11-May-1981

Evergreen International  Lockheed P-2 Neptune

N206EV Here still in the colors of Evergreen, the 1954 built Neptune as tanker 145. Most recently documented in aerial firefighting with Neptune Aviation Services in California and Arizona in 2017 (mehr von N206EV)

11-May-1981

American Airlines  Boeing 707-123B

N7572A Seven American Airlines B.707 are waiting for their further use in Marana in the spring of 1981. N7572A ended her career a few months later after a short transfer flight to Davis Monthan AFB as a spare parts plane for the USAF KC-135E conversion program (mehr von N7572A)

11-May-1981

Air Berlin USA  Boeing 707-123B

N7509A One of the first B.707s to be built, line number 16, flew for Air Berlin USA in the 1980 summer season. After being returned to American Airlines in autumn, she was sold to the USAF for the KC-135R conversion program and finally scrapped at the Davis-Monthan AFB (mehr von N7509A)

-May-1982

CAAC  Boeing 707-3J6C

B-2416 After a 19 year career with CAAC and Air China, B-2416 was sold to the Israeli Air Force in 1993, first modified to a tanker, a KC-707, and in 2005 again into a EC-707 Re'em, registered as 264. By the way - the name addition Re'em means unicorn (mehr von B-2416)

-May-1982

Korean Air  McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

HL7316 Built in 1974 and in Korean Air service for over twenty years with some hard landings, HL7316 was operated by Northwest AL as N234NW from 1996 for the next eleven years. Finally she served for American Trans Air as the N702TZ until April 2008, when ATA Airlines ceased operations (mehr von HL7316)

-June-1982

Korean Air Cargo  Boeing 747-2B5(F/SCD)

HL7452 First delivered new in 1980 in this metal paint scheme, HL7452 changed its dress into the standard mainly light blue Korean Air colors until withdrawal in 2004. MK Airlines then operated this jumbo for another six years, initially registered as 9G-MKR, and from 2007 as G-MKBA until MK Airlines ceased operations on April, 10 in 2010 (mehr von HL7452)

-July-1976

Pan Am  Boeing 707-321B

N428PA Jet Clipper Star of Hope lived up to its name when this B.707, in service for Korean Air, registered as HL7429, deviated significantly from course on April 20, 1978 on flight KE902 from Paris to Anchorage and entered Russian airspace near Murmansk. An air-to-air missile shot by an SU-15 hit the left wing, causing the Korean Air crew to make an emergency landing on a frozen lake (mehr von N428PA)

-August-1989

Hapag-Lloyd  Airbus A310-204

D-AHLZ Delivered new to Hapag Lloyd in 1988 and seen here during engine test runs in the old noise protection bay. From spring 2005 D-AHLZ was leased to S7-Siberia Airlines and later reregistered as VP-BSZ (mehr von D-AHLZ)

-June-1989

Oasis International Airlines  McDonnell Douglas MD-83

EC-EOM In 1988, the Spanish Oasis Hotels group took over Andalus Air, originally founded in 1986, and renamed it Oasis International Airlines. With leased DC-9-83, later also with the A310-300 in cooperation with the Mexican Aerocancun and the US Private Jet Expeditions, destinations in Europe and in the Carribean were served (mehr von EC-EOM)

-April-1989

Hapag-Lloyd  Boeing 737-4K5

D-AHLK A registration that is used again and again by Hapag Lloyd and TUIfly. First in 1985 for an Airbus A300B4, then in 1989 for this B.737-400 and currently for a B.737-800. In the meantime, D-AHLK pictured here, was converted into a freighter in 2010 and is actually in service with Swiftair, registered EC-NMJ (mehr von D-AHLK)

-August-1988

Finnair Cargo  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC

OH-LYH A lady who is still doing a good job 50 years after her first flight, now in Mexico with Aeronaves TSM, registered as XA-UXP. OH-LYH can be seen here on one of the twice-weekly operated freight services to Helsinki and as the successor to the Swingtail-DC-6 OH-KDA of Kar-Air, used on this route until September 1981 (mehr von OH-LYH)

17-September-1980

Andes Aerolineas Nacionales del Ecuador  Canadair CL-44

HC-AZH Seen here in typical scenery in the cargo area next to the famous corrosion corner. HC-AZH was the last surviving Canadair CC-106 Yukon, a Bristol Britannia derivate built by Canadair for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Announced plans in 2005 to restore her for the RCAF Memorial Museum sadly failed and she was scrapped at Cuenca in 2010 (mehr von HC-AZH)

