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Farewell RAF Tornado
There will be much online about the retirement of the Tornado from RAF service. Global Aviation Resource has been putting together some great information on the history of the jet in service and I would recommend you take a look … Continue reading
Farewell to Hawaiian’s 767s
Hawaiian Airlines had a reasonably large fleet of 767s for its long haul services. They introduced A330s to expand the fleet and more recently have added A321neos to serve destinations on the west coast of the US. The arrival of … Continue reading
Delta Bids Farewell to the QOTS
The disappearance of the 747 from the world’s airline fleets continues apace. The most recent company to bid the Queen of the Skies farewell is Delta. Delta did operate 747s in the early days but its current fleet was acquired … Continue reading
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Bye Bye United 747s
The disappearance of passenger 747s from service continues. Today is the last day for the United 747 fleet. I do not have anything of their earlier versions of the jet but I have seen the 747-400s in service a lot … Continue reading
EVA 747s Are the Next to Have Gone
I have documented the demise of some of the fleets of Boeing 747s as airlines progressively send their planes to a new owner or a recycler. The latest airline to join the trend is EVA Air. Based in Taiwan and … Continue reading
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Texas One Retires (for now)
I saw online this weekend that Southwest Airlines had retired Texas One, a jet painted up in Texas colors. Texas One is a 737-300 and Southwest is accelerating the withdrawal of the 300 Series jets. It flew out of Dallas … Continue reading
Farewell to the Junglies
The end of the line has come for another UK military type. The Sea King HC4 has come to the end of the line for the Royal Navy. The Navy operated many Sea Kings in the anti-submarine role and for … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, commando, hc4, helicopter, junglie, military, photo, retirement, royal navy, sea king, uk, westland
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Another 747 Operator Bites the Dust
There is a steady stream of Boeing 747 fleet retirements right now. This month another one occurred when the last Air France 747 flight took place. I have not seen a huge number of their Jumbos over the years but … Continue reading
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Farewell to the 58
CHI Aviation recently said goodbye to one of their fleets. They posted online a couple of videos of three Sikorsky S-58Ts carrying out a flyby of their Howell MI headquarters before departing. Their fleet covers many types and a lot … Continue reading
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Goodbye USAirways 737-400
There are some airlines in the US that I have spent a lot of time with and there are others that have only been an occasional feature of my travel. USAirways is one that I did not use a great … Continue reading