slide scan from my collection. - Busy Bee of Norway got four Fokker Friendships as new aircraft from the factory; LN-AKD was the youngest, delivered in 1986, and was operated until Busy Bee suspended in December 1992. The aircraft went to Newair and later to Sunu Air of Senegal as 6V-AHS. It was noted derelict at Dakar in 2012.

First flown 25 March 1964 at Schipol, in April 1964 leasd to Schreiner Airways as PH-SAF. To Braathens SAFE as LN-SUL 8 April 1965, named"Sigurd Munn" in 1971 or 1972. On 15 February 1977 it was transfrd to Airexecutive Norway, as the 3rd F27 from BU to BS. Airexecutive renamed Busy Bee of Norway in Septembr 1980 and in 1982 LN-SUL was repaintd to the new colours, as one of the last repaintd but also one of the first with black Busy Bee titles. In October 1992 LN-SUL was leased to Air Nordic, and became SE-KZE May 1995. In 1998 to Eureca and 1999 wfu at Malmö. Used by Flygskolan, Ljungbyhed

First flght October 27th 1988 at Schipol as PH-EXI. Deliverd as LN-BBD to Busy Bee October 11th 1988 as 4th Fokker 50. Wfu Decembr 1992 as BS went bankrupt after loosing contracts with SAS and Norwegian Air Force. April 1993 OO-VLM VLM Airlines. Decembr 1997 PH-VLM rr and "Ville de Nantes,". April 2002 OO-VLM rr and "City of Antwerp" and repainted to special colours. Leased to Cityjet as OO-VLM. Septembr 8th 2016 PH-VLM Denim Air. January 2017 HP-1921PST Air Panama. February 2017 wfu and stored at Panama City airport- Balboa. Seen on final approach to rwy 24 at FBU

Photographed outside the old General Aviation Terminal at Gatwick. The aircraft was re-registered as G-BBDR in July 1973 and was exported to Finland as OH-PNP in May 1980. Tragically, on 18th August 1982, it was destroyed and the pilot killed when it crashed on approach to Joensuu Airport, Liperi, Finland, after it's cargo of newspapers caught fire.

Seen at Fornebu in the very last livery used by Busy-Bee. Written off at Delhi 8 March 1994.

Teh Busy Bee B737 was deliverd in Decembr 1979 to Airexecutive Norway, though it was painted in BS colours, yellow and brown, transfferrd to Busy Bee in 1981, got the black Busy Bee titles in 1982, had three brown and yellow stripes on top of tail a few months in the winter 1985/86. Repaintd to the new colours of 1986 in august that year and as we can see that was the last colours it had in Busy Bee, with yellow titles and a yellow and black bie. In 1991 it was put up for sale, it was repaintd to Wien Air Alaska colours at Sola and ferried via Iceland to USA with a false reg N801WA.

Ex-PH-EXG. Later VT-SSC and May/2018 as instr. airframe, School of Aeronautics, Neemrana, India

First flight October 22nd 1988 as PH-EXH and delivered 5 days later to Busy Bee as LN-BBC, the 3rd of 5 Fokker 50s. December 16th 1992 BS went bankrupt, and the 5 Fokker 50s were stored at Fornebu. March 1993 LN-BBC Norwegian Air Shuttle, to fly commuter services for BU. wfu March 2004. July 20th 2004 ST-ARZ Mid Airlines. 2010 wfu after more than 20 years flying pax, and stored at Khartoum. Photographned on final approach rwy 24 at Fornebu in February 1991.

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Widerøe Norsk Air leased LN-BBA during the summer of 1992 for services linking Sandfjord and Kristiansand in Norway with Stansted in the UK. This was around the time when weekend charter flights were being terminated by the charter airlines.

Revised titles

First flght Octob 27th 1988 at Schipol as PH-EXI. Deliverd as LN-BBD to Busy Bee October 11th 1988 as 4th Fokker 50. Wfu Decembr 1992 as BS went bankrupt after loosing contracts with SAS and Norwegian Air Force. April 1993 OO-VLM VLM Airlines. Decembr 1997 PH-VLM rr and "Ville de Nantes,". April 2002 OO-VLM rr and "City of Antwerp" and repainted to special colours. Leased to Cityjet as OO-VLM. Septembr 8th 2016 PH-VLM Denim Air. January 2017 HP-1921PST Air Panama. February 2017 wfu and stored at Panama City airport- Balboa. Seen in June 1989 taxing for a rwy 24 departure for SAS fo GOT or HAU

First flight at Schipol as PH-EXC at August 23rd 1988. deliverd new to busy Bee september 7th 1988 as the first of 5 Fokker 50s, LN-BBA. October 1991 leased to Widerøe, and op as LN-BBA in WF colours until BS went bankrupt in December 1992. 1993 LN-BBA was transfreed to Norwegian Air Shuttle as the first F50, opf BU on regional routes. May 2004 ST-ARG Mid Airlines. Seen taxing out for a rwy 24 deaparture in its frist month of operations, replacing F.27s on SAS routes to Haugesund and Gothenborg prior to SAS receiving their F50s.

First flight December 24th 1964 at Schipol, Jan. 18th 1965 deliverd new to EAST-WEST Airlines, named "City of Orange". October 25th 1978 LN-NPI Airexecutive Norway as their 5th F.27. 1981 LN-NPI Busy Bee of Norway. May 18th 1993 SE-KZF Air Nordic. September 1996 stored at Woensdrecht. April 1997 SE-KZF for Swe Aviation Europe (SAE). wfu August 2000. November 2002 9G-AIR Sobel Air Gabon, later Air Max Gabon and later La Nationale. October 2006 wfu and stored at Accra. LN-NPI was shot newly repainted to the 1986 revision of the BS colours, and seen outside the BU Hangar at FBU.