Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Nov 21, 2017 7:21:45 GMT
These are likely the last subjects i'll be previewing this year 
The 1990's saw major changes throughout Frances civil aviation industry.
UTA FRENCH AIRLINES was merged into AIR FRANCE (and which saw some of its DC-10-30's operated in definitive AIR FRANCE livery) from January 12th 1990 .... and which resulted in UTA then ceasing to exist as from December 18th 1992.
AIR INTER was also merged into AIR FRANCE from April 1st 1997.
A minority shareholding in TAT EUROPEAN AIRLINES was also acquired by AIR FRANCE between 1993 and 1996 .... although this airline was bought out by BRITISH AIRWAYS during 1997 and later merged into AIR LIBERTE which it had also acquired during 1996.
AIR OUTRE MER .... which had been founded during 1988 .... was merged into AIR MINERVE to form AOM FRENCH AIRLINES/AOM MINERVE during 1992 .... and then merged into AIR LIBERTE (established during July 1987) from March 25th 2001 to form AIR LIB as of September 22nd 2001 .... but .... which ceased operations on February 17th 2003 having become an extended casualty of the SWISSAIR bankruptsy.
BRITISH AIRWAYS .... which had bought both AIR LIBERTE and TAT during 1997 .... sold both operations to SWISSAIR during 2000.
SWISSAIR went bankrupt during October 2001.
AIR LIB then declared bankrupt during August 2002 .... and was eventually liquidated on February 17th 2003.
DC-10-30 AIR OUTRE MER F-ODLX (1992)
DC-10-30 AIR OUTRE MER F-ODLY (1992) .... ex-AIR NEW ZEALAND ZK-NZS ....
DC-10-30 AOM F-BTDE (1992) .... not all of UTA's DC-10-30's supported AIR FRANCE livery following completion of the airlines merger into AIR FRANCE ....
DC-10-30 AOM F-ODLY (1994) .... the original AIR OUTRE MER livery was modified following its 1992 merger with AIR MINERVE to form AOM FRENCH AIRLINES ....
DC-10-30 AOM/MINERVE F-ODLY (1992) .... this particular aircraft supported the AIR MINERVE logo following the 1992 AIR OUTRE MER/AIR MINERVE merger ....
DC-10-30 AOM F-GKMY (1995) .... this subject is the only later production/modified DC-10-30 represented among "this lot" .... as is clearly evident per the shortened exhaust end of it's #2 tail engine ....
DC-10-30 AOM F-GNDC (1995) formerly F-GDJK with LINHAS AEREAS DE MOCAMBIQUE and ex-AIR NEW ZEALAND ZK-NZR ....
DC-10-30 AOM "Les Animaux"/WWF Promotional Livery F-GNDC (1998)
DC-10-30 AOM F-GTLY (2001 .... formerly F-ODLY and ex-AIR NEW ZEALAND ZK-NZS ....
DC-10-30 AOM/CUBANA F-GNDC (1995) .... some of AOM's DC-10-30's were jointly operated with CUBANA DE AVIACION during the mid to late 1990's .... F-GNDC supported "CUBANA" titles on its port side only ....
DC-10-30 AOM/CUBANA F-ODLY (1995) .... F-ODLY supported "CUBANA" titles on its starboard side only ....
DC-10-30 AOM/CUBANA F-BTDE (1999) .... whilst F-BTDE supported "CUBANA titles on both its port and starboard sides
DC-10-30 AIR LIB G-GTLY (2002)
DC-10-30 AIR LIB EXPRESS N956PT (2003) .... AIR LIB EXPRE$SS was the discount wing of AIR LIB established prior to the airlines demise ....
Although some of the later version AOM liveries may look similar .... no 2 subjects are identical .... each support various differences
Special thanks to my friend and HJG colleague Camilo LUENGAS for his much appreciated assistance preparing this historic AIR OUTRE MER/AOM DC-10 inventory
.... and also to Tony MADGE for his representation of F-GTLY in the basic AIR LIB livery
Mark C
AKL/NZ
The 1990's saw major changes throughout Frances civil aviation industry.
