The Oldest 747 I have seen, first flight February 18th 1970. Deliverd as teh 1st 747 to Lufthansa as D-ABYA February 18th 1970.. November 29th 1978 N610BN Braniff. October 1981 N480GX rr. Leased to VIASA July 1982 and to ONA MAy 1993 May 1984 N780T Transamerica. November 1985 N603FF Tower Air Tower Air was in fact the airlines that used this 747 for the longest period.. we were so srupized to see 747s at FBU, and this one is seen taxing for rwy 24 dparture, vai another ariport back to JFK due to the short rwy at FBU.

First flight april 3rd 1989 as F-WWDT at Toulouse. Delivered new to British Airways as G-BUSH June 19th 1989, and named "Isle of Jura". Repainted to the new BA colours in April 2001. Wfu January 2011 after 22 years flying for BA. Broken up at Lourde in 2013. Seen brand new taxing out for a rwy 24 departure back to LHR in July 1989.

Built 1974 as a Tu-154, later converted to Tu-154B standard. Operated until it was damaged when it ran off runway at Varna in May 1992. Balkan flew regular weekly flights from Varna to Gardemoen, but in 1989 GEN was closed for work on the runway surface, so Charter flights came to FBU from May 2nd to September 15th in 1989

First flight September 8th 1987. October 9th G-BNXW Monach. October 10th 1988 LN-NOR Norway Airlines. Painted in Air Europe colours, prior to the opening of FBU-LGW schedules for Norway Airlines, opb Air Europe. Novebmer 14th 1989 G-BNXW Air Europe. April 26th 1991 LN-NOR Norway Airlines, op in ex AE colours. March 14th 1992 CS-TKD, April 1995 9H-ACS, november 1995 SC-TIN. wfu 1999. Later PT-TEX, CS-TMZ, EC-IPS, D-AHIG, Z3-AAJ, N195AQ and XA-UQX. Seen taxing for a rwy 24 departure to LGW this thursday morning

The noth eastern apron at Fornebu, this was the oldest part of the airport where we usually after 1964 saw either old aircraft, or many General Aviation aircraft. This changed dramatically from May 2 1989 until September 114th 1989 due to the closure of the Charter flights to Gardermoen (ENGM / GEN) due to the need of new surface on the single runway at Gardermoen. So for five exicting months we could see as much as 7 large airliners at this part of FBU. This thurday morning, at left: sterlign 727 OY-SBI and Caravelle OY-STD, Balkan Tu154 LZ-BTD, right Tower 757 N603FF and new 737-400 LN-BRA

LN-BWG came back to PartnAir at Fornebu in October 1988, after a four months lease to Ryaniar, and it stayd all-white the rest of its time with PartnAir.

First flight 1961 as N9846X. July 7th 1961 LN-TSM Solbergfly. Flew in many different air clubs around the country until an incident when it turned around in a ground loop June 1981. Rebuilt as LN-TSM 1989-1990. Seen here at take-off run at he Seaplane base close to Fornebu airport (main runway is seen in background). It later became PH-DUK and OO-DUK March 2020.

First flight February 10th 1974. delivered new to TWA as N31018 March 23rd 1974. May 1995 SE-DSC Air Ops (Air Operations of Europe) Augsut 1996 broken up at Bournemouth, UK. Seen after pushback from the Charter-terminal at Gardermoen in June 1995, shot through a terminal window on a grey day.

First flight in 2008 as PT-SDC. Delivered new to Flybe as G-FBEK April 25th 2008. Stored in 2014 and 2015, returned to service for Flybe February 2016. wfu February 2020 and stored until June 2022. July 11th 2022 SE-RSO "Eilif Viking" for SAS, opb SAS Link.... Seen just after "rotate" at take-off rwy 01R as SK1467 to Copenhagen. It is now common that departures earlier done by A321s are flown by smaller aircraft after the Pandemic.

First flight March 2nd 1976 at Renton and delivered to EgyptAir March 19th 1976 as SU-AYI. July 7th 1992 4R-ULO Air Lanka. May 1995 N192GP GPA (returned) June 8th 1995 TF-ABG Air Atlanta Icelandic. January 1996 TF-ABG Air Philippines (leased). March 1997 EI-CNP Aerolineas Argentinas, August 1999 LV-ZRD rr. November 2011 N201YT. January 3rd PK-YTA Batavia Air. 2012 wfu. Seen pulling the brakes after arriving rwy 19 (before 1998 GEN had only one single runway (19 / 01)

New airline formed in February 1994 on the ruins of the old Sterling Airways. 4 of the original 727s were kept, and this one entered service in May 1995, showing the blue colours replacing the red colours of the former airline. First flight June 27th 1979 and delivered new to Singapore Airlines as 9A-SGG. July 10th 1979. April 1982 TI-LRQ for LACSA, rr N200LR December 1987 LACSA. August 1994 N200LR Capitol Air Express, leased for a few months. May 12th 1995 OY-SCC Sterling European Airlines. January 1999 N317NE, September 1999 N727NK rr. Op by diff. carriers until stored in Florida April 2023

