The Swedish Air Force had acquired this Merlin IV from Golden Air; it was prepared for its new military duties when I saw it in Norway with a dual registration. The aircraft was used in Sweden until 1993 and was sold thereafter; recently it was seen as C-GTTM in service in 2022, and in storage at Calgary in 2024; its final (cargo) operator was Carson Air.

Operated by Fjellfly, later to the Historic Aircraft Museum at Southend and RAF Museum and displayed as FE905 at Hendon since 1994. Photo: J. Zwart

Built 1972, June 1972 LN-MTA opf Varangfly-Norwings A/S, Kirkenes. October 1974 new name Norving A/S, Kirkenes, and LN-MTA was named "Bodø". December 2nd 1988 OY-CTO, later ZS-MNR and C9-AUD sad to see LN-MTA after the bankruptcy of Norving.

First flight 1984 as D-IBLF, re-registered D-CDWN. 28.February 1984 delivered to Norving as the fourth ans final Do-228-100 LN-NVB, and was flying SKE-FBU from the start. Cancelled 24.March 1991 and parked in Denmark. 12.April 1991 LN-NVB again for Norving, Kirkenes ,but canceelled again after less than two months. 28.August 1991 SE-KTN Northg Cross Airways, and it reverted to FBU on shcedule from Ângelholm. Returned to Dornier as D-CBDW. 5.November 1993 9N-ACV opf Everest Air. April 1999 9N-ACV Gorkha Airlines transferred. Seen left at Skien airport after Norving went bankrupt.

Built 1971, November 1971 LN-MTZ Fjordfly, Bergen. 10 March 1976 LN-MTZ Norving, Kirkenes. 2 September 1976 LN-MTZ Mørefly-Norving, Ålesund. 6 December 1988 OY-CTN. 1989 ZS-MNS, later Z-AKV. 6 June 2001 N9479T, July 2001 ZS-MSN, later C9-ATF and ZS-PAK. Seen parked at Skien airport after the bankruptcy of Norving. LN-MTA is seen behind.

First Flight 1986 as PT-SIW. November 7th 1986 LN-KOD Norsk Air as their second EMB-120. 1992 Widerøe LN-KOD tfd. February 1997 N14033 de Havilland. March 1997 EC-GMT Ibertrans Aereas. November 1997 EC-GOA Swiftair S.A, opb Ibertans Aereas. Later broken up. NorskAir is was based at Sandefjord, but due to the bankruptcy of Norving, they flew at Geiteryggen to keep up the routes flown by Norving at least in 1988. LN-KOD is lifting from the main runway.

First flight 1984 as D-IBLF, re-registered D-CDWN. 28.February 1984 delivered to Norving as the fourth ans final Do-228-100 LN-NVB, and was flying SKE-FBU from the start. Cancelled 24.March 1991 and parked in Denmark. 12.April 1991 LN-NVB again for Norving, Kirkenes ,but canceelled again after less than two months. 28.August 1991 SE-KTN Northg Cross Airways, and it reverted to FBU on shcedule from Ângelholm. Returned to Dornier as D-CBDW. 5.November 1993 9N-ACV opf Everest Air. April 1999 9N-ACV Gorkha Airlines transferred. Lefthand side is Cessna 404 Titan LN-KAB

Norving had a small base at Geiteryggen airport, near the city Skien. Norving opened the SKE-FBU schedule in 1975, using Britten Noman Ilanders, Cessna 404 Titans and C441 Conquests, until they bought Dornier Do228s Here, in June 1994, we see two Norving planes, LN-NVB Do-228-100 and LN-KAB Cessna C-404 Titans. Norving expanded sadly too much in the 1980s, so in autumn 1988 the fleet was grounded. I left corner, only a wreckage left of the former operator of SKE-FBU, Fjellfly DH114 Heron LN-BFX which I saw in 1970 and 71 at FBU

First flight 1953. ex PK-GHE and JA6156. Registred LN-BFX 19.December 1969 and operted for Fjellfly. as I recall it Fjellfly opened flighst between Skien and Oslo-Fornebu in the 1960s using Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneers LN-BFK and-BFO, before changing to DH114 Heron in 1970. This aircrft was grounded in 1973 and stored at Geiteryggen, as seen on this photo 11 years later. Broken up at Fornebu 1988, and spares use for restoring sistership LN-BFY at Sola Air Museum, which is preserved as "LN-PSG" which was one of the three first DH Herons in Braathens SAFE.

Fjellfly operated a feeder service to Oslo from the small airport of Skien, Geiteryggen. The Volkswagen Beetle car is registered in Telemark county and therefore the photo is assumed taken at Geiteryggen, but this is subject to confirmation. Photo by: Leif Høel / Norsk Folkemuseum

In 2022, this SF340A is active as ES-LSC with Airest, flying cargo mainly between Tallinn and Helsinki. When I saw it as LN-NVD at Skien some decades earlier, it was operating for Norving, who had acquired it as new aircraft from the factory a few months before.

WFU at Skien-Geiteryggen after the collapse of Norving in 1988. Norving titles removed but still carries their logo on the tail.

WFU at Skien-Geiteryggen after the collapse of Norving in 1988.

WFU at Skien-Geiteryggen after the collapse of Norving in 1988.

LN-KOE is sporting the original tail based on the shipping line Kosmos' funnel. This was replaced by Widerøe's flying seagull after the merger, initially in blue and later in green.

WFU at Skien-Geiteryggen after the collapse of Norving in 1988.

WFU at Skien-Geiteryggen after the collapse of Norving in 1988.