First flight 1963 as CCCP-11976 probably opb Sovjet AF. June 6th 1987 LZ-BAE Balkan. October 1st 1995 LZ-BAE Heavylift (leased from LZ), September 1st 1996 LZ-BAE returned to Balkan. November 2003 LZ-VEF Vega Air. November 2007 RDPL-34156 PMT Lao Airlines. January 2009 UP-AN216, from April opf Interisland Airways. April 21 2010 written off in a crash near the town of Mexico in the Philippines. Seen arriving rwy 24, probably carrying a horse for horsraces in the weekend.

First flight April 9th 1993, delivered new to Aer Lingus April 23rd 1993 as EI-CDT. May 13th 1995 PT-MNC Rio Sul until March 28th 1997 returned as EI-CDT. April 23rd 1998 SE-DUT Braathens Sverige AB, and it became the 1st B737-500 in the new blue BU colours of 1998. April 6th 1999 LN-TUX rr Braathens tfd. April 23rd 2001 F-GUJA Air France. April 2005 LZ-BOR. March 2009 VQ-BBO. March 26th 2013 wfu and stored in UK, later broken up. In 1997 the airline Transwede and their 4 Fokker 100s were taken over by Braathens, named Braathens Sverige, with a small Swedish flag. Seen arrivin rwy 24 from ARN

First flgiht 1989 and delivered new to Aeroflot as CCCP-85663, rr RA-85663 October 1992 and regurarly seen at the former Oslo åirprt FBU during the 1990s.. Seen in the latest colours, repainted early 2004. December 1st 2009 wfu and stored at Sheremetyevo airport. After 2009 it was presented to the Technical School at the airport. Seen parked at a remote park at the eastern side of the airport (which is closest ton the international terminal aerea).

Built 1996 as F-WWFJ. June 1997 N913FJ and N900EX for Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation. Early 1998 rr N912EX, and July 1998 F-WQBL. January 5th 1999 F-HAXA. It and made an unexpected visit to Oslo this day while still wearing the N912EX registration. Scanned from a Kodak 200ISO negative film

First flight september 15th 1995 and delivered new as N514AT september 26th 1995 to American Trans Air, which was renamed ATA Airlines March 2003. wfu 2008. Seen at rwy 19R at the ssatert of the take-off as TZ6437 to Toronto, only half a year before being retired by ATA. November 2008 N558AX Omni Air. November 2011 P4-KCU Air Astana, adn in December 2012 WingLets fitted. april 10th 2019 wfu and stored at Goodyear Phoeinix airport one week later, after 24 years of flying. So nice to see ATA at OSL

First flight March 18th 1987 and delivrd as EC-ECN April 29th 1987 owned by GPA. for Canafrica, Iberia and Air Sur before returnd to GPA November 1990. May 1991 EC-714, then EC-rr EC-FEQ for Spanair. November 1991 EC-CBN. February 1994 N902PJ, and from May 1994 opf Oasis Internat. Airlines March 1995 EC-FZQ Centennial Airlines. October 1996 OH-LPE Finnair. December 2003 SE-RDS Nordic Airlink. October 2007 N884GA Allegiant Air. wfu and std at Victorville February 2018. Seen ready for a flight back to Helsinki, while G-BPEJ is parked due to snag, and OY-SVK in interim colours soon will depart.

Unexpected meeting at Fornebu only a few months before it happened. Tower Air B747-100 N3603FF is on take-off roll rwy 24, while a TWA L-1011 TriStar has been pushed back from gate and will be next to follow for departure. I am sorry, I did not note which TriStar it was at that day.

First flight at Renton as N1770B March 28th 1989, delivered new to Hipsnaia April 28th 1989 as EC-ENT. Later regs EI-BZR, YV-99C, N955WP and OY-SEE before converted to freighter in 2000. regs as Cargo 737 is: TF-BBD, PP-YPT and N463FF- Now in 2024 stored at Laredo International Airport. It might be due for Aernves TSM in Mexico. REg EC-ENT is not visible on aircraft, but in my notebook from the day.

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