TC-JCY "Coruh" just leaving Terminal C at Lohausen on a clear winter day. This aircraft was delivered to Turkish Airlines on 15th June 1988. Today, 27 years later, she is still in service as a freighter for Turkish AL Cargo. (mehr von TC-JCY)
TC-JAY Former "Izmir" in the colours of Turkish AL subsidiary Bogazici. A total of six aircraft, two Boeing 727-200, two Boeing 707-320C and two DC-10-10 were operated by this company from 1988 until 1990. (mehr von TC-JAY)
TQ-JFA Misspainted registration on her first visit at Lohausen in summer 1988. Together with sistership TC-JFB this aircraft was bought from Mexicana. (mehr von TQ-JFA)
TC-JBP "Seyhan" taxies to her parking position, which was located in front of the old terminal at Lohausen. This B.707, a series -138B ordered by Qantas and buildt as a ´special performance B.707` with a shorter fuselage and equiped with more range as the common -120B series, saw also service with Air Commerz in the early 70´s, El Al Israel AL in 1978 and at least Bouraq Indonesian AL. Today only two B.707-138Bs are still flying, John Travolta´s N707JT and the presidential aircraft of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 9Q-CLK. (mehr von TC-JBP)
TC-JAY "Izmir" carried this colourscheme from delivery in 1973, although in the first years with silver bottom, until her lease to Bogazici AT in 1987. TC-JAY was sold to FedEx as N68059, converted to DC-10-10F freighter standard in 1991, named "Mary Rea" and undergoing MDF modification at Naples during 2008. Today she is stored at Victorville, California. (mehr von TC-JAY)
HS-TGX "Srisuriyothai" is taxying at Don Muang with an interesting scenery of DC-3´s, DC-6, DC-7, Convair, Carvair and Caravelle in the background. Other operators of this Super Sixty were Sterling AW and Scanair as OY-SBK, Trans Ocean AW and Burlington Air Express as N794AL. Sadly, she crashed 15th February 1992 at Swanton Ohio. (mehr von HS-TGX)
HS-TAC "Sri Ayutthaya" shortly before leaving Lohausen via runway 06 direction Bangkok. In 1988 some flights were operated with A300B4-600s due to the maintenance of Thai´s DC-10-30s. (mehr von HS-TAC)
HB-IWK "Fribourg" taxies in at Lohausen only a few weeks after the delivery to Swissair. Today she still serves as MD-11F for UPS as N289UP. (mehr von HB-IWK)
N7201U The first Boeing 720 produced, originally ordered and operated by United Airlines, here used by musician Gary Wright and Peter Frampton during their 1976 tour. Owner of the aircraft was Mc Culloch International, a leasing company, and many other musicians chartered this plane, so Deep Purple, Olivia Newton-John and Elton John. (mehr von N7201U)
HS-TMB In the late 80´s Thai International operated a service on Tuesdays and Fridays from Lohausen to Bangkok."Thepalai" is seen here after pusback from its gate position at Terminal B. (mehr von HS-TMB)
N888VT This View Top B.727-76 brought the US actress and singer Pia Zadora to Düsseldorf for concert. The aircraft originally was built for Ansett AL and deliverd in 1970 as VH-TJF. (mehr von N888VT)
TZ-ADR This B.727-173QC, built in 1967, is seen here at Charles de Gaulle airport with its radar nose painted in the colours of her former owner World AW. In 1984 she was sold to Fedex as N199FE and today she is preserved at the Kansas Aviation Museum at Wichita. (mehr von TZ-ADR)
TZ-ADS Aircraft leased from Air Mali in 1983 and photographed at Lohausen on one of the numerous visits of Corse Air to the international exhibitions and fairs at Düsseldorf. On November, 5th in 1995 this particular Caravelle operated its last flight with a fake Colombian registration, hauling a load of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico. The Mexican authorities destroyed the plane in the same month. (mehr von TZ-ADS)
HB-ICI Another visit of a CTA Super Caravelle to one of the numerous international exhibitions at Düsseldorf. Note the additional yellow stripe below the red one. (mehr von HB-ICI)
HB-ICO SATA - SA de Transport Aerien Geneve was renamed into CTA in 1979 and only four Caravelles, the fifth was lost during a failed landing attempt at Funchal in December 1977, were operated. (mehr von HB-ICO)
HB-ICN Only few charter flights, coming in for the numerous international fairs and exhibitions in Düsseldorf, make a night stop like this Super Caravelle. SATA.operated a fleet of five Caravelles and three DC-8´s in the late ´70s. (mehr von HB-ICN)
D-ADSO Another hybrid Lufthansa colourscheme worn by this DC-10, leased in ´88/´89 from subsidiary Condor. Seen here on a Condor flight at Son San Juan airport. ´Sierra Oscar´ was sold to Omni Air Int`l in 2000 as N720AX. (mehr von D-ADSO)
HB-IDS "Ville de Lausanne" is leaving Lohausen after a nightstop on one of the several Air India Cargo flights operated by chartered airliners into DUS from 1976 onwards.. HB-IDS spent most of her life operating cargo flights, also for Trans International and Transamerica AL, Flying Tigers and after conversion to DC-8-73CF standard for UPS. (mehr von HB-IDS)
HB-IEN The first of total two CL-44´s of this small Swiss cargo airline, the other was registered HB-IEO, at Lohausen after an Air India Cargo flight. From August 1975 until spring 1982 Air India operated more than 350 cargo flights with chartered aircrafts into Düsseldorf. (mehr von HB-IEN)
HB-IHC Tail section of "Luzern" showing the typical no.3 engine installation/cowling of the General Electric CF-6-50, fitted to all DC-10-10 and -30 series. (mehr von HB-IHC)
HB-IHC "Luzern" in old Swissair colours seconds before reaching her parking position at Cointrin AP. ´Hotel-Charly` was delivered new to SR on September, 10th in 1973 and was sold to Northwest Airlines eighteen years later as N220NW. (mehr von HB-IHC)
HB-IHH "Basel-Stadt" taxies to its parking position on a cold winter morning. To the right one of her thirteen sisters is visible already in the new colours. (mehr von HB-IHH)
HB-IDI "Solothurn" on her way back to Zurich. In the 70´s and early 80´s the DC-8-62s of Swissair were a frequent upgrade to the regular DC-9-32s, which usualy operated the services from Düsseldorf to Zurich and Geneva. (mehr von HB-IDI)
HB-IDL "Aargau" taxies to her gate position with a B.727-100 of Hapag Lloyd in the background. n 1984 HB-IDL was sold to Capitol as N924CL and from 1986 she was operated by Airborne as ´parcel-express` N802AX. (mehr von HB-IDL)