| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | A4O-FU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F27 Friendship |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31) |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F27-600 Friendship |
| C/n (msn): | 10325 |
| Operator Titles: | Gulf Air |
| Local Operator Name: | طيران الخليج |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Bahrain - International / MuharraqMap |
| Country: | Bahrain |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: OBBI / EGYR IATA: BAH Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 6 March 1979 |
| Photo by: | Barry Taylor |
| Photo ID: | 627335 |
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Taken with my camera by my late father Barry Taylor when on a tour of the Middle East by RAF C-130K Hercules C1 XV219. Delivered to Schreiner Airways as PH-SAR on 18 Apr 1967. To KLM on 01 Dec 1967. Bought by Gulf Aviation as G-AWFU on 03 Apr 1968. Noted as Gulf Air on 01 Jan 1974 and registered A4O-FU on 01 Oct 1975. Leased to Malaysian Airlines on 21 Jul 1979. To Oman Aviation Services on 01 Sep 1981. To Fokker as PH-SAR on 05 Apr 1983 and on to Burma Airways as XY-AEK on 31 May 1984. Crashed on take off at Rangoon on 03 Feb 1989. This photo is copyright © Barry Taylor, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 6 December 2023, and has since been viewed 144 times. |