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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Oct 7, 2020 19:46:30 GMT
"THAT" .... is about as rare as "a rat with a gold tooth" .... or to put it another way perhaps .... "rare as rocking horse shi-yet" I can see you having some real fun with the B707 family Erik Mark C AKL/NZ
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Post by Erik Ingram - HJG on Oct 9, 2020 23:01:56 GMT
I can see you having some real fun with the B707 family Erik Oh, very much so I was a little unsure when I first started because so many of them seemed well-covered already, but the challenge of finding new and rare subjects has been a lot of fun! On the subject of rare things, here's one of the earliest things that could be considered a retro livery. Although Pan Am had retired its 707s in late 1980/early 1981, it reactivated N880PA in October 1983 for a special flight to commemorate the 25th anniversary of its first transatlantic jet service in 1958. It was renamed "Clipper America" for the occasion, and everything about the flight was intended to replicate the original as closely as possible. The crew wore 1958-era uniforms, the cabin was redecorated to resemble that of the 707-120s of the time, and even the menu from the first flight was specially recreated for the passengers. N880PA was also repainted accordingly, and shortly after the flight it was retired and sold to the USAF for parts to convert KC-135A 55-3146 to an E model. Other parts were saved and made into collectibles that are floating around in various places.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Oct 10, 2020 2:18:49 GMT
OH .... there's a heck of a lot of yet untapped potential in so far as rare, and historic, liveries for our B707's/720's, and DC-8's are concerned We did something like that too, during 1977, and for the "very last" NZNAC B737 flight .... the evening prior to the airlines merger into AIR NZ. Here's a video shot on that particular flight .... www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKpC759GKakIncidentally that particular last flight was operated under the command of "captain KIRK" .... of all people Mark C AKL/NZ
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Post by Erik Ingram - HJG on Oct 12, 2020 19:39:45 GMT
Here's another exceedingly rare 737; I've only seen one picture of it anywhere, and I have to imagine it was extremely short-lived. N349P was another one of the USAir-Piedmont merger hybrids, but unlike some of the others, it briefly wore USAir titles on the otherwise full PI livery.
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Post by Erik Ingram - HJG on Oct 13, 2020 16:45:43 GMT
Alright, I thought I was done with Lufthansa birds for now, but I discovered I'd forgotten to finish these when I started doing 707s...oops D-ABMI, 1985- borrowed from Condor, this one got basically the full LH livery, but with a gray underside. D-ABTI, 1988- another Condor bird, but with titles and the tail painted on the gray fuselage. D-ABKF, 1988- Normal livery with a sticker promoting the UEFA Euro 1988 soccer tournament, hosted by West Germany.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Oct 13, 2020 18:38:41 GMT
Ich mag diese schönen deutschen Damen .... erzähl es einfach nicht meiner schönen kolumbianischen Frau Mark C AKL/NZ
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Post by Erik Ingram - HJG on Oct 31, 2020 19:28:56 GMT
Here's a very new 737, though it represents an individual aircraft we already have. N138CG was sent to Australia during the major wildfire season last year, and has now been based there on a long-term assignment, though still operated by Coulson crews. It recently emerged in this new livery for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, under whose direction it's now operating. It's mainly based at RAAF Base Richmond, about 30 miles from Sydney.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Nov 1, 2020 2:14:03 GMT
We could "almost" have used that "HERE" (Lake Ohau in NZ) about a week, or so, ago .... www.youtube.com/watch?v=h92miNQv2Lcwww.youtube.com/watch?v=uf-_a-E1TsIOur ground services and "hele-chopters" got eventually got everything under control .... albeit and unavoidably too late though for many though Might look at that "project" were were discussing a little while back (for the like of these) Erik .... but .... one thing at a time, and first things first of course, so, let me get back you you .... when I'm ready Mark C AJKL/NZ
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Post by Erik Ingram - HJG on Nov 7, 2020 5:10:44 GMT
Here are a few more from the shores of Japan... Japan Air Charter/JAZ/JALways was the charter/leisure division of JAL, active between 1991 and 2010. Several of their DC-10s and 747s received these colorful tropical bird and flower decals; the 747s came in a few different variations, while the DC-10s only had the pink, red, and lavender decals shown here. JA8539, 1998. Originally they were branded as "Super Resort Express," as their primary destinations were resort cities in south Asia and the Pacific. JA8547, 2001. JAZ became JALways in 1999 after they gained the ability to operate scheduled flights in addition to charters, and the titles were updated to "Reso'cha," and odd contraction for "resort charter." JA8544, 2003. This aircraft was the only DC-10 to get the slight revisions that came with the introduction of JAL's "Arc of the Sun" livery. It's not visible here, but it spent most of its time in this livery flying around with a mismatched no. 3 engine nacelle.
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Post by darrenvox on Nov 7, 2020 13:09:45 GMT
well done
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Nov 7, 2020 19:20:34 GMT
Nicely produced and presented Erik ?
Was there ever a yellow birds version of that livery applied to the DC-10-40's ?
I recall there was in the case of the B747's but I'm not sure in regard to the 10's.
Mark C AKL/NZ
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Post by Nathan Ford - HJG on Nov 8, 2020 3:01:27 GMT
Nice 😎
Nathan
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Nov 9, 2020 1:28:57 GMT
I've been been trying to attend to these for quite a number of days past, but, have been unable to do so before now .... due to "circumstances" Official portraits of Erik's latest B707, B720, B727, and B737 subjects .... PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS B707-320B ADV (retro livery - 25th anniversary of PA trans-Atlantic jet services) N880PA "Clipper America" (1983)CORNHUSKER AIR TRAVEL CLUB B720-022 N7218U (1975)UNITED AIR LINES B720-022 N7208U (1962)UNITED AIR LINES B720-022 N7223U (1972)LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES (grey lower fuselage) B727-230 ADV D-ABMI (1985)LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES ("UEFA Euro 88") B727-230 ADV D-ABKF "Saarbrucken" (1988)LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES/CONDOR B727-230 ADV D-ABTI(1985)US AIR/PIEDMONT B737-301 N349P (2017)The PA B707-320B ADV represents an aircraft the airline returned to service during 1983 .... despite having retired its B707 fleet by early 1981. This particular aircraft was reactivated during October 1983 to commemorate the airlines 25th anniversary of trans-Atlantic jet service. For this particular flight it supported a retro PA livery .... being renamed "CLIPPER AMERICA" it also supported the airlines late 1950's fuselage font style and tail logo version. Model file and period livery variations define both UAL B720's. Great stuff as always there Erik .... "THANKS" Mark C AKL/NZ
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Post by Erik Ingram - HJG on Nov 9, 2020 19:38:33 GMT
Was there ever a yellow birds version of that livery applied to the DC-10-40's ? I recall there was in the case of the B747's but I'm not sure in regard to the 10's. As far as I can tell, the DC-10s only got the version seen here, but I've been surprised before, so it's not impossible. Speaking of surprises, here's one more DC-10 operated by Japan Asia Airways circa 1995; unlike the rest of them, this had a hastily-modified version of the regular JAL livery. At least one other aircraft was also painted this way, but they both returned to JAL's main operation shortly afterwards.
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Post by darrenvox on Nov 9, 2020 20:43:53 GMT
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