1944 Grumman G-21A Goose, c/n B-101, CF-VFU, FIFT. Dockside somewhere up Knight Inlet, B.C., Canada in spring 1969.

[1959 Kodak Retina IIIS (Type 027) rangefinder 35-mm roll film camera, s/n 86125, with Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenon 50-mm f/1.9 Synchro Compur lens, s/n 6841319; Kodak Plus-X Pan (ISO 125/22°) 36-exposure black & white negative film]


© Copyright photograph by Uwe Kündrunar Scharnberg, 1969 / Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, March 2011





“The whole history of the Canadian North can be divided into two periods—before and after the aeroplane.”
Hugh L. Keenleyside, Deputy Canadian Minister of Mines and Resources, October 1949




Tuesday, August 21, 2012

1970 Boeing 747-146, c/n 19727/54, JA8103, JAL—Japan Airlines

1970 Boeing 747-146, c/n 19727/54, JA8103, JAL—Japan Airlines at London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), Hillingdon, London, England sometime in December 1974

1970 Boeing 747-146, c/n 19727/54, JA8103, JAL—Japan Airlines (Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.), Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
  • powered by four 46,500-lbs thrust Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A high-bypass turbofan engines
  • crew of three (pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer), seating configuration ?, long-range wide-body double-deck airliner
  • built by The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, USA, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Renton, Washington at Everett, Washington
  • first flight on June 9, 1970
  • delivered to JAL—Japan Airlines on June 26, 1970
  • transferred to Japan Asia Airways (Japan Asia Airways Co. Ltd.), Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan on November 24, 1982
  • headquarters relocated to Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan in 1985
  • N703CK, American International Airways (American International Airways Inc.), Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, USA on December 22, 1992
  • leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on April 28, 1993
  • returned to American International Airways on March 2, 1996
  • American International Airways merged with Kitty Hawk International (Kitty Hawk Inc.), Grapevine, Texas, USA on January 15, 1997, but retained separate identity
  • leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in March 1997
  • returned to American International Airways in October 1997
  • American International Airways renamed Kitty Hawk International on February 3, 1999
  • Kitty Hawk International ceased operations on May 1, 2000
  • Connie Kalitta purchased and obtained Kitty Hawk International’s assets and operating certificate, airline renamed Kalitta Air, Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, USA in November 2000
  • re-registered to Kalitta Air
  • re-registered as N40483 on August 29, 2003, cancelled on February 10, 2006
  • withdrawn from use at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (OSC/KOSC), Iosco County, Michigan, USA
  • stored

[1959 Kodak Retina IIIS (Type 027) rangefinder 35-mm roll film camera, s/n 86125, with Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenon 50-mm f/1.9 Synchro Compur lens, s/n 6841319]

© Copyright photograph by Uwe Kündrunar Scharnberg, December 1974 / Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, May 2012
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