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August 17, 2004 at 6:22 pm in reply to: Help More Funds Needed For G-AWZK #688961

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£15 to Zulu Kilo from Sweden, best of luck!

August 15, 2004 at 2:00 pm in reply to: Arlanda, yesterday [7 pics] #694691

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How’s the traffic at Bromma?

As far as I know, the traffic at Stockholm-Bromma is increasing and last year they had some 1,2 million pax. Main operator is Malmö Aviation with Skyways, Golden Air and some other regional airlines following. SAS returned to Bromma last year for the first time since 1969, to re-open their Copenhagen route which moved to Arlanda in 1962. Back then it was operated by CV440 and Caravelle, now a Q400 does the same job.

August 15, 2004 at 1:55 pm in reply to: B707 pic question. #694693

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The only passenger carrying 707 in the world left is based in Iran. the name of the airline wont pop up in my heaad. I also don’t know what destinations they fly to.
The photo is real. This aircraft has it’s flaps fully deployed. At this pitch at landing speed it would descend. I think it’s flying 150-160 knots.

You’re thinking of Saha Air who operate ex-IRIAF 707 tankers on passenger services in Iran and around the Gulf.

Here is an account of a Saha Air 707 flight by Jérome Krier with lots of photos!

The photo above is from an airshow in South Africa if I’m not mistaken.

August 14, 2004 at 2:04 pm in reply to: Arlanda, yesterday [7 pics] #696474

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Brilliant pictures, especially the Thai ones. I wonder how successful Flyme are, after the failure of Goodjet?

FlyMe are quite successful considering the competition from SAS, Nordic Airlink, Malmö Aviation, Skyways, Swedline and some other smaller operators in Sweden. They are still posting losses, as calculated, but have recently signed an agreement with Falcon Air to lease 737 capacity during traffic peaks. The Swedish state also chose FlyMe over SAS as their first choice for domestic travel from Stockholm to Gothenburg and Malmö recently, a contract worth some €40 million.

I’ve never flown them but friends who have claim they are serious with what they do, the service is good and crews are friendly. Since I am employed by a large Scandinavian Airline I may be biased but at least FlyMe is a competitor I respect and wish the best of luck because they haven’t resorted to name-calling, insults and other low tricks to get attention…

Thanks for the praises, everyone! I am surprised over the quality of the photos myself!

August 14, 2004 at 8:46 am in reply to: Some pics of my Swiss trip! #697063

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Nice! Fantastic there are still planes around wearing the Crossair colours!

August 14, 2004 at 8:34 am in reply to: Arlanda, yesterday [7 pics] #697066

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That’s that! Hope you enjoyed!

Great stuff ! 😎

What photo equipment are you using? 😉

Cheers! I use a Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi which I still don’t master fully…

August 13, 2004 at 8:01 am in reply to: On this day in 1985. JAL 747 crash #699724

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Remember it vividly but wasn’t very surprised that another disaster struck that very black year of 1985. It was nothing but hijackings and crashes that year…

August 13, 2004 at 7:59 am in reply to: C/KC-135 engine question #2647248

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Sonnenflieger,
Which civil aviation forum are you referring to. I come to the AW forum here from time to time, and I’ve tried 707 threads a few times with little success. All anyone wants to talk about is A330’s or 777’s it seems….

Anyway I’m glad to hear there are some other 707 fans around.

I’m talking about the Commercial Aviation forum here at the Key Publishing forum site. Sorry, I remembered the wrong name… I agree, there can be quite a lot of “modern” airliner threads but at least a few months ago there was several 707 threads running. I know, because I participated in all of them! I don’t have much to add to these A330 threads either, so please come and let’s talk beautiful old ladies! 😀

August 12, 2004 at 9:28 pm in reply to: C/KC-135 engine question #2647559

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Note: I’m a 707 fan too. Sonnenflieger, do you have a listing of 707’s on civilian operations these days? I’d like to know what if any airlines and freight companies are still using them. I saw an engineless 707 airframe a few weeks ago in San Antonio, Texas, and the registration number was B707RE. Can you make anything of that?

Great! You’re welcome to visit the Civil Aviation forum, now and again there are some 707 threads going on there.

Rather than me giving you a list of the 707s left in civil traffic, I recommend you download Servaas Verbrugge’s latest 707 census directly at http://members.chello.nl/s.c.verbrugge/boeing-707.zip. It is an Excel file which is updated every month. Servaas maintains a superb site with production lists of almost every major civilian type at http://www.airlinerlist.com.

As far as I know, the world’s only remaining passenger carrying 707s are flying for Saha Air in Iran. They are actually tankers converted for passenger use. There are several freighters in Africa and South America, as well as numerous civilian VIP examples and former airline 707s now being used by various air forces around the world for transport duties. No civilian 707s left in the USA though, I think the Challenge Air Cargo 707 was the last one a few years ago.

I can also recommend http://www.airlinercafe.com/forum/page.php?id=72 for a guide to the various civilian 707 versions. There are far more differences than one can imagine!

Again, if you have civilian 707 queries, please visit us in the civil forum! There are several 707 fans hanging around there!

August 12, 2004 at 12:17 am in reply to: C/KC-135 engine question #2648327

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Cheers for very quick answers! On another note, is the KC-135 book from Aerofax recommendable? It sure looks so…

August 11, 2004 at 8:58 pm in reply to: 757 to SAS #701898

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It could have been reality, had my employer chosen to go for Boeings all-out instead of mixing with Airbus. The 757 was a contender for the new 190-200 seat class aircraft ordered in 1999 but one of the reasons it wasn’t selected was its unnecessary long range. It would have made a great trans-Atlantic workhorse, but now this is A330/A340 territory and if they are too large for a long-haul route, the route is cancelled just as Oslo-Newark was. Now Continental is flying that very route with 757s…and apparently great economy.

Nice images though!

August 11, 2004 at 1:04 am in reply to: Last Boeing 757 Rolls Off The Line #703535

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Here are some 757 specific websites for your enjoyment!

Boeing 757 Reference Website – http://www.757.org.uk/index.html

The Boeing 757 Website – http://www.b757.info/

August 10, 2004 at 8:02 pm in reply to: Last Boeing 757 Rolls Off The Line #703912

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So the time has come… and I only flew on the 757 for the first time on Sunday, a BA example from Heathrow to Stockholm. It was a very pleasant experience!

August 2, 2004 at 10:07 pm in reply to: Update on Trident move from LHR to MAN #717459

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Thanks for info!

July 25, 2004 at 7:27 pm in reply to: DC-7 with original 70's interior #728085

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Wow! And with Wunderbaums in the cabin for that extra nice ambience… 😀
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