WORDS & WINGS: Rümlang

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]

“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

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

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since February 28, 1993; renamed Prospero on February 28, 1993; seating reconfigured CY108 on February 28, 1993; withdrawn from use on September 19, 1998; N926PG, Pegasus Aviation (Pegasus Aviation Finance Company), San Francisco, California on December 3, 1998; OB-1715, Aero Perú (Empresa de Transporte Aéreo del Perú SA), Miraflores, Lima, Peru on December 6, 1998, leased from Pegasus Aviation; withdrawn from use on March 10, 1999; returned to lessor on March 14, 1999; N625AC, Access Air, Des Moines, Iowa on June 11, 1999, leased from Pegasus Aviation; TC-ESC,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]

1969 McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73CF, c/n 46090/504, N4867T, Flying Tigers

1969 McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73CF, c/n 46090/504, N4867T, Flying Tigers (Flying Tigers Line), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Westchester, Los Angeles, California, USA; powered by four 22,000-lbs thrust CFM International CFM56-2C1 high-bypass turbofan engines; crew of three (pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer), cargo configuration, narrow-body intercontinental freighter; built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Douglas Aircraft Co. Division, Long Beach, California at Long Beach, California; built as DC-8-63CF, powered by four 19,000-lbs thrust Pratt & Whitney JT3D-7 low-bypass turbofan engines, equipped with cargo door; N4867T, TIA (Trans International Airlines), Oakland International Airport (OAK), Oakland, California on December 29, 1969; N4867T, UTA (Union de Transports Aériens), Paris, Île-de-France, France from August to December 1972, leased; N4867T, Air Afrique, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from November to December 1974, from September to November 1975, and from September to November 1976, leased; N4867T, Transamerica Airlines, Oakland International Airport (OAK), Oakland, California on October 1, 1979, airline renamed; converted to DC-8-73CF in March 1983; operated for Spirit of America Airlines, Burlingame, California from April 1985 to September 1986; operated for UPS (United Parcel Service Co.), Louisville, Kentucky from December 5, 1986 to December 24, 1986; N4867T, GPA (Guinness Peat Aviation), Shannon, County Clare, Munster, Ireland on February 1, 1987; N4867T, Flying Tigers, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Westchester, Los Angeles, California on February 1, 1987, leased from GPA; N705FT, “705”, Flying Tigers, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Westchester, Los Angeles, California in May 1988, re-registered; N705FT, “405”, FedEx (Federal Express), Memphis, Tennessee on August 7, 1989, merged; N405FE, “405”, FedEx, Memphis, Tennessee on February 20, 1990, re-registered; N405FE, “405”, UPS, Louisville, Kentucky on July 6, 1990; N405FE, “814”, UPS, Louisville, Kentucky on January 7, 1991, transferred; N814UP, “814”, UPS, Louisville, Kentucky in March 1991, re-registered; N814UP, AerSale Inc., Coral Gables, Florida on March 30, 2010; stored.

Flughafen Zürich (ZRH), Kloten, Rümlang, und Oberglatt, Zürich, Schweiz on Sunday, August 16, 1987.

Starboard wing of 1984 Boeing 737-236(A), c/n 23165/1064, G-BKYG, River Exe, British Airways, taxiing from gate A41 to runway for flight to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Hillingdon, London, England.

[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]

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

1968 Boeing 727-235, c/n 19474/607, N4754, “54”, Clipper Resolute, PanAm

1968 Boeing 727-235, c/n 19474/607, N4754, “54”, Clipper Resolute, PanAm (Pan American World Airways Inc.), New York, New York, USA; powered by three 14,000-lbs thrust Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B low-bypass turbofan engines; crew of three (pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer), seating configuration F14Y122, mid-range, mid-size, narrow-body airliner; built by The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Renton, Washington; first flight on July 12, 1968; N4754, “54”, National Airlines, Miami-Dade County, Florida on July 25, 1968; N4754, “54”, Clipper Resolute, PanAm, New York, New York on January 7, 1980, merged; withdrawn from use on December 4, 1991; N4754, Extex International Inc., Dallas, Texas on July 27, 1992; XA-SFG, AeroExo (Aero Ejecutivo), Monterrey, Nuevo León, México on November 9, 1992, stored at Aeropuerto Internacional Mariano Escobedo/General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY), Apodaca, Nuevo León; withdrawn from use.

Flughafen Zürich (ZRH), Kloten, Rümlang, und Oberglatt, Zürich, Schweiz 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]

1969 Boeing 747-131, c/n 19671/21, N93105, TWA

1969 Boeing 747-131, c/n 19671/21, N93105, TWA (Trans World Airlines 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 (?), long-range, wide-body, double-deck airliner; built by The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Everett, Washington; first flight on February 23, 1970; N93105, TWA, New York, New York on March 9, 1970; stored at Kansas City International Airport (MCI), Kansas City, Missouri during September 1991; served with TWA her entire career, tt 95,004 hours, 17,941 landings; withdrawn from use at Kansas City International Airport (MCI), Kansas City, Missouri on September 25, 1994; scrapped by January 2000.

Flughafen Zürich (ZRH), Kloten, Rümlang, und Oberglatt, Zürich, Schweiz 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]