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West Malling, UK - 31 August 1987

6th Great Warbirds Air Display

The Norsk Metropolitan Klubb was a non-commercial organisation set up to preserve and operate LN-KLK after it had been retired from active service with Nor-Fly in Mar 1984. The club's main aim was to arrange trips for aviation enthusiasts to places of aviation interest both in Norway and abroad, as well as general pleasure flights. It seems to have been very active for a number of years, and made quite a few visits to suitable 'vintage-type' airshows in the UK. Unfortunately, new safety regulations and increasing maintenance costs meant that it became unviable to continue, and LN-KLK was grounded in June 1988. The Great Warbirds Air Display 87 was the last time it came to the UK, and was probably one of its last airshow appearances anywhere.

Propliners stored at Coventry 22/8/04

N131FL Convair 580 rebuilt from a Convair 340/440.
These and the recent Canadair CRJs use the callsign Transauto.

The IFL Group French built Falcon 20s use Eifel and three digits, such as IFL471 and 461, clever!

N471FL Dassault Falcon 20D built in 1968 and N461FL Dassault Falcon 20C built in 1967.

IFL Group Convairs have been a common sight at their Pontiac Oakland County base in Michigan.

N181FL Convair 580 was converted from a Convair 440 during the early sixties, from piston to turbo power.

Photo taken by Heinz Mack, scan kindly provided by Klaus Held for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
ca. 1964-1966

HB-IMC "Appenzell AR"
Convair 440-11 Metropolitan
332
Swissair

HB-IMC was wfu by Swissar on 1 November 1966, while D-ABIB in the background was delivered on 22 February 1964 as the first B727-30 for Lufthansa. Converted to a Convair 640, this airframe would return a number of times as PH-MAL with Martinair in the late 1960s.

Information from airliners.net (thanks to Gary Vincent):
1956 vintage Convair started out as a 440 for Swissair (delivered as HB-IMC in June 1956). Ten years later it was sold to Martin's Air Charter (Martinair) as PH-MAL where it was converted to 640 standard. Imported to the USA in 1971 by Omni International as N640R. The aircraft joined the fleet of the new Zantop International Airlines in 1972 when they bought it in June. It went on to fly with Zantop for the next 25 years.

Has been active for Aeronaves TSM as XA-UNH since 2010. Damaged in gear-up landing at Plan de Guadalupe International Airport in Saltillo, Mexico during the early hours of September 20, 2017.


Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=240624

This airframe as N640R with Zantop International at YIP in May 1981:
www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/20057985481

This airframe as N640R with Century Airlines at CMH ca. late 1990s (no titles):
www.flickr.com/photos/8763968@N03/2044851566

This airframe as XA-UNH with Aeronaves TSM at SDF in September 2016:
www.flickr.com/photos/mmaviationimages/29928943961


Scan from colour print.

Photo taken by Joachim Röhrich.


München-Riem
ca. 1965

D-ACOH
Convair 440 Metropolitan
213
Lufthansa

D-ACOH seen from the viewing terrace that ran along the entire terminal building. It wears its third Lufthansa colour scheme (modified cheatline, but titles in capital letters as well as tail colours retained from the previous scheme). Catering and fueling are in progress, observed by sightseers from the "Besucher" bus.

Delivered to Lufthansa in October 1954 as a Convair 340-68 and converted to 440 in 1960. To Tellair as HB-IMQ in March 1969, to General Air again as D-ACOH in February 1970, to LACSA Costa Rica as TI-1092C in June 1972 (reregistered as TI-LRH in 1974), to Air Sunshine as N478KW in July 1977. Operated by a string of US airlines until wfu at Carlsbad, CA, in October 1990 and broken up. (Source: rzjets.net)

Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=240572

D-ACOH with Lufthansa at AMS in August 1955 (initial colours):
www.airhistory.net/photo/287682/D-ACOH

D-ACOH with Lufthansa at CPH in June 1962 (later colours):
www.airhistory.net/photo/104643/D-ACOH

D-ACOH with Lufthansa at ZRH in April 1968 (later colours, modified titles):
www.airhistory.net/photo/104643/D-ACOH

This airframe as HB-IMQ at BSL ca. 1969:
www.flickr.com/photos/baettig/49873119756

D-ACOH with General Air at DUS in 1971:
www.airhistory.net/photo/514941/D-ACOH

This airframe as TI-LRH with LACSA Costa Rica at Juan Santamaría ca. 1974:
scontent-muc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/449511550_8886...

