Photographer: Al Rodriguez. K25 slide scan. Delivered 1966, withdrawn 1980 at Davis Monthan for part out and scrap in KC-135 modernization program.

July/45: TOS USAAF as B-29A 44-62070. April/46: Converted to TB-29. October/51 to April/52: Restored back to B-29A. April/52: 310th Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill AFB, KS. August/53: 3510th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, TX. November/53: Converted to TB-29A. October/56: TOS USN; to Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA; used as a range target. March/71: Confederate Air Force with c/n N4249. Restored to ferry. August/71: Ferried to Harlingen, TX. By 1978: Restored using parts from three other B-29s. August/81: Re-registered as N529B. 1983: Used in the movie, "The Right Stuff" as the mother ship. 2006-2010: Full overhaul and new engines.

K25 slide scan. Delivered 1973. World Airways N105WA 1988, leased to MAS 1991-1992. AVCOM UN-10200 1994, reregistered RA-10200 1995. ChallengAir OO-HVA 1995, TAESA XA-TDC 1996, leased to STAF until 1999. Cielos del Peru OB-1749 2000, active until about 2008. Noted stored Lima 2011, subsequently broken up. When facing headwinds Martinair's DC-10's occasionally refuelled at Nuremberg on their way from the Gulf to Amsterdam.

In July 1978 HMS Ark Royal was undergoing maintenance at Mayport Naval Base in Jacksonville, FL. During that time 809 Sq. operated out of NAS Cecil Field, near Jacksonville and conducted training flights all around the U.S., including NAS Alameda, CA. XV333 is currently on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton.

In July 1978 HMS Ark Royal was undergoing maintenance at Mayport Naval Base in Jacksonville, FL. During that time 809 Sq. operated out of NAS Cecil Field which was near Jacksonville. The squadron conducted training flights around the U.S. including NAS Alameda, CA. XV344 is currently on display at the Defense Science & Technology Lab at Farnborough.

In July 1978 HMS Ark Royal was undergoing maintenance at Mayport Naval Base, Jacksonville, Florida. During that time 809 Squadron, operating out of NAS Cecil Field near Jacksonville, conducted training flights around the U.S. to include NAS Alameda, CA.

K25 slide scan. Built 1961 for Iberia. Leased to APSA as OB-R931 1969, returned as EC-ARC to Aviaco 1972. American Jet Industries N57AJ 1978, Nordair C-GNDF 1979, Air Fleets International N3751X, later N893AF 1980. Painted for the Lord's Airline 1990 but never operated and scrapped Miami 1993.

Photographer: Unknown photographer. Possibly Bo-Göran Lundkvist.

Three Grumman TBM Avengers were imported by Israeli operators for agricultural use in the late 1960s or early 1970s and some flew on spraying contracts in Greece. In July 1978 the three aircraft were parked on the northeast side of Herzlia Airport still wearing their US registrations. Pictured are (L to R) N7850C (msn 2094, ex US Navy 69355), N6582D (ex-Royal Canadian Navy 385) and N6829C (msn 4646, ex US Navy 91741) with registrations confirmed from my other photographs. N7850C is now preserved at the IAF Museum at Hatzerim AFB and N6582D was seen in Nov. 2017 being restored at Herzlia Airport. The fate of N6829C is not known.

Photo by David Menard.

K25 slide scan. Built 1965 as N405PA for Pan American. THY TC-JBT 1978, To USAF 1985 as N5519U for part out at Davis Monthan in C-135 modernization program. THY 707's usually would only show up during summer and christmas traffic peaks.

K25 slide scan. Aircraft with a well documented history. Showing an assortment of period ground handling equipment.

slide scan from the NK collection. - ship no. 14 was built for Bonanza in 1965, and after service with ITAVIA it has been operated for Airborne Express for more than 20 years before being retired. It was broken up as N925AX at Cincinnati OH in 2007.