A380 – seen at Le Bourget
Constellation flying – still not flying, but seen it at the ground again
Any Ilyushin 76 – seen three, two of which where photographed
Anotonov 225 – G O T . I T ! ! !
KLM Airbus A330 – only seen, not photographed

All in all a good year.

I would recommend you look to buy a booked called ‘NO FRILLS: The Truth Behind The Low Cost Revolution In The Skies’ by Simon Calder, you may find some useful information in there…? I do have a copy of it, so if you want to borrow it, PM me with your address and I will post it on to you.

I have the book too. It is useless for anyone with a bit of aviation knowledge. Most of the information found there can be found as easily (or even more easily) in the archive section at the forums of KEY, airliners, jetphotos etc. A lot of interesting anecdotes, but not really something you would want to base your thesis on. (of course it will look cool on the references page ;))

Does Air UK (KLM UK) still operate or is it all operated from AMS now?

I believe a few Fokkers are still based in the UK, but could be wrong there. KLM UK has ceased to exist though, and has been merged into KLM Cityhopper.

very nice

Also, the KLM may have been delayed not due to problems at NCL but due to problems at AMS. There has been heavy snow fall in NL that pretty much threw all traffic to a stand still. Only one runway is (was?) open at Schiphol. Trains a mess, traffic jams big time. For instance, the A1 motorway was a 70km parking lot. Only necesary traffic still on the road. The police are actively discouraging people to drive, which is rare (not counting their speed tickets, parking tickets etc).