room.
also, if there are any models that live in shanghai that would like to do a shoot with me please shoot me a message!
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 29-Jan-15, plus DeNoise AI 07-Jan-23.
The above photo was taken through the dirty window of a Channel Airways Vickers Viking...
Hybrid livery. Basic Silver City Airlines with British United titles.
Originally built as a Bristol 170 Mk XIA (11A) and registered to the Bristol Aeroplane Company as G-AIME in Dec-46, this aircraft was delivered to Suidair (South Africa) as ZS-BVI in Aug-47.
They didn't have it long and it returned to the Bristol Aeroplane Company two months later, in Oct-47, and was re-registered G-AIME again in Jan-48. It was converted to a Bristol 170 Freighter 21 in early 1948 and was leased to British Aviation Services in Jul-48.
It was returned to the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 and was eventually sold to Silver City Airways in Nov-50 and was converted to 'Wayfarer' standard with passenger seats. It was occasionally leased to the Ministry of Defence for trooping flights and used the RAF serial XF662 during these flights.
In Feb-56 it was leased to Air Kruise (Kent) Ltd. They dropped the '(Kent)' and were renamed Air Kruise Ltd in Feb-57. The aircraft was returned to Silver City in Oct-57 (I can remember seeing it at Blackpool in the early 1960's operating passenger services to the Isle of Man).
Silver City became a part of the British United Group in Jan-63 as part of British United Air Ferries. It remained in the above livery and was withdrawn from use at the end of the summer season in Oct-63 when it was stored at Lydd, UK. It was later moved to Southend, UK and was broken up there in May-64.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 07-Oct-17, plus DeNoise AI 26-Feb-23.
Named: "Long Beach".
This aircraft was delivered to Air Malta as 9H-ABC in Mar-83. It was sold to British Aerospace in Dec-94 in part-exchange for B.Ae 146-RJ70's. British Aerospace immediately sold it to a leasing company who leased it to Air New Zealand as ZK-NAG later that month.
It returned to the lessor in Dec-95 when it was immediately leased to TEA Cyprus (Trans European Airways) as 5B-DBF. TEA Cyprus wet-leased the aircraft to Pacific Airlines (Asia) the following day. It returned to TEA Cyprus in May-97 and was wet-leased to Air Afrique five days later.
It was returned to TEA Cyprus in Dec-97 and returned to the lessor in Feb-98. It was leased to Winair as N118RW the same month. Winair bought it in Mar-98 but apparently didn't keep up the payments as it was repossessed by the lessor in Jun-99.
In Jul-99 the aircraft was leased to Frontier Airlines. The registration N276FL was reserved by Frontier but wasn't used. It returned to the lessor in Oct-03 and was stored until May-04 when it was leased to Atlantic Airlines de Honduras as HR-ATN. The aircraft was permanently retired at La Ceiba, Honduras in mid 2008.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 21-Mar-16, plus DeNoise AI 29-Nov-22.
First flown in Feb-92 with the Airbus test registration F-WWCL, this aircraft was delivered to Balair Switzerland as HB-IPL in Apr-92.
Balair merged with CTA in Jan-93 to form Balair/CTA. It was renamed Balair CTA Leisure in Nov-97. The aircraft was sold to a lessor in Nov-99 and leased to Oman Air in Dec-99 as A4O-OC.
It was returned to the lessor in Mar-02 as N640KS. In Jul-02 it was leased to Air Plus Comet as EC-IHV and in Nov-03 they sub-leased it to Aerolineas Argentinas as LV-AIV.
It was repossessed by the lessor in May-10, re-registered N391LF and permanently retired at Walnut Ridge, AR, USA the following month. It was last noted still at Walnut Ridge in Sep-11. The aircraft was broken up there in late 2011. Updated 29-Nov-22
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 22-Sep-21 (DeNoise AI).
Named: "St. Flannan / Flannan".
First flown with the Fokker Aircraft test registration PH-EXG, this aircraft was delivered to Aer Lingus Commuter as EI-FKD in Apr-90. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Woensdrecht, Netherlands in Feb-01.
It was re-registered to Fokker Services as PH-EXG and leased to Denim Air in Nov-03. It was sub-leased to VLM Airlines as OO-VLY, initially operated by Denim Air, in Dec-03. The aircraft was briefly leased to Fokker Services as PH-ZFC in Jan-04, returning to VLM as OO-VLY in Feb-04.
VLM was taken over by CityJet in Oct-09 although the companies continued to operate separately and it was operated for CityJet by VLM. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Apr-13 and stored until it was leased to Hunnu Air (Mongolia) in Jul-13 as JU-8883.
The aircraft was sold to VGAS Vermeer Global Aviation Services (Netherlands) as 2-MIES in Jul-19 and sold to Gomair (Democratic Republic of Congo) as 9S-ABG the following week. Current, updated 22-Sep-21.
