Started out with Alitalia almost 48years ago, this USA JET DC-9F still looks good. delivered 5-3-1968 to Alitalia as I-DIKF 10-1981 to Evergreen Intl as N935F 6-2000 to USA JET cn....47220
Cessna 310 (cn 310Q0283) Used for executive transport and photographed just after delivery at CMH.
Douglas DC-6B(F) (cn 44061/387) Ex Pan Am, became C-GBYF. Taken 10/73.
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Interesting visitor from Canada was this Nolinor CV-580F with just CARGO titles here in CLE back in Aug 2009 delivered 2-1954 to United as N73146 other operators... Allegheny Evergreen Interstate All Star CF Air Freight Airwave del to Nolinor 2-2001 and still current cn....154
Operated by SEA on contract for United Couriers at Shannon in January 1984.
Boeing 747-123(SF) (cn 20100/46) A goodexample of wing flex under the strain of supporting several hundred tons as this 747 climbs off 22L at ORD. Taken 7/77
Alaska Airlines nicknamed its L-100 as the 'Golden Nugget Freighter.' (Photo: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics archives)
Curtiss C-46A-50-CU (cn 30532) Built as 42-101077 for the USAAF and transfered to the USN as BuNo 39573 in September, 1944. Seen here stored at FRA circa 1970, it was later bought by Joanne Fashions and destroyed in a crash near Barrancabermeja, Columbia on February 21, 1973 attempting an emrgency landing after an engine failure. Scanned from an original 35mm slide in my collection and not my shot.
One of Rich's freighters on their ramp at Miami in June 1981.
Douglas DC-6B(F) (cn 45217/773) Previously N6581C with Northeast. Taken 4/73
Photo from the Stephan Barth collection. Scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page. München-Riem July 1980 G-BGTU BAC 111-409AY 108 Turbo-Union Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Gary Vincent: First flight for this BAC 111 was March 6, 1967 with delivery to LACSA Costa Rica as TI-1056C the following month. Sold to TACA International as YS-01C on April 11, 1973. It was bought by Turbo Union February 16, 1979 and a large forward cargo door was added. Operated by the Rolls-Royce Flying Unit on behalf of Turbo-Union, transporting engines and personnel (in the 39 seat aft cabin) for the Panavia Tornado program. Bought by Nationwide Air Charter and registered ZS-NNM by April 5 1994, the aircraft was stored at Lanseria, South Africa and broken up in 2005. Registration details for this airframe: www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-BGTU/752654 This airframe as T-1056C with LACSA at MIA in February 1971: www.airhistory.net/photo/7899/TI-1056C This airframe as YS-01C with TACA International at MIA in December 1976: www.flickr.com/photos/23032926@N05/5241977685 Another shot of G-BGTU at Riem, in July 1981, port side view with open cargo door: www.afm-news.de/index.php/bilder/image?view=image&for... Another shot of G-BGTU at Riem, in June 1988 (later colours): cdn.planespotters.net/11888/g-bgtu-turbo-union-bac-1-11-4... This airframe as ZS-NNM with Nationwide Cargo at HLA in April 1999: www.flickr.com/photos/egcb_egcc/30952033746 Scan from Kodachrome slide.
München-Riem ca. 1980 (Was reported at Riem on 7 March 1980, but wearing an IAS sticker, so this shot must be from a different date.) N447T Canadair (Conroy) CL-44-O Guppy 16 Transmeridian Air Cargo Photo taken by Herwart Schneider and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page. Another shot of the Guppy at Riem, this time wearing its last Transmeridian colour scheme. Detailed history of this airframe: www.cl44.com/cl44/prodlist/serial16.htm Pictures from the conversion process: guppyphotos.com/cl-44/ Scan from Kodachrome K25 slide.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 28-Oct-18. Tied down to concrete filled barrels so obviously hadn't been anywhere for quite a while... Delivered to Aeroflot as CCCP-86723 in 1977, this aircraft was re-registered RA-86723 when the Soviet Union became the Russian Federation. It was sold to Express International Cargo (Sao Tome) as S9-BOM (date unknown) and later re-registered 3C-QQD (Ecuatorial Guinea). It was sold to Avient Air Zimbabwe as Z-WTV (date unknown) and was permanently retired at Fujairah (UAE) in 2010.
Douglas C-54A Skymaster (DC-4) (cn 10403) Seen under tow at MIA in April, 1973. With the next operator, Taxi Aéreo El Venado, it crashed in the mountains in Columbia on June 30, 1975,with the cause unknown.
American Airlines air freight being loaded on to an L-100. (Photo: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics archives)
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF Flying Tigers LAX Sept., 1976
It looks ridiculous, but it's an aerospace legend.
Boeing 737-130 (msn 19023) seen after takeoff from DCA
Photo taken by Stefan Röhrich. München-Riem 1978-03-16 (16 March 1978) HB-IEO Canadair CL-44D4-1 32 Transvalair This Transvalair CL-44 visited Munich-Riem a number of times in 1978 (I have reports for 16 March, 30 April, 4 May, 9 July, 23 October). The aircraft was again seen here on 12 June 1980 as 5A-DGE with United African Airlines still wearing the Transvalair cheatline. Survived derelict at Tripoli until the mid 2000s as one of the last CL-44 airframes but then disappeared. Information on Transvalair: www.cl44.com/cl44/operators/transvalair.htm Detailed history of this airframe: www.cl44.com/cl44/prodlist/serial32.htm This airframe as N229SW with Seaboard World Airlines at LGW in May 1963: www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/16309141222 N229SW with Flying Tiger Line at HND in ca. early 1960s (postcard): jjpostcards.com/51803-thickbox_default/flying-tigers-cl-4... This airframe as N429SW with TMA of Lebanon at STN in May 1969: imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/2/5/0215529.jpg This airframe as G-AWOV with Tradewinds at LGW in May 1972:: imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/6/3/0/0287036.jpg G-AWOV with Tradewinds at RTM in 1976 (bare metal scheme): www.douglasdc8.com/photos/RTM-627G.jpg This airframe as 5A-DGE with United African Airlines at Riem in June 1980: www.flickr.com/photos/161645265@N08/47057651674 Scan from Kodachrome K25 slide.
Cold War Jets, Bruntingthorpe Aug 2011
EmbraerERJ-175LR(ERJ-170-200LR) (msn 17000929) Seen returning to Anchorage after a r/t to Fairbanks.
In Norman Wells, NT.
