Seen during a period in summer 1997 when owned by S-C Aviation Mauritius and leased back to Alitalia.

About to roll from Terminal 4 with G-BOAD in the background

ex Azerbaijan Cargo Airlines, waiting for better times at Lasham. Later as 9G-OOD, 9G-AAG and 5Y-BOR for First International Airlines, 3C-NGK for Cargo Plus and 9Q-CKS for Kinshasa Airways. Ended as D2-FDZ for Etram Air Wing and broken up Luanda/Angola 06/2012

Preserved at this time within Base Aérienne 101. Transferred in 1998 to CAEA museum located at Bordeaux-Mérignac.

photo taken from the observation deck at Berlin Schönefeld (SXF).

Delivered to the USAF in 1953 as an L-20A, 52-6078. Retired in 1972 and sold in 1976 as N9313Z. In 1992 registered to Hartley Inc, trading in Alaska as Branch River Air Service. Presumed destroyed in a sadly fatal accident with the loss of the pilot and 3 passengers in the sea on 21 August 2010. Contact was lost on a Branch River Air charter flight en route from Swikshak River Lagoon to Lake Brooks and King Salmon, AK in conditions of low cloud, restricted visibility and heavy rain. Weeks later a few small pieces of metal from the aircraft and personal effects were found washed up on a beach.

Parked on the Tracor ramp at Mojave. Built as an F-4E-42-MC and saw service in Vietnam. Upgraded to an F-4G Wild Weasel. Allocated to 563rd TFTS, 37th TFW, in 1987. By 1994 active with the 190th FS, 124th FG, Idaho ANG, at Boise Airport, ID. Withdrawn to AMARC as AAFP1048 in April 1996. Transferred in early 1997 to Tracor Flight Systems at Mojave where it was converted to QF-4G drone AF149. Moved after conversion to Tyndall AFB, Florida, where it was expended as a target in a missile test on 13 May 1998.

Just flown in and parked on the ramp at Palmer for cargo handling. Carries on its nose and tail Greatland Air Cargo titles and advertising strapline "Making Tracks with your Freight", together with a caribou logo. Delivered new to the US Army in 1963 as a CV-2B, 62-4160. Converted to a C-7B in 1966. Transferred to the USAF in 1967 and served in Vietnam from Cam Ranh Bay. Withdrawn in 1983. Became N800NC with Newcal Aviation in 1985, transferring to Union Flights in 1986. Joined Greatland at Anchorage in 1995. Exported to the Phillipines in 2001 as RP-C2702.

On the ramp at Fort Wainwright, deployed on firefighting support duties during the Alaska summer wildfire season and operated by Kenny Borek Air. Delivered new to Southeastern Airlines in 1982 as N902FB, transferring to Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) in 1983. After joining Ken Borek Air in April 1996, re-registered as C-GFKB in December 1996.

Moored at its base on Lake Hood, with the International Airport's control tower overlooking the scene. Carries the logo of Bush Pilots Air Service on its tail fin. Delivered new to the US Army in 1952 as L-20A 51-16834. Sold on from military service in 1976. Previous civil registrations include N9303Z, N505LM and N114GH. Later reverted to N114GH and was operating with Sea Air Ventures LLC of Anchorage in 2024.

(photographer not known)

First flew in 1967 as CF-VQI and spent over twenty years bush flying in Quebec. Joined Temsco at Ketchikan in 1989 as N19TH. Acquired in 1994 by Soloy Dual Pac Inc, where it operated as N5010Y, then N32910, acting as a testbed for the certification of a Twin Pac powerplant comprising two P&W PT-6As. Converted by Ketchum in 1997 to a Vazar Turbine Otter, N342KA. Purchased by Pro Mech Air in 2005. Sold to Liard Air in 2009 as C-GNNP. Destroyed, together with two other aircraft, in a tragic Liard hangar fire at Muncho Lake, BC, in 2011.

Parked outside the Alaska Smokejumpers base at Fort Wainwright. Operated by Bighorn Airways of Sheridan, Wyoming, on US Forest Service duties during the Alaska wildfire season.

On active duty with Hawkins and Powers Aviation, deployed to Alaska for the 1997 summer wildfire season. Seen here readying to depart from Fort Wainwright, heading for McGrath. Half an hour after takeoff, returned on three engines. Built for the USAF as KC-97G 52-2698. Upgraded to a KC-97L in 1964, serving latterly with the Illinois ANG. As N1365N, converted to a civil fire bombing tanker in 1982, operating initially as "84" with Hemet Valley Flying Service. Leased by Hawkins & Powers in 1985 then purchased in 1991, based at Greybull , Wyoming.

Served with the USAF as 68-3811, including time with 19th TASS at Bien Hoa AFB, South Vietnam. Became N91LM in 1992, joining the US Bureau of Land Management. Later transferred to California Department of Forestry as a spare.

Flying low over the Channel from Lake Spenard to touch down at its Lake Hood base. Built as an L-20A for the US Army, delivered in 1959 as 58-1984. Began its civil career in 1976 as N67678. In 1994 became N345KA of Ketchum Air Service. Joined Seawind Aviation of Ketchikan in 2005. Severely damaged in August 2007 due to a sadly fatal takeoff accident at Traitor's Cove, while returning tourists from a bear-watching expedition. In difficult wind conditions, the aircraft stalled and descended into heavily wooded terrain. A post accident fire destroyed the aircraft's main cabin and fuselage.