Eagles Airlines …. Anyone ??

Today sees the departure from Norwich of a second F100 for Eagles Airlines … this time F-GNLK …. the earlier one was F-GNLI …. with F-GNLJ loitering around here at NWI, could this be the third for the same client at a later date ?? I notice slightly different colours used for the eagle on the fin and the lower fuselage stripe and underside colour ??

Keith.

“BTW, anyone remember the Gulfstream 1?”

I do! The Ford Motor Co had a small fleet of them based at Stansted in the late 1970’s/early 1980’s for scheduled company flights to (then West) Germany before they were replaced by BAC One-Elevens; and Birmingham Executive, which became Birmingham European Airlines, also operated a small fleet in the 1980’s for services to Europe. In the not too distant past I recall N196PA of Phoenix Air crossing ‘the pond’ on a semi-regular basis with intermediate stops at either Shannon or Prestwick.

Saw them in the ’60’s, looked smart then but now pretty dated. Some 200 were built before the jet age overtook them and about 44 remain in service. The G.159 was popular as a regional airliner and they may still be in service in various corners of the world. It is also ignominously used for freight and the biggest operator of the type is Phoenix Air (with no connection to the state) who have 13 aircraft.

BTW, anyone remember the Gulfstream 1?

You mean the prop plane? Never seen one myself. Are there still any in use?

The Gulfstream might be looking for Farnborough where it is registered!:D

Thanks for that info:)

Keith, many thanks for another shot of ‘TF. I’ll leave the further supply of Gulfstream images in your capable hands……or viewfinder;)

BTW, anyone remember the Gulfstream 1?

Ah ! tenthije. thanks for yet another update ! The word on the street here at NWI is that there are two more regional F100’s to be sprayed into Eagles Airlines colours very soooooooonnnn

Keith.

Well !! Thank you all once again for your help with this ……. agincourt, thanks for that link, very interesting ? if you click ‘fleet’ it shows photos of a F100 but registered F-GNLI ?? Now my problem is …. my photo shows the other side of the aircraft with an Italian registration …. is their photo the other side of the same aircraft with a French registration ?? and to add to the query … F-GNLI was floating around here at NWI for quite some time wearing a colour scheme I cannot remember ???? (age problem) And also I do not know which of the various F100’s the Italian registered one was before its respray to Eagles Airlines ….. Does any previous i/d show on the Italian register, if anyone has access to it ?????

Keith.

Airfleets.net confirms that F-GNLI was changed into I-GIOA effective 22JUL. But since you made your photo 16JUL it seems airfleets is a bit off with the date. Or the spray shop added the new registration early.

Anyone else notice that the photo on Eagle Airlines’s first page is a photo-shop, and a poor one at that!

Yup, off to bed. But then, why would the aircraft be sprayed in Eagles colours with different regies on either side? :confused::confused:

Newforest. Many thanks for sorting that for myself and others here !
my brain hurts so much less now 😀 I hope yours will follow suit and relax ?

Keith.

My brain is hurting this late at night. F-GNLI is I-GIOA, Eagles only have one aircraft. The aircraft was stored Apr 2010 and delivered 22/7/10. It was previously in the colours of Regional CAE (Air France).

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-France-(Regional/Fokker-100-(F-28-0100)/1325232/L/&sid=7b7820a47ee976989b05d989f19d0f95

Well !! Thank you all once again for your help with this ……. agincourt, thanks for that link, very interesting ? if you click ‘fleet’ it shows photos of a F100 but registered F-GNLI ?? Now my problem is …. my photo shows the other side of the aircraft with an Italian registration …. is their photo the other side of the same aircraft with a French registration ?? and to add to the query … F-GNLI was floating around here at NWI for quite some time wearing a colour scheme I cannot remember ???? (age problem) And also I do not know which of the various F100’s the Italian registered one was before its respray to Eagles Airlines ….. Does any previous i/d show on the Italian register, if anyone has access to it ?????

Keith.

Maybe! Hope ‘La Flotta’ means something other that what it suggests. 😀

They don’t fly very high either:D

From their website:

FOKKER
Posti: 100
Lunghezza 35,3 m (116ft 6.75in)
Altezza 8,505 m (27ft 10.83in)
Apertura alare 28,076 m (92 ft 1.35 in)
Velocità max 320 kts
Autonomia 2 700 km (1680nm)
Massima altitudine 11285 (3700 ft)

Maybe! Hope ‘La Flotta’ means something other that what it suggests. 😀

Could be the answer to this poser

http://www.eaglesairlines.com/default.aspx?lang=en

Very good shots Keith

New one for Me Keith!!!

Great shots!!!!!!

Rob
🙂

Nice work Keith…if you get up there sharpish today you might catch our smart Legacy G-IRSH due to depart at 1400!

Never heard of Eagle Airlines. But I read that Alpi Eagles was going to re-start. Since your Fokker carries an Italian registration they might be one and the same?

That would seem to make sense. Alpi flew an all Fokker fleet before they eased operations. Funny though, how a google search of “eagle airlines” turns up only this thread in relavent links. :confused:

tenthije. Thank you for that link, have sent a copy to Scramble !!

Newforest. Farnborough … Mmmm Ah! maybe the crew from the Airbus M400 at Farnborough popped to Norwich to look at the venue for a future demo flight ???? 😀 or looking at the museum to see if they want a white elephant ????? :diablo: :diablo:

Keith.

The Gulfstream might be looking for Farnborough where it is registered!:D