This airframe as N478KW with Air Sunshine at MIA in March 1978:
www.flickr.com/photos/73886013@N06/46900483682

N478KW with Cal Sierra in July 1981:
www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/4824682504

N478KW with Air Resorts at Oxnard (KOXR/OXR) in October 1984:
www.flickr.com/photos/egcb_egcc/11724336015

N478KW with Air Resorts derelict at Carlsbad, CA (CRQ) in November 1992:
www.flickr.com/photos/190105067@N03/50609555517


Scan from black-and-white print.

Photo taken by Joachim Röhrich.


München-Riem
ca. 1965

D-ACOH
Convair 440 Metropolitan
213
Lufthansa

Ramp scene from Riem ca. 1965. The Metropolitan in front is D-ACOH, seen from the viewing terrace that ran along the entire terminal building. It wears its third Lufthansa colour scheme (modified cheatline, but titles in capital letters as well as tail colours retained from the previous scheme). In the background, an Air France B707-328B can be seen.

D-ACOH was delivered to Lufthansa in October 1954 as a Convair 340-68 and converted to 440 in 1960. To Tellair as HB-IMQ in March 1969, to General Air again as D-ACOH in February 1970, to LACSA Costa Rica as TI-1092C in June 1972 (reregistered as TI-LRH in 1974), to Air Sunshine as N478KW in July 1977. Operated by a string of US airlines until wfu at Carlsbad, CA, in October 1990 and broken up. (Source: rzjets.net)


Scan from black-and-white print.

Pontiac/Oakland County 01/10/1989 KPTK/PTK

Great Airlines Series: Delta Air Lines

Great Airlines Series: AeroSun International Airlines

Great Airlines Series: Royal Airlines (USA)

Great Airlines Series: Glenn Aire

Great Airlines Series: Aspen Airways

Photo taken from the Wilhelm Hell collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
May 1974

OO-VGU
Convair 440-62 Metropolitan
349
Delta Air Transport (DAT)

OO-VGU was seen at Riem on 7 May 1974, probably the precise date for this shot. The ramp looks empty here, but several other interesting visitors were reported on this cloudy day: Transmeridian Air Cargo (TMAC)/Express Flug Service (EFS) CL-44D4-2 G-AXAA, THY Fokker F-27-100 TC-TOY and Aeroflot Tu-134A CCCP-65973.

As OO-UVG, this airframe had been noted at Riem on 28 November 1972 and 15 March 1973. Note the Ajax Amsterdam logo on the nose.

Initially delivered to REAL Brazil in November 1956. To Iberia as EC-ATG in November 1962. To DAT as OO-UVG in July 1972 (re-registered as OO-VGU in October 1973). Sold to American Inter-Island in May 1977 as N44826. Finally operated by Air Resorts Airlines from November 1982. Wfu and stored at their base at Carlsbad, CA, from December 1993 and eventually broken up in the mid-1990s. (Sources: rzjets.net, Stephan Barth on airhistory.net)

Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=146559

This airframe as PP-YRH with Aerovias Brasilia ca. late 1950s:
i.pinimg.com/736x/fa/fd/13/fafd13c81245c7fd5fd6ca663db55c...

This airframe as EC-ATG with Iberia at PMI in August 1965:
www.flickr.com/photos/127896132@N05/53407618901

OO-VGU with DAT at DUS in 1976 (later colours):
www.airhistory.net/photo/508810/OO-VGU

This airframe as N44826 at ANR on 30 April 1977 on delivery to the US (basic final DAT colours):
www.skystef.be/regi/n44826@1977-04-30@anr.jpg

N44826 with American Inter-Island (operated by Antilles Air Boats) at Saint Croix (STX) ca. late 1970s:
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/45109344774

N44826 with Air Resorts Airlines at San Diego (SAN) ca. early 1980s:
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/30894200027

N44826 stored at Carlsbad, CA (CLD) in October 1992:
www.flickr.com/photos/l8rmt/50527789632


Scan from Kodachrome slide (on Kodak Photo CD).