16-September-1980

Air Florida  Boeing 737-112

N46AF This B.737-100, which was already delivered to Air Florida in October 1979, still had the livery of the previous owner Singapore Airlines, ex 9V-BFD, in the late summer of 1980 (mehr von N46AF)

19-September-1980

National Airlines  McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10

N63NA Even if you cannot see it yet, at the time this photo was taken, National AL was already history through its merger with Pan Am. Until the final withdrawal in 2001, N63NA was also in service with American AL and Hawaiian AL as N148AA (mehr von N63NA)

5-April-1980

Singapore Airlines  Boeing 737-112

9V-BBE All five first generation B.737-100s originally built for MSA-Malaysia-Singapore Airlines were put into service for the first time in 1969 and transferred to Singapore AL in autumn 1972. 9V-BBE and sistership 9V-BFF left the Singapore AL fleet in August 1980 and were sold, like the first three, to Air Florida (mehr von 9V-BBE)

19-September-1980

Air Florida  Boeing 737-112

9V-BBE Freshly painted and just delivered from Singapore to Miami, still registered as 9V-BBE, the fourth of five Baby-B.737 ex-Singapore AL in the maintenance area of Air Florida, became reg. N47AF (mehr von 9V-BBE)

-April-1983

Wirtschaftsflug  Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules

D-ACWF In 1980, Wirtschaftsflug planned to enter the cargo flight business. For this purpose, the operation of three Lockheed L-100-30s was considered and a agreement with German Cargo was made. The first brand-new Hercules, delivered in October 1981 did not bring Wirtschaftsflug the desired economic success and the company had to file for bankruptcy in late 1982. The picture here shows the confiscated C-130 , waiting to be returned to Lockheed (mehr von D-ACWF)

14-April-1980

Pan Am  Boeing 747SP-21

N531PA 'Clipper Freedom' was the second of a total of 10 SP-Jumbos ordered by and built for Pan American World Airways, which from 1976 were mainly used on the Pan Am Pacific routes. In February 1986 all Boeing 747SPs, six Lockheed L1011-500s and the Pacific route rights were sold to United Airlines (mehr von N531PA)

26-September-1980

Delta Air Lines  Douglas DC-8-61

N822E A classic airliner, originally built for and operated first as a DC-8-61 by Delta AL, N822E was modified to DC-8-71 standard with CFM56 engines in June 1982 and converted again, now into a freighter for UPS in July 1988 (mehr von N822E)

26-September-1980

Seaboard World  Boeing 747-245(F/SCD)

N704SW Delivered new in September 1979 and being the last of a total of 4 cargo jumbos built for and operated by Seaboard World, N704SW and sistership N703SW operated also freight services for Viasa. In October 1980 Seaboard World was bought by Flying Tigers, which gave them access to the North Atlantic routes (mehr von N704SW)

22-September-1980

Aeromexico  McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

XA-DUH Castillo de Chapultepec was in service with Aeromexico for 21 years, later, after an two-year intermezzo with Laker AW, XA-DUH was converted into a freighter in 1999 and operated by Cielos del Peru and most recently Transportes Aereos Bolivianos since 2008 (mehr von XA-DUH)

-August-1990

Lufthansa  Boeing 737-230

D-ABFU Delivered in April 1981 and christened Mulheim a.d. Ruhr, D-ABFU was operated by Lufthansa for sixteen years. In 1997 she was sold to Ryanair, reregistered as EI-CNZ (mehr von D-ABFU)

-April-1983

Special Air Transport (SAT)  Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10

D-ABAP The first own green and yellow livery of Special Air Transport, introduced in 1983, with additional SAT Flug titles, which only existed for a few days. The next owner, Istanbul Airlines, took delivery of D-ABAP as its first Caravelle with registration TC-ARI in March 1986 (mehr von D-ABAP)

-November-1990

Lufthansa  Boeing 737-330

D-ABWH In the winter months of the 1970s and 1980s, Condor aircraft were regularly leased to the parent company Lufthansa. The results were interesting hybrid paintworks. Until its final withdrawal August 2012, D-ABWH was still in service for Lufthansa, named Rothenburg o.d. Tauber (mehr von D-ABWH)

-January-1980

Condor  Boeing 747-230BM

D-ABYR The Nordrhein-Westfalen was leased to Condor immediately after delivery to Lufthansa in January 1979. From summer 1980 D-ABYR was operated by Lufthansa until it was withdrawn from service in November 2001 and finally scrapped at Hahn in January 2002 (mehr von D-ABYR)