Delivered new 9th February 1961 as L-188A Electra N9646C for Western Airlines.. 1969 converted to L-188A(F) freighter, still for Western. August 18th 1972 LN-MOI Nordic Air. LN-MOI bought by Fred. Olsen August 20th 1973, an rr to LN-FOH August 28th 1973. Op. by FOF in ex Nordic colours until repainted to FOF colours second half of 1974. Repainted to these new white FOF colours in 1985. March 1988 it was painted black for the "Air de Cologne" project by SAS Cargo.. FOF colours 1990, flew with TNT stickers in 1991, FOF cs until wfu 01-1997. OE-ILA 03-1998, C-GLBA 07-2007. 60 years of flying.

One of the delicious ideas of SAS Cargo, to paint one of FOFs Electars in black and call it "Air de Cologne" just to mark Cologne as a new hub for Cargo operaions.

K25 slide scan. Built 1961 as N9746C for Western, converted to Freighter 1969. International Jetair CF-IJJ 1971. Nordic LN-MOI 1972, Fred Olsen LN-FOH 1973, leased to Air de Cologne during 1988, Amerer Air OE-ILA 1997, Buffalo Airways C-GLBA 2007. A bank holiday daystop was the one and only occasion the Electra would be seen during daylight, night shots being impossible for obvious reasons. Note the "Chartered from A/S Fred. Olsens Flyselskap" titles on the nose. The flight engineer had turned propellers straight for the daystop which was standard procedure with some carriers.

This aircraft was mainly used for cargo services at night, the colourscheme representing a sky at night with moon.

K25 slide scan. Built 1961 as N9746C for Western, converted to Freighter 1969. International Jetair CF-IJJ 1971. Nordic LN-MOI 1972, Fred Olsen LN-FOH 1973, leased to Air de Cologne during 1988, Amerer Air OE-ILA 1997, Buffalo Airways C-GLBA 2007. A bank holiday daystop was the one and only occasion the Electra would be seen during daylight, night shots being almost impossible for obvious reasons. Note the "Chartered from A/S Fred. Olsens Flyselskap" titles on the nose.