Recent arrivals at Leeds Bramley are seven Scania L94's with the attractive Wright Solar body.
These Swedish girls are here to replace the B6's and also for fleet expansion.
Non are currently in service as they are being given some fettling by enginnering, these two have yet to see their turn in the workshop though.
It is thought they will be repanelled, repainted and smartened up inside before they enter revenue earning service.
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 15-Jun-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 01-Sep-24.
Operated by Comair on behalf of Delta Connection.
Fleet No: "7111".
No history!
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 20-Feb-14.
This aircraft brought in the instruments for the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra on a UK tour.
Currently (Sep-18), the registration SP-LWA has been re-used on a LOT B737-800/W.
Lothian Country's 1048 (LXZ 5436), a ZF Ecolife Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2, drifting through Uphall on the service X18 to Edinburgh.
1048 was new to First Centrewest in October 2010 as their "VN37890" and was registered as "BF60 UUA". 1048 predominantly operated the service 18. The 18 operated, and continues to operate, between Sudbury and Euston.
UUA was later sold to Metroline in *2013, due to the demise of First Capital. VN37890 then was acquainted the new fleet number of "VW1842".
In 2017, Metroline lost the contract for the service 18 to RATP London United, RATP being a multinational operator also operating in Paris France. RATP stands for "Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens", which essentially means it's a state owned operator of Paris, very similar to what is seen with Lothian here in Edinburgh.
RATP used, and still continues to use, Volvo B5LH Wright Eclipse Gemini 3s since their takeover of the 18.
As a result of losing the service 18, numerous Gemini 2s were withdrawn. This, in turn, saw Lothian purchase 48 of them, in the same batch as 1049, and 2 from Go Ahead London.
After their purchase, the 48 of them that were in the Metroline batch were sent to WrightBus in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to receive an extensive refurbishment to high-quality Lothian specifications.
The other two from Go Ahead, now 1001 and 1002, were refurbished at Thorntons in Ashington, England.
Once refurbished, all 50 of them received private registrations, which appear as "LXZ 53××" or "LXZ 54××".
25 were sent to Lothian Buses Central Depot, and all started working in Edinburgh between June and September 2018. The other 25 were sent to Lothian Country, which started working West Lothian local routes in August 2018 from the Longstone depot. This was until the purchase of the Livingston depot in March 2019. I'll discuss more later on.
The Gemini 2s from London were mostly bought of Metroline, which were previously owned by First Centrewest. Two of them from the first batch, 1001 & 1002, were previously owned by Go-Ahead London. These were purchased to upgrade their fleet as well as to provide Lothian Country with buses to operate their new, at the time, West Lothian services; X27, X28 and 275, which commenced operations on Sunday, 19th August 2018.
The first batch was 1001 - 1050. They began entering service in July 2018. The following two months saw the rest of the ex Londoners entered service. Lothian Country's ones were the last ones that were required to enter service. They started entering service in August 2018 and were all in service by late September 2018.
These buses are rather unique to Lothian Buses for a couple of reasons. They have a shorter body than the usual double deck vehicles found in Lothian's native fleet. In Lothian's double deck fleet, their vehichles usually range from the lengths 11.3 - 11.5 meters, whereas the ex London B9TL's are only 10.8 meters long. Additionally, they have a ZF transmission instead of a Voith, which all Lothian's Volvo B9TL Chassis had.
Out of the 50 buses:
The 25 that found themselves at Lothian Buses Central Depot were 1001 - 1002, 1005 - 1012, 1014 - 1027, and 1050. The remaining 25 found themselves at Lothian Country. These were 1003, 1004, 1013 and 1028 - 1049.
The next batch of ex London B9TL's entered service in May 2019 (1000 and 1141 - 1153), these are different than the previous batch as these have an exit middle door, minus 1000. These have so far remained their entire Lothian Buses life the the Marine depot in Seafield apart from 1000 which was sent to Central in 2019 then transferred to Longstone in 2020 then subsequently back to Central in 2021.
One thing to note, in 2021 we saw 1031 be off the road for many months to have its gearbox replaced.
Notes:
1029 was withdrawn in July 2019 following a collision with a low hanging bridge in Fauldhouse. 1029 was subsequently scrapped. 1029 was housed in Livingston prior to this.
This photo was taken at Uphall's East Main Street on Monday, 12th of December 2022.
As of the date this was uploaded (12/12/2022) 1048 1048 has returned for repaint into the new Lothian Country livery, shared with East Coast Buses. Currently 1037, 1043, 1045, and 1048 have all returned from repaint and are back to operating services around West Lothian. Sent away and yet to return from paint are 1036, 1039, 1047 and 1049. The rest are yet to be sent away. 1035 has now moved to Marine to be moved to Seafield for repaint preparation.
Thank you for reading. Have a wonderful week, and stay safe! 😊
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