N221GE "Genève" is leaving Geneva on her way to New York. She carried the US-registration until September 1992, when she was reregistered as HB-IGE and operated for another eight years in different Swissair colours. From September 2000 she was leased for three years to South African Airways as ZS-SKB until her retirement. (mehr von N221GE)
HB-IWK "Fribourg" taxies in at Lohausen only a few weeks after the delivery to Swissair. Today she still serves as MD-11F for UPS as N289UP. (mehr von HB-IWK)
HB-IHC Tail section of "Luzern" showing the typical no.3 engine installation/cowling of the General Electric CF-6-50, fitted to all DC-10-10 and -30 series. (mehr von HB-IHC)
HB-IHC "Luzern" in old Swissair colours seconds before reaching her parking position at Cointrin AP. ´Hotel-Charly` was delivered new to SR on September, 10th in 1973 and was sold to Northwest Airlines eighteen years later as N220NW. (mehr von HB-IHC)
HB-IHH "Basel-Stadt" taxies to its parking position on a cold winter morning. To the right one of her thirteen sisters is visible already in the new colours. (mehr von HB-IHH)
HB-IDI "Solothurn" on her way back to Zurich. In the 70´s and early 80´s the DC-8-62s of Swissair were a frequent upgrade to the regular DC-9-32s, which usualy operated the services from Düsseldorf to Zurich and Geneva. (mehr von HB-IDI)
HB-IDL "Aargau" taxies to her gate position with a B.727-100 of Hapag Lloyd in the background. n 1984 HB-IDL was sold to Capitol as N924CL and from 1986 she was operated by Airborne as ´parcel-express` N802AX. (mehr von HB-IDL)
HB-IGB "Zürich" leaves her gate at Rhein-Main after a rerouting of her regular service JFK-GVA-ZRH. After thirteen years of operations for Swissair she served also for Egypt Air, TWA and at least Saudia, which leased the aircraft from Atlanta Icelandic. (mehr von HB-IGB)
HB-IDF "Schwyz" is seen here after a late evening arrival before a scheduled nightstop at Rhein-Main. Other operators were Nationair of Canada and after conversion to DC-8-62F standard Buffalo Air Cargo, Cargo Lion and Silkway. (mehr von HB-IDF)