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Photographer Rick Neibert

Photographer Ron Mak

The forward section of SVO spent a fairly brief spell outside at Shoreham's visitor centre before moving north. The aircraft was taken out of service after being damaged beyond repair in a collision with a stand light a Hurn in 1997.

Note Cityjet SAAB 2000 taking off from runway 28.

This is what can happen if you try to land an Electra with the landing-gear up. When, on 1 March 1999, N285F touched down at Shannon with gear up, went around with difficulty and made it back to the airport for a landing on its undercarriage, the No. 3 prop and parts of the No. 3 engine detached from the aircraft, some parts passing through the fuselage on the way. On landing, only the No. 1 engine was still producing full power. Note the damaged No. 2 and No. 4 prop also.

Ex-N347HA, N423MA, N23AF, N64405, SE-FGC, N5537. Permanently withdrawn from use at Coventry, UK

Re-registered as G-OFRT in October 1991, and cancelled in May 2003 as permanently withdrawn from use.

First flight August 19th 1980 as F-WZER. December 10th 1980 9V-STA as the 1st A300B4-203 for Singapore. April 12th 1985 F-OGTB Airbus. June 6th 1986 N966C Continental (as the 4th of 23 A300s for CO). December 1990 N14966 rr Contiental Air Lines. July 26th D-ASAZ for Cargo conversion to A300B4-203F. March 3rd 1998 G-CEXH Channel Express (opf DHL). November 10th 2005 TC-AGK Kuzu Airlines Cargo, February 2002 Air Macau Cargo and July 2009 ULS Cargo transferred. Broken up at Istanbul in 2014 after 33 years of flying. It was allwys nice to see the A300 and get freigtht departure in evening sunlight

must have been my last active Herald I photographed - pity about the weather though