Photographer B. Blatherwick

first contact with plane spotting on my former playground aged 10. Picture propably taken by myself or my father

The Malawi Army Air Wing operated a number of aircraft in civilian markings, this Cessna 402B was one. First registered N87158, then ZS-XAX and delivered to the MAAW as 7Q-YAF. After leaving Malawi service it went to South Africa as ZS-LRJ before becoming N875W, 4X-CGE, and 5R-MVJ. Photographer unknown

Photo by Louis Spiteri.

Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

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originally the USAAF in 1945. To Slick Airways in 1950, Aaxico in 1957, Capitol in 1960, Zantop in July 1966, Universal in September 1966 and finally Rich in 1971. In 1985 to Corp. Asesoramiento Aeronautico as HP-1058 and finally to Aeronica as YN-CBC. (photographer unknown)

Photographer: Albert Storti.

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photographer Lucio Alfieri

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Location possibly Stockholm Arlanda.

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slide scan from the NK collection. - From 1967 till 1987, Spantax operated a total of 14 Coronados, ten ex American Airlines aircraft and another four ex Swissair. Two were lost in accidents, the rest was retired at Palma in the eighties. One of those (EC-BZO) even survives in derelict condition, last reported in October 2022; the pictured EC-BXI, however, was scrapped in 1991.

This Pacific Western Airlines Boeing 737-200, CF-PWW, is parked outside the PWA maintenance base on the south side of Vancouver Airport in June 1976. In 1974, the Government of Alberta bought PWA for C$37 million and moved the HQ and maintenance base to Edmonton and the YVR base closed. CF-PWW was delivered to PWA in Dec 1972 and left the Canadian Airlines fleet in April 1992. It returned to Canada with short-lived Titan Charter Aviation in YUL as C-FVHG in April 1995, then joined Westjet in Nov 1995 as C-GWJG. Retired 11/2005. Also flying as N380PA, N862SY, HP-1218 between periods in Canada.

G-AZLR was the former ZS-CDU of South African Airways and was one of seven SAA Viscounts, plus spares, acquired by BMA in 1971 for the bargain price of £98,000 for the Viscounts and £37,000 for the spares. The airline got good use out of these aircraft, although G-AZLR was retired from flying in 1982 and put into use as a cabin services trainer at East Midlands It was later transferred to the airport's Fire Service before finally scrapping in 1997. Photographer not known.