UTA FRENCH AIRLINES was merged into AIR FRANCE (and which saw some of its DC-10-30's operated in definitive AIR FRANCE livery) from January 12th 1990 .... and which resulted in UTA then ceasing to exist as from December 18th 1992.
AIR INTER was also merged into AIR FRANCE from April 1st 1997.
A minority shareholding in TAT EUROPEAN AIRLINES was also acquired by AIR FRANCE between 1993 and 1996 .... although this airline was bought out by BRITISH AIRWAYS during 1997 and later merged into AIR LIBERTE which it had also acquired during 1996.
AIR OUTRE MER .... which had been founded during 1988 .... was merged into AIR MINERVE to form AOM FRENCH AIRLINES/AOM MINERVE during 1992 .... and then merged into AIR LIBERTE (established during July 1987) from March 25th 2001 to form AIR LIB as of September 22nd 2001 .... but .... which ceased operations on February 17th 2003 having become an extended casualty of the SWISSAIR bankruptsy.
BRITISH AIRWAYS .... which had bought both AIR LIBERTE and TAT during 1997 .... sold both operations to SWISSAIR during 2000.
SWISSAIR went bankrupt during October 2001.
AIR LIB then declared bankrupt during August 2002 .... and was eventually liquidated on February 17th 2003.
DC-10-30 AIR OUTRE MER F-ODLX (1992)
DC-10-30 AIR OUTRE MER F-ODLY (1992) .... ex-AIR NEW ZEALAND ZK-NZS ....
DC-10-30 AOM F-BTDE (1992) .... not all of UTA's DC-10-30's supported AIR FRANCE livery following completion of the airlines merger into AIR FRANCE ....
DC-10-30 AOM F-ODLY (1994) .... the original AIR OUTRE MER livery was modified following its 1992 merger with AIR MINERVE to form AOM FRENCH AIRLINES ....
DC-10-30 AOM/MINERVE F-ODLY (1992) .... this particular aircraft supported the AIR MINERVE logo following the 1992 AIR OUTRE MER/AIR MINERVE merger ....
DC-10-30 AOM F-GKMY (1995) .... this subject is the only later production/modified DC-10-30 represented among "this lot" .... as is clearly evident per the shortened exhaust end of it's #2 tail engine ....
DC-10-30 AOM F-GNDC (1995) formerly F-GDJK with LINHAS AEREAS DE MOCAMBIQUE and ex-AIR NEW ZEALAND ZK-NZR ....
DC-10-30 AOM "Les Animaux"/WWF Promotional Livery F-GNDC (1998)
DC-10-30 AOM F-GTLY (2001 .... formerly F-ODLY and ex-AIR NEW ZEALAND ZK-NZS ....
DC-10-30 AOM/CUBANA F-GNDC (1995) .... some of AOM's DC-10-30's were jointly operated with CUBANA DE AVIACION during the mid to late 1990's .... F-GNDC supported "CUBANA" titles on its port side only ....
DC-10-30 AOM/CUBANA F-ODLY (1995) .... F-ODLY supported "CUBANA" titles on its starboard side only ....
DC-10-30 AOM/CUBANA F-BTDE (1999) .... whilst F-BTDE supported "CUBANA titles on both its port and starboard sides
DC-10-30 AIR LIB G-GTLY (2002)
DC-10-30 AIR LIB EXPRESS N956PT (2003) .... AIR LIB EXPRE$SS was the discount wing of AIR LIB established prior to the airlines demise ....
Although some of the later version AOM liveries may look similar .... no 2 subjects are identical .... each support various differences
Special thanks to my friend and HJG colleague Camilo LUENGAS for his much appreciated assistance preparing this historic AIR OUTRE MER/AOM DC-10 inventory
.... and also to Tony MADGE for his representation of F-GTLY in the basic AIR LIB livery Mark C
AKL/NZ
