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ID #1419097 / 179 Views -September-1983
64-0638 In 1983 the Military Airlift Command and the US Armed Forces used also Lohausen to move troops fast to Europe with military transport aircrafts like this Starlifter, but also Hercules and civil airliner were involved in this operations. (more of 64-0638)
ID #1419023 / 542 Views 29-September-1982
CCCP-09308 These ´Antei´ brought exhibits of the Russian space agency for an economic exhibition to Dusseldorf. (more of CCCP-09308)
ID #1418937 / 127 Views -January-1988
C-FCWW As an Iberia Cargo flight diverted into Lohausen due to bad wheather conditions at Frankfurt, former PH-DCW of KLM leaves her parking position on the main apron. (more of C-FCWW)
ID #1418631 / 309 Views 6-July-1978
C-FDJC "Phil Garret" taxies in after arrival on another charter flight into Dusseldorf. Wardair operated several flights in the summertime during the 70`s and early 80`s , first with B.727 and B.707, later with B.747 and DC-10. (more of C-FDJC)
ID #1418379 / 121 Views -May-1989
OB-1244 Together with sistership OB-1300, Aeronaves operated cargo flights for Iberia-Cargo in 1989 and 1990. OB-1244 was a converted pax DC-8-55, formerly operated by Japan AL and after conversion in 1977 by JAL-Cargo. The engines were modified by ´Quiet Nacelles Corporation` early ´89. Aircraft was withdrawn from use in 1992 and scrapped several years later at Opa Locka, Florida. (more of OB-1244)
ID #1418377 / 584 Views -April-1989
OB-1300 "Santa Elena" on one of the regular Iberia-Cargo flights at Lohausen. By this time the four Patt & Whitney JT3D-engines had been modified by the ´Quiet Nacelle Corporation of Miami`, recognizably in the golden engine nacelles, which throttled the volumne. (more of OB-1300)
ID #1418372 / 161 Views -July-1976
CF-TJS Six of this freighters were operated by Air Canada Cargo for about twenty years. CF-TJS visited Lohausen again in 1989, registered as OB-1300 to Aeronaves del Peru. (more of CF-TJS)
ID #1418248 / 342 Views 29-September-1982
C-GCPH "Empress of Lisboa" in the first year of operation for Canadian Pacific on a once weekly flown charter flight into Düsseldorf. In 1987 she was converted into ´extended range` standard and after 20 years of services she was scrapped at Marana. (more of C-GCPH)
ID #1418233 / 244 Views 17-April-1980
C-FCRA "Empress of Japan" was traded to Pakistan International in September 1986 for DC-10's together with sisterships C-FCRB/D and -E and was registered as AP-BCN. (more of C-FCRA)
ID #1418231 / 456 Views 17-April-1980
VH-EBB "City of Melbourne" taxies at Kai Tak to its parking position in the evening, This Pratt & Whitney powered Jumbo saw also services with Air Lanka as 4R-ALG, Air Pacific as VH-EBB and after conversion to freighter 1993/94 as N706CK for Kalitta - American International Airways. (more of VH-EBB)
ID #1418024 / 728 Views -July-1975
I-DIWM "Ugolino Vivaldi" aproaches parking position B54 at Lohausen on a wet summerday. This Rolls Royce Conway powered DC-8-43, one of only 27 series -43 buildt for Alitalia, Trans Canada and Canadian Pacific, spent the final part of her lifetime in the Far East with Sterling Philippines, named the "The Sheik" and registered as RP-C348. (more of I-DIWM)
ID #1417898 / 482 Views -July-1976
CF-CPT "Empress of Santiago" aproaching parking position 22, where today Terminal C is located, on a warm summer evening some 40 years ago. CF-CPT was the one and only Jet Trader in CP Air´s fleet, a convertible DC-8 for passengers sitting in the rear fuselage and for cargo palettes in the front section. Up to the mid 70s also KLM operated a once weekly service with DC-8-55CF Jet Traders on Tuesdays from Hong Kong into Düsseldorf. (more of CF-CPT)
ID #1417622 / 147 Views -May-1978
C-GNBX The protype Dash 7 made a brief stopover on her demo tour through Europe also at Lohausen. She remained with the manufacturer until donated to the Canadian Aviation Museum at Ottawa in 1988. (more of C-GNBX)
ID #1415613 / 311 Views 4-July-1977
HA-YSA is leaving her parking position in front of hangar 8 at Lohausen with a Hungarian government delegation aboard. HA-YSA later was converted to TU-134A-3 standard and served with MALEV as HA-LBN. (more of HA-YSA)
ID #1414553 / 181 Views -February-1988
G-BDIW in a dismantled state before her departure to the new home at the Hermeskeil Aviation Museum near Trier, where she was preserved first in the same colours and later repainted again in Dan Air London´s 1990 colour scheme, (more of G-BDIW)
ID #1414539 / 341 Views -September-1986
G-BDIW This former Dan Air London Comet 4C was repainted in `Rhein Ruhr Flughafen Düsseldorf´house colours in spring 1986 and she was preserved for another two years together with D-BABY, visible on the left side. (more of G-BDIW)
ID #1414502 / 274 Views -June-1985
G-BDIW After the closure of the Air Classic Aviation Museum, she was preserved for another three years together with Vickers Viking D-BABY beside the LTU-hangar. (more of G-BDIW)
ID #1413572 / 451 Views 11-April-1981
G-BDIW Seen during her towing to the Air Classic Museum, which sadly didn´t exist very long. After the closure of the museum G-BDIW crossed the road again to her resting place just beside LTU-hangar 8. (more of G-BDIW)
ID #1413567 / 118 Views -April-1981
D-CIAD A few days before her movement to the Air Classic Aviation Museum, together with G-BDIW, Dan Air´s De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C in the background. Today D-CIAD is preserved at the Hermeskeil Aviation Museum. (more of D-CIAD)
ID #1412456 / 219 Views -February-1988
D-BABY After the closure of the ´Air Classic´exhibition, former Autair G-AHPB moved again right beside hangar 8 and was repainted into old LTU c/s. The last trip brought her to Winterthur in Switzerland, where she was scrapped and only few parts survived in private ownership. (more of D-BABY)
ID #1412443 / 203 Views -September-1979
G-AHPB after the completion with parts from sistership G-ARGW, and only days before her repainting in a silver-blue-white colourscheme with the fake registration D-BABY. (more of G-AHPB)
ID #1412440 / 157 Views -September-1979
G-AHPB "Marinus van Meel" arrived in September 1979 by road from Soesterberg, Netherlands, for the ´Air Classic´exhibition and was reasembled until the end of the month. (more of G-AHPB)
ID #1412353 / 171 Views -September-1979
N8041B flew into Dusseldorf on September, 4th in 1979 with its previous military serial T.3-61 still visible. This DC-3 was bought by Air Classic from the Spanish Air Force and from the end of September it was displayed in the Air Classic Museum opposite the cargo area. (more of N8041B)
ID #1411969 / 412 Views -July-1979
D-ADAM crossing the perimeter road connecting the cargo area and the former LTU-hangar on her way to the exhibition park. (more of D-ADAM)
ID #1411924 / 432 Views 2-September-1978
D-ADAM Former F-BHML photographed during one of the"photo and film safaris" in summer 1978, wearing the fake registration ´D-ADAM´ and ´Air Classic` titles, but showing still the logo of Compagnie Air Fret. D-ADAM was parked on the main apron until it was transferred to the exhibition area in summer 1979. (more of D-ADAM)