Finally the Orange VLM paid us a visit up North. In the last week of service it was scheduled multiple times (thank you VLM!) which enabled me to get a shot of it. A special livery supporting the Dutch national football team in their quest for the 2008 European Cup.

It was a tight squeeze to fit it in! Previously operated with Lufthansa Cityline as D-AFKD. Received new VLM livery in 2011. Damaged beyond economical repair when gear collapsed during pre-departure maintenance at Rotterdam 8 Jul 2011. Painted white and ferried to Norwich just over a week later and stored. Broken up in Jan 2012.

This F.50 was originally delivered to Rio Sul as PT-SLQ in August 1993. It also flew with Norwegian Air Shuttle (LN-KKE), Swe Fly (SE-LTR) and Denim Air (PH-JXC) before joining VLM in October 2006. The plane was involved in a landing accident at Groningen GRQ) and was damaged when it overan the runway. It was repaired and renamed 'City of Frankfurt' in May 2008 before joining Cityjet from January 2010 until May 2015. After a peroid of storage the pane ws leased in December 2018 to Amapola Flyg as SE-LTR and is still active.

Delivered to Austrian Air Services in January1989 as OE-LFD, operating for Austrian Airliens. To Tyrolean in May 1994. Not taken up by Denim Air as PH-DMI. To Skyways in April 1997 as SE-LEM. Leased by Denim Air to European Air Express in January 1999 as PH-DMD. Leased to Air Nostrum in August 1999. Back to Denim in May 2001. To Flugfelag Nordurlands in September 2001 as TF-JMG. Not taken up by Air Baltic as YL-BAX. To VLM in September 2004 as OO-VLL. To Cityjet between November 2009 and April 2016. Again to Denim Air in September 2016 as PH-DMD. To Air Panama in January 2017 as HP-1922. Stored at Panama (MPMG) in January 2017.

Starting up for the flight back to Rotterdam, after operating a charter from Antwerp.

Celebrating 15 years of VLM.

Arrived about month before to VLM, still wearing Busy Bee c/s