Photo taken by Wilhelm Hell, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
1972-11-28 (28 November 1972)

OO-UVG
Convair 440-62 Metropolitan
349
Delta Air Transport (DAT)

A day before, OO-UVG’s sister ship OO-TVG had been noted at Riem. Note the Ajax Amsterdam logo on the nose. OO-UVG was also seen at Riem on 15 March 1973 and, re-registered as OO-VGU, on 7 May 1974.

Initially delivered to REAL Brazil in November 1956. To Iberia as EC-ATG in November 1962. To DAT as OO-UVG in July 1972 (re-registered as OO-VGU in October 1973). Sold to American Inter-Island in May 1977 as N44826. Finally operated by Air Resorts Airlines from November 1982. Wfu and stored at their base at Carlsbad, CA, from December 1993 and eventually broken up in the mid-1990s. (Sources: rzjets.net, Stephan Barth on airhistory.net)

Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=146559

This airframe as PP-YRH with Aerovias Brasilia ca. late 1950s:
i.pinimg.com/736x/fa/fd/13/fafd13c81245c7fd5fd6ca663db55c...

This airframe as EC-ATG with Iberia at PMI in August 1965:
www.flickr.com/photos/127896132@N05/53407618901

This airframe as OO-VGU with DAT at AMS ca. mid-1970s:
www.flickr.com/photos/191692050@N04/50830909757

OO-VGU with DAT at DUS in 1976 (later colours):
www.airhistory.net/photo/508810/OO-VGU

This airframe as N44826 at ANR on 30 April 1977 on delivery to the US (basic final DAT colours):
www.skystef.be/regi/n44826@1977-04-30@anr.jpg

N44826 with American Inter-Island (operated by Antilles Air Boats) at Saint Croix (STX) ca. late 1970s:
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/45109344774

N44826 with Air Resorts Airlines at San Diego (SAN) ca. early 1980s:
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/30894200027

N44826 stored at Carlsbad, CA (CLD) in October 1992:
www.flickr.com/photos/l8rmt/50527789632


Scan from Kodachrome slide (on Kodak Photo CD).

Photo taken by Wilhelm Hell, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
1972-09-12 (12 September 1972)

OH-VKM
Convair 440-61 Metropolitan
432
Finnair

This Finnair Metropolitan visited Riem on a passenger charter flight one day after the end of the Munich Summer Olympic Games. It had been noted here before on 27 January 1968 and 7 June 1970.

Information from flickr - thanks to Eric Denison:
msn 432. OH-VKM Kar-Air (delivered 17.6.57), Finnair (delivered 1.3.64 ), CF-HAF Harrison Airways (delivered 6.4.73), N27KA Key Airlines (delivered 9.5.78 ), rr N27KE Jul '84. Written off in Santo Domingo, DR, on 27.6.95 when with Salair as N356SA

Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/OH-VKM/764960

OH-VKM with Kar-Air ca. early 1960s:
www.flickr.com/photos/167180444@N07/48673386633

This airframe as CF-HAF with Harrison Air at YRV in April 1974:
www.flickr.com/photos/31a/6444400193

This airframe as N27KA with Key Airlines ca. late 1970s/early 1980s:
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/32688108207

This airframe as N27KE with Key Airlines in July 1985:
www.flickr.com/photos/23032926@N05/5231488119

This airframe as N356SA with Salair at LAX in February 1991:
www.flickr.com/photos/85464137@N00/50049117822


Scan from Kodachrome slide (on Kodak Photo CD).

Photo taken by Hans-Reiner Otto, scan kindly provided by Klaus Held for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
ca. 1960

OH-VKN
Convair 440-98 Metropolitan
497
Kar-Air

A rare photo of the real OH-VKN with original operator Kar-Air. This airframe later returned to Riem as OH-LRH with Finnair (noted on 6 July and 26 July 1969, but probably visited more often - Finnair Metropolitans were regularly seen at Riem during the 1960s in winter and summer).

