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Nostalgia

 

KLM B747-200M SUD
At the Schiphol Airport in Sep., 1989.
I was excited with its ship name, "Charles A. Lindbergh"!!
I flew on this plane to Tokyo via Anchorage. Regret not to Paris!?

 

Air New Zealand
DC-8

At the Narita Airport on 1st Aug., 1980.

The airline's first landing onto Tokyo.
Taken with small camera and the image
was just a dot. Sorry for the bad quality,
but it's a historical shot.

Malev
B737-200 (HA-LEA)

At the Copenhagen Kastrup Airport
on Nov., 1989.

I flew on this plane for my vacation
during which the Berlin Wall came
tumbling down.

 

Aeroflot Yak-42 (CCCP42304)
in the Exhibition of Economic Achievement in Moscow n Mar. 1988

The Soviets liked to sttle real planes as monuments at airports etc/

 

Aeroflot Tu-114 (CCCP76459) a monument at Novgorod Airport
Taken from tourist coach from Leningrad to Novgorod in mar., 1988

Bottoms are closed-ups of its characteristic propellers.
I was lucky enough to take a chance in a short moment.

 

DC-3 (N75142)

from the board of a jetliner in the
Anchorage International Airport
on Aug.., 1985.

Details on the plane is unknown.

Wideroe
DHC-6 (LN-WFD)


at the Floro Airport, Norway,
in May, 1990.

I flew from Bergen over magnificent
spectacle of fjord.

Skywest
Fairchild Metro III (N27297)

at the Fresno Airport, California,
in June, 1989.

A commuter flight to Los Angeles.

 

Air Nippon YS-11 (JA8729) at the Oshima Airport in May, 2001.

Japanese-built turbo-prop, 64 seater, STOL.
This type is retiring from Japanese air now.

 

Air Nippon DHC-8W-Q300 (JA801K) at the Oshima Airport in May, 2000.

On its way of training flight.
Painted with camellia, symbol flower of its main destination, Oshima Island.
This type of planes are replacing YS11s.
A ground crew polishes up the new plane before it takes off.

 

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