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• withdrawn from use at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (OSC/KOSC), Iosco County, Michigan, USA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

1970 Boeing 747-121, c/n 19653/30, N749PA, “749”, Clipper Intrepid, PanAm

1970 Boeing 747-121, c/n 19653/30, N749PA, “749”, Clipper Intrepid, PanAm (Pan American World Airways Inc.), New York, New York, USA; 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 (370 passengers), 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 March 21, 1970; delivered to PanAm on April 10, 1970; renamed Clipper Dashing Wave; withdrawn from use; stored at Pinal Airpark (MZJ), Marana, Arizona, USA in December 1991; scrapped in 1994.

London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Hillingdon, London, England sometime in December 1974.

My father Uwe Kündrunar Scharnberg travelled on a family emergency to see his mother in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany, flying aboard an Air Canada Boeing 747-133, non-stop from Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Hillingdon, London, England, and then onward (Lufthansa?) to Flughafen Stuttgart (STR), Stuttgart-Echterdingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany.

[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

1977 Boeing 747-236B, c/n 21239/302, G-BDXB, City of Liverpool, British Airways

1977 Boeing 747-236B, c/n 21239/302, G-BDXB, City of Liverpool, British Airways, London, England; powered by four 53,000-lbs thrust Rolls-Royce RB211-524D4-B-19 high-bypass turbofan engines; crew of three (pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer), seating configuration F14C64Y298, long-range, wide-body, double-deck airliner; built by The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, USA at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Everett, Washington; first flight on February 22, 1977, test registration N8280V; G-BDXB, City of Liverpool, British Airways, London on June 16, 1977; G-BDXB, Nigeria Airways (Nigeria Airways Ltd.), Abuja, Nigeria on November 2, 1999, leased; G-BDXB, British Airways, London on August 3, 2000, returned; stored.

I flew aboard the City of Liverpool non-stop from London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Hillingdon, London, England to Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on Sunday, August 16, 1987.

In background is 1977 Boeing 747-236B, c/n 21240/305, G-BDXC, City of Manchester, British Airways, London, England; powered by four 53,000-lbs thrust Rolls-Royce RB211-524D4-B-19 high-bypass turbofan engines; crew of three (pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer), seating configuration F14C64Y298, long-range, wide-body, double-deck airliner; built by The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, USA at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Everett, Washington; first flight on April 8, 1977; G-BDXC, City of Manchester, British Airways, London on June 22, 1977, cancelled in September 2001; tt 100,115 hours, 16,182 landings; G-BDXC, EAC—European Aircharter (European Aviation Air Charter Ltd.), Bournemouth, Dorset, England on March 8, 2002, cancelled in July 2002; scrapped at Cardiff Airport (CWL), Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales on August 18, 2002.

Starboard view of Arctic Canada.

Over northern Canada.

1977 Boeing 747-236B, c/n 21239/302, G-BDXB, City of Liverpool, British Airways having just arrived at Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C. in late afternoon or early evening (?).

[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 photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, August 1987

1978 Boeing 727-256(A), c/n 21609/1369, EC-DCC, Albariño, Iberia

1978 Boeing 727-256(A), c/n 21609/1369, EC-DCC, Albariño (a wine of Galicia), Iberia (Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España SA), Madrid, Spain; powered by three 14,500-lbs thrust Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 low-bypass turbofan engines; crew of three (pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer), seating configuration C10Y154, mid-range, mid-size, narrow-body airliner; built by The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, USA at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Renton, Washington; first flight on July 19, 1978; EC-DCC, Albariño, Iberia, Madrid on July 28, 1978; N903RF, Republic Advanced Freighter Inc., Aurora, Colorado on February 2, 2001; C5-SBM, Mahfooz Aviation, Banjul, Gambia on August 30, 2001; stored at Kingman Airport (IGM), Mohave County, Arizona; C5-SBM, Sudan Airways, Khartoum, Sudan on September 26, 2004, leased; C5-SBM, Kallat El-Saker Air (Kallat El-Saker Air Company), Tripoli, Libya in September 2006; active.

London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Hillingdon, London, England on Sunday, August 16, 1987.

[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 photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, August 1987

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

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.

View of starboard wing, climbing away from ZRH. 

Over the Zürich countryside.

Crossing the French countryside.

