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




Wednesday, October 31, 2012

2006 Airbus A330-243, c/n 728, B-6121, China Eastern Airlines

2005 Boeing 777-206ER, c/n 29399/499, PH-BQK, Mount Kilimanjaro, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines at Gate D68, Concourse D and 2006 Airbus A330-243, c/n 728, B-6121, China Eastern Airlines at Gate D70, Concourse D, International Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on Friday, June 29, 2012 at 13:36 PDT


2005 Boeing 777-206ER, c/n 29399/499, PH-BQK, Mount Kilimanjaro, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV dba/Member of Air France KLM Group & SKYTEAM), Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands, based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Luchthaven Schiphol) (AMS/EHAM), Haarlemmermeer, North Holland
  • powered by two 93,700-lbs thrust General Electric GE90-94B high-bypass turbofan engines
  • crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seating configuration C35PY34Y249, extended-range wide-body airliner
  • built by The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, USA, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Renton, Washington at Everett, Washington
  • first flight on January 6, 2005
  • delivered to KLM on January 24, 2005, leased from ILFC (International Lease Finance Corporation), Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • flights to Taiwan operate as KLM asia
  • active

2006 Airbus A330-243, c/n 728, B-6121, China Eastern Airlines (China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited/Member of China Eastern Air Holding Co.), Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA/ZSSS), Changning District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, based at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA/ZSSS)
  • powered by two 71,100-lbs thrust Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-60 high-bypass turbofan engines
  • crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seating configuration C24Y240, long-range wide-body airliner
  • winglets
  • built by Airbus Industrie, Toulouse-Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France at Colomiers, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées for final assembly, adjacent to Aéroport de Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS/LFBO), Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées
  • first flight on January 17, 2006, test registration F-WWKQ
  • delivered to China Eastern Airlines on February 28, 2006, leased from AWAS (Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services), Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
  • active

[Nikon Coolpix L20 point-and-shoot 10 MP digital camera, Nikkor 38–136-mm f/3.1–6.7 lens]

© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, June 2012

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