This Mustang, redsignated as an F-51D in 1948, had the honour of being the last prop-driven fighter operational with a USAF tactical unit when retired by the 167th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (ANG), Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, WV in January 1957. It was ferried in these colours from Charleston, WV to Patterson Field, OH for preservation at the USAF Museum, being met over Ohio by an F-100 Super Sabre. It seems rather surprising in view of its significance as the last P-51 in service that by 1982 it had been repainted to represent a different aircraft (see my 2024 photo)

It was very difficult shooting in the dark corners of the USAF Museum on Kodachrome, but modern processing of the scan has produced this result. A Black Widow that was used for thunderstorm research from Clinton County AFB, OH and radar testing from Wright Field post-war, going to the Boy Scouts of America for display in Urbana, OH in 1949. Donated to USAFM in 1958 and painted as P-61B 42-39468 of the 55th Night Fighter Sqdn, scrapped at Clark in the Philippines in 1949. A few years after this shot, that serial was applied at the museum but it later reverted to the true identity for this frame

built as a TC-131E for the US Air Force. Ex N105 with the FAA. To the US Navy as N3UW, in 1997 to the University of Washington before becoming a freighter with Contract Air Cargo, then to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter - converted to a Convair 5800. In 2007 to Gulf & Caribbean Air - IFL Group operating in the Miami area (photographer not known)

Photographer: Unknown photographer.

This slide was taken at the Blue Angels hangar at Pensacola not long after the Blue Angels mid-air collision at NAS Lakehurst, which was the last time the F-4s were used by the team. In 1974 153084 was transferred to NATC. Later it was converted to a EF-4J and assigned to VAQ-33 from 1976-80. It was then converted to a DF-4J, spending 1983-85 at PMTC. Retired in 1985 and stored at AMARC.

Last Superfreighter built

Photo by Steve Kraus.

Ex-SE-FPF. Later SE-FPF, N404RS. Written off 25-Feb-1985, Sunset Hills, Missouri. Photo by Tuomo T. Mäkinen

slide from Norbert Kröpfl. - This Falcon 20 was the personal aircraft of Jean-Bédel Bokassa, the ruler of the Central African Republic, and was operated out of its base Bangui from 1969 until 1974. Sold via Switzerland as HB-VER, the bizjet found new owners in Saudi Arabia for the following 25 years, registered as HZ-KA3 and HZ-NES. Therafter it was flown to the US as N174BD and was finally noted as such in storage at Fayetteville AR in 2007.

Photographer unknown

Photographer: Unknown photographer.

went to Air North in 1980 - in 1998 registered as N9891A (photographer unknown)

Registered in November 1963. Bob Kerr photo

slide scan from the NK collection. - DAN AIR operated this Comet from 1972 until 1979; the airliner was put on display in the Wroughton Science Museum in November 1979.

slide scan from the NK collection. - DAN AIR London started Boeing 727 operations in 1972 with three aircraft acquired from Japan Airlines. G-BAEF was one of those and is shown here in its initial colour scheme.

First flight 5th May 1949. Delivered to RAF as VS618 18th May 1949. Declared non-effective 17th August 1955. Registered G-AOLK 25th April 1956. Made its last flight 9th October 2009 and cancelled by the CAA 9th February 2010. Now with the RAF Museum.

Delivered new to Capital Airlines as N7457 in December 1956. Capital merged with United Airlines in June 1961. Sold to TACA in January 1969 and reregistered YS-28C. To Aeropesca Columbia Airline in March 1975, registered as HK-1773 (later reregistered HK-2382). On 26 March 1982 it flew into a mountain while enroute from Bogota to Villavincio, with all 21 aboard perishing.

Taxi-ing for a departure from Prestwick on the then Runway 31, probably on a summer service to the Isle of Man. This colour scheme was applied to 4 HS-748s acquired when Dan-Air finally bought Skyways International out of administration in April 1972. It formed a new subsidiary company, Dan-Air Skyways, which was fully integrated into Dan-Air in 1974.