Built 1972, and delivered to Northwest Orient as N144US December 12th 1972. May 1984 N144US Jet 24. October 1984 N144Jc rr Jet 24 and leased to Air Panama from December 1984. April 1986 N144JC Northwest. June 16th N144JC Sun Country Airlines. July 20th 1991 N144JC Northwest Airlines. 2002 Wfu after flying pax for 30 years. Has been partially broken op at Roswell. Sun County came once a week on Wednesdays in July 1989, the only airline to operate DC-10 40 into Fronebu

Originally a CV-440 VH-BZH for Ansett in 1957. May 1962 N8421H Allegheny Airlines, Converted to CV-580, rr N5829, N583PL and N537SA. September 22nd 1987 OO-DHB DHL (opb EAT). 1995 EC-GBF Swift Air, opf DHL. Convair 580F operated by European Air Transport for DHL in DHL colours, started to fly to Fornebu in May 1989, and this was my first shot of it. Scanned from negative film

First flight April 3rd 1987 as F-WWDE, ordered by BCAL and reg G-BRSB not taken up, deliverd to BA as G-BUSC March 5th 1988 as one of the very first A320s. (sc 008) and named Isle of Skye. October 2007 wfu at Phoenix Goodyear, USA, and broken up there in March 2008. Seen lifting after take-off rwy 06 on its way back to LHR.

first flight April 4th 1989 and delivered to Icelandair april 28th 1989 as TF-FIA "Aldis", as the first of 3 734s to replace the 727s in the fleet. June 29 2000 OO-RMV Brussels Airlines, Ferbruary 2001 Sobleair. May 31st 2004 EC-IVR Futura. Deember 2007 PK-MDM Merpati (leased), July 2008 EC-KTM Futura. May 21st 2009 EC-LAV Hola Airlines, February 2010 wfu and stored. July 20th 2010 Alba Star. January 2018 9H-CES and January 31st 2018 ZA-AWB Albawings. March 23rd 2023 wfu and stored at Forli, Italy. My first view and photo of a B737-400

First flight 1988 as PT-SNE. Delivered in January 1989 and sold in February 1990 as C-FKOE. A brief period with NC, and showing the interim livery carried after Norsk Air was taken over by WF, (with a blue WF-bird logo). August 1993 F-FKOE rr and May 1994 F-GIVK Flandre Air. March 1998 F-GIVK Air Liberté. January 2001 F-GIVK merged into Reginal Compagnie Aeríenne. WFU October 2008. Parked at Sola airport waiting for the return flight to Torp airport where Norsk Air had its base.

First flight 1973 as F-WRQR. ex D-CORF and N20CG. registered LN-AAC February 5th 1986 for Norsk Hydro A/S, operated for this firm by Air Express and in the colours of Air Express A/S.. Cancelled August 16th 1993, sold as N70830. Seen in the evening with heavy backlight, I just had to photograph it. Scanned from a Kodak ED200 Slide

First flight February 22nd 1982, and delivered TWA March 8th 1982 as N7035T. In December 1992 wfu, and painted for Tima Air Sweden, January 1993 SE-DPR Air Sweden. November 1997 TF-ABT Air Atlanta. May 1988 TF-ABT Caledonian Airways (leased). 2000 TF-ABT Air Atlanta Icelandic (returned). January 2002 9L-LDC Air Universal. 2006 wfu and stored at Tehran. Preserved by Tehran Aerospace Exhibition Centre. TWA started JFK-flights to GEN summer 1988. To FBU from May 2nd 1989 to compete with SK907. These flights were also operated summer 1990. Seen after push back from gate 38, to return to JFK.

SAS third 767 first flew 26 April, 1989 at Everett, and was delivered to SAS 4 May. Leased to Air Europe in July 1991 as I-AEJB. Returned to SAS 23 December 1993. Repainted in Star Alliance colours at Shannon in December 1997. Withdrawn from use 3 April 2002 and sold to Air Atlanta Iceland as TF-ATT 20 June 2002 which wetleased it to several carriers. 25 June 2005 Excel Airways, 1 July 2006 G-VKNI Excel. 23 November 2006 G-VKNI XL Airways. September 2008 stored. February 2009 converted to freighter N219CY. 27 October 2010 N519CY ABX Air.

First flight March 25th 1980 and delivered as N915WA to Western Airlines June 5th 1980 as ship 915. April 1st 1987 N915WAS was merged into Delta Air Lines as ship 789. December 1988 SE-DHT Scanair, "Dumbo". January 1994 SE-DHT Permiair, "Dumbo". May 1995 OY-CNT rr Permiair, "Dumbo". February 16tg 2001 N833AA rr. October 2005 broken up at Bournemouth, UK. Seen taxing for take-off rwy 24, full of tourists who want to bathe at Palma. Scanned from Kodak ED200 Slide