Leaving the French coast to cross the English Channel, en route from Flughafen Zürich (ZRH), Kloten, Rümlang, und Oberglatt, Zürich, Schweiz to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Hillingdon, London, England. I was homeward-bound to Canada on Sunday, August 16, 1987.

[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

1965 Douglas DC-9-14, c/n 45712/006, G-BMAH, The Florentine Diamond, BMA—British Midland Airways

1965 Douglas DC-9-14, c/n 45712/006, G-BMAH, The Florentine Diamond, BMA—British Midland Airways (British Midland Airways Limited), Donington Hall, Castle Donington, North West Leicestershire, Derby, England; powered by two 14,000-lbs thrust Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7A low-bypass turbofan engines; crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seating configuration CY80, short- to medium-range, mid-size, narrow-body airliner; built by Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California, USA at Long Beach, California; only the sixth DC-9 off the production line; completed on July 6, 1965; first flight on July 6, 1965; CF-TLC, “702”, Air Canada, Montréal, Québec, Canada on January 6, 1966; N1792U, McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, California on September 5, 1968; N1792U, Trans-Texas Airways, Houston, Texas on September 27, 1968, leased from McDonnell Douglas Corp.; N1792U, Texas International Airlines, Houston, Texas on April 1, 1969, transferred; N1792U, McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, California on April 2, 1969, returned; N1792U, Texas International Airlines, Houston, Texas on June 9, 1969, leased from McDonnell Douglas Corp.; N1792U, McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, California on December 18, 1969; N1792U, Southern Airways, Atlanta, Georgia on December 22, 1969, leased from McDonnell Douglas Corp.; OH-LYB, Finnair (Finnair Oyj), Helsinki, Finland on February 13, 1971; G-BGWP, BMA—British Midland Airways, Donington Hall, Castle Donington, North West Leicestershire, Derby, not taken up; OH-LYB, named Darley Dale on September 3, 1977, named Merseyside in 1978, BMA—British Midland Airways, Donington Hall, Castle Donington, North West Leicestershire, Derby on September 3, 1977, leased from Finnair; OH-LYB, Finnair, Helsinki on December 31, 1979, returned; G-BMAH, The Florentine Diamond, BMA—British Midland Airways, Donington Hall, Castle Donington, North West Leicestershire, Derby on June 24, 1983, leased from Finnair; G-BMAH, The Florentine Diamond, British Midland, Donington Hall, Castle Donington, North West Leicestershire, Derby on September 24, 1986; bought by Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland on January 12, 1988 and leased back to British Midland; G-BMAH, Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, Dublin, Leinster on November 15, 1995, returned; HK-4056X, Inter (Intercontinental de Aviación SA), Bogotá, D.C., Columbia on December 8, 1995; withdrawn from use and stored at Eldorado International Airport (BOG), Bogotá, D.C. in September 1997; scrapped at Eldorado International Airport (BOG), Bogotá, D.C. in September 2003.

From a starboard window aboard 1984 Boeing 737-236(A), c/n 23165/1064, G-BKYG, River Exe, British Airways. Signage on grass between runway and taxiway marked “68–0 | 67–0”, “RUNWAY AHEAD”, and “67–0 | 83”, London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Hillingdon, London, England on Sunday, August 16, 1987.

[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 photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, August 1987

1981 Airbus A300B4-203, c/n 139, I-BUSG, Canaletto, Alitalia

1981 Airbus A300B4-203, c/n 139, I-BUSG, Canaletto, Alitalia (Alitalia—Linee Aeree Italiane SpA), Roma, Lazio, Italy; powered by two 52,535-lbs thrust General Electric CF6-50C2 high-bypass turbofan engines; crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seating configuration F18Y235, short- to medium-range, wide-body airliner; built by Airbus Industrie, Toulouse-Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France at Toulouse-Blagnac/Hamburg, Germany/England; first flight on March 11, 1981, test registration F-WZES; I-BUSG, Alitalia, Roma, Lazio on April 28, 1981; converted to A300B4-203F; N59139, FSBU (First Security Bank of Utah), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA on March 20, 1998; N59139, JHM Cargo Airlines, San Jose, Costa Rica on March 26, 2000; TC-KZT, Kuzu Airlines Cargo, Istanbul, Turkey on September 27, 2007; EP-ICE, Iran Air, Mehrabad International Airport (THR), Tehran, Iran on May 22, 2008; active.

London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Hillingdon, London, England on Sunday, August 16, 1987.

[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 photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, August 1987