The Metropolitan painted as Kar-Air OH-VKN at the Museo Aeronáutico de Málaga in Spain is a former SAS aircraft (SE-BSY, c/n 503) and never flew with Kar-Air. It had been seized at the airport in May 2006 as N8042W and was repainted as Kar-Air OH-VKN in October 2009 in recognition of the fact that the actual OH-VKN had operated the 1st international flight into Málaga in 1959. (Source: Danny Grew on airhistory.net)

Information from bsl-mlh-planes.net (slightly adapted):
Delivered to Kar-Air in June 1958. Finnair took delivery of this aircraft, one of the last CV-440s built, from Kar-Air in December 1964 and continued to operate it domestically until 1977. After that, the Metropolitan flew as LN-KLV for Nor-Fly for about a year before being sold to North Cariboo Flying Service in Canada as C-GRNB. In November 1986 it went on to Renown Aviation as N202RA. After the collapse of Renown Aviation, the aircraft was stranded in Roswell, New Mexico but made available at Opa Locka for Vision Air Haiti in the winter of 2009/10 as HH-VAH.


Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=240038

Another shot of OH-VKN with Kar-Air, at BSL in July 1961:
www.globe-air.ch/bigpicture/picture_id/969

This airframe as LN-KLV with Nor-Fly at AMS in 1978:
www.flickr.com/photos/191692050@N04/51752503626

This airframe as C-GRNB with North Cariboo at YVR ca. 1979:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/OH-LRH/765553

C-GRNB with North Cariboo at YWG in May 1984 (later colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/33932332@N07/3183664424

This airframe as N202RA with Renown Aviation at SRQ ca. mid-1980s:
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/52453856048

N202RA with Laredo Air:
www.flickr.com/photos/191692050@N04/52224244978

N202RA with Canyon Air at OPF in October 2009:
www.flickr.com/photos/roberto_collazo/5858859328

This airframe as HH-VAH with Vision Air Haiti at OPF in March 2010:
www.flickr.com/photos/roberto_collazo/5858310753


Scan from black-and-white print.

Photo taken by Theo Kastner and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
ca. summer 1972

12+04 (1)
Convair 440-0 Metropolitan
472
Luftwaffe (West German Air Force)

Note: 12+04 (2) was Canadair CL-601-2B16 Challenger c/n 3049 flying for Luftwaffe from January 1987 to September 2011.

12+04 is lined up for take-off on runway 25 with an interesting assortment of vehicles in the background (note the Fire Department Unimog).

Information flickr - thanks to Guido Allieri - and airhistory.net - thanks to Derek Gaynor:
CV-440-0 c/n 472 was initially delivered as N8471H to General Dynamics Corp. Sold to Luftwaffe as CA+031 in February 1959, re-registered as 12+04 in January 1968. Went on to Nor-Fly A/S as LN-MAM in February 1975. Acquired by Gulf Air Transport and returned to the US in July 1980. Subsequently used by string of operators before transferring to the Mexican register in 1996 as XA-NAU and XA-TFY. Still listed as stored in 2021.

Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/12+04/765353

This airframe as CA+031 with Luftwaffe at HAJ in May 1966:
www.flickr.com/photos/60580721@N06/50762285376

This airframe as LN-MAM with Nor-Fly at MMX ca. 1975 (basic Luftwaffe colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/46714924145

LN-MAM with Nor-Fly at GLA in July 1976 (full colours):
www.flickr.com/photos/75122977@N05/31623816325

This airframe as N411GA with Liberty Airlines at MDW in 1982:
www.flickr.com/photos/twa1049g/12074503764

N411GA at MIA in November 1986:
www.flickr.com/photos/145798423@N07/52562766417

N411GA with Sunbird Air at FLL in August 1988:
www.flickr.com/photos/guidojet/51630610950

N411GA with Laredo Air ca. early 1990s:
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/35536750576


Scan from Kodachrome slide.

86912797 :Piction ID--Conavir T-29 with United Gas tail crew members---Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---- Digitization of this image made possible by a grant from NEH: NEH and the San Diego Air and Space Museum

86912744 :Piction ID--Conavir T-29 with United Gas tail - front view---Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---- Digitization of this image made possible by a grant from NEH: NEH and the San Diego Air and Space Museum