1984 Boeing 737-236(A), c/n 23165/1064, G-BKYG, River Exe, British Airways

1984 Boeing 737-236(A), c/n 23165/1064, G-BKYG, River Exe, British Airways, London, England; powered by two 15,500-lbs thrust Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A low-bypass turbofan engines; crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seating configuration CY106, short- to medium-range, narrow-body airliner; built by The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, USA at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Renton, Washington; first flight on November 9, 1984; G-BKYG, River Exe, British Airways, London on December 6, 1984; operated by British Airways Birmingham since February 28, 1993; renamed Prospero on February 28, 1993; seating reconfigured CY108 on February 28, 1993; withdrawn from use on September 19, 1998; N926PG, Pegasus Aviation (Pegasus Aviation Finance Company), San Francisco, California on December 3, 1998; OB-1715, Aero Perú (Empresa de Transporte Aéreo del Perú SA), Miraflores, Lima, Peru on December 6, 1998, leased from Pegasus Aviation; withdrawn from use on March 10, 1999; returned to lessor on March 14, 1999; N625AC, Access Air, Des Moines, Iowa on June 11, 1999, leased from Pegasus Aviation; TC-ESC, Side, Euro Sun Airlines, Antalya, Turkey, powered by two 15,500-lbs thrust Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A(HK3) low-bypass turbofan engines, seating configuration Y117, on June 24, 2000, leased from Pegasus Aviation; N926PG, Pegasus Aviation, San Francisco, California on January 11, 2002, returned; stored at Comalapa/Cuscatlán International Airport (El Salvador International Airport) (SAL), San Salvador, El Salvador in March 2002.

Starboard wing, nearing the runway at London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Hillingdon, London, England on Sunday, August 16, 1987.

As we were landing, a British Airways Boeing 747-236 and a PanAm Boeing 747 in background. The -236 was the second fleet of 747s to operate with British Airways, starting service in the mid-1970s. PanAm was the first customer for the Jumbo Jet.

Flaps deployed and on the runway. (?) Air France Boeing 747, Iberia Airbus, British Airways Boeing 737-236, Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-76, Malev Tupolev Tu-154.

Thrust reversers deployed.

Air Mauritius Boeing 747SP-44 (Special Performance) and MAS—Malaysian Airline System Boeing 747-236B.

[1984 Nikon FE2 SLR 35-mm roll film camera, s/n 1816483, with Nikkor AI 50-mm f/1.8 lens, s/n 2336591, and 52-mm polarizing filter; Kodak Gold Super 200 36-exposure colour negative film]

© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, August 1987