On delivery to New Zealand where it became ZK-NAH with National Airways Corporation. Ex EI-AKA, the first F27 delivered to an airline. Eric Allen photo

Ex EI-AKE, on delivery to New Zealand National Airways Corporation. Became ZK-NAF. Eric Allen photo

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.

First flight April 5th 1966 as PH-FIS at Schipol, and leased to Schreiner Airws as PH-SAN months. October 6th 1966 LN-SUF for Braathens SAFE as their 8th and final Friendship. in 1972 repaintd and added name "Magnus Lagabøter". April 1976 LN-SUF Aerexecutive Norway tfd. September 1980 LN-SUF Busy Bee tfd. 1982 repainted to Busy Bee colours. Wfu November 1992. In July 1993 LN-SUF was donated to the Air Museum at Sola airport, Stavanger. They take good care of it, and repainted it to Braathens SAFE colours. Seen in 1972 on final appr rwy 24 at FBU. Shot by my good friend Jan Olav Martinsen.

First flight at Schipol September 7th 1964 as PH-FFZ, Delivered to Philippine Airlines September 28th 1964 as PI-C512. February1966 Leased to MMA as VH-MMU until returned in November 1968 as PI-C512. Februay 1969 I-SARO Alisarda. December 1974 F-BVTU TAT. July 1979 F-OGJA Air Martinique until April 1980. June 1980 F-BVTU Air Alsace. 1980 rr FGCPA Air Alpes. June 29th 1983 LN-NPC as the 7th F.27 for Busy Bee at that date. June 1991 N101FJ. October 1991 VT-ERZ until stored and WFU March 1993 at Bhopal, after almost 40 years of flying. Seen parked oustde the Military terminal at FBU.

First flown 25 March 1964 at Schipol, in April 1964 leased 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 brom BU to BS. Airexecutive was renamed Busy Bee of Norway in September 1980 and in 1982 LN-SUL was repainted to the new colours, and one of the last to be repainted, but also one of the first to receive the black Busy Bee titles. In October 1992 LN-SUL was leased to Air Nordic, and became SE-KZE 18 May 1995. In 1998 it went to Eureca and 1999 wfu MMX.

Seen from the tower balcony arriving on a Braathens SAFE rotation from Oslo

These two Fokker Friendships, 10148 & 10310, of the Hukbong Himpapawid Ng Pilipinas, had just been ferried from Ypenburg Air Force base after major overhaul, refurbishment and rebuild with Fokker Ypenburg where they had arrived in April and May 1978. 10148 crashed on 20 January 1972, was rebuild at Ypenburg and made a test flight on 11 December 1978. After customs clearance at Rotterdam airport they would continue onwards on delivery to the Philippines.

These two Fokker Friendships, 10148 & 10310, of the Hukbong Himpapawid Ng Pilipinas, had just been ferried from Ypenburg Air Force base after major overhaul, refurbishment and rebuild with Fokker Ypenburg where they had arrived in April and May 1978. After customs clearance at Rotterdam airport they would continue onwards on delivery to the Philippines.

10148 & 10310 Fokker Friendship, 22950 Beechcraft Huron, and DC-6 TF-IUB captured on a cold day during the harsh winter of 1978 / 1979.

Test reg PH-FFN before delivery to Philippine Air Lines as PI-C508 in 1964. To Alisarda as I-SARK in 1971 then to TAT as F-BVTO in 1974 and Air Martinique as F-OGIM in 1978. Returned to TAT as F-BIUK then to Uni-Air in 1980. To Aero Stock in 1991 and stored at Paris-Le Bourget. Scrapped in 2000.