First flown 12 March 1991 and delivered to Lufthansa 28 March on a three year lease as D-ACBC. Returned to Braathens SAFE as LN-BRJ Braathens SAFE and became the most colourful 737 in the fleet as it was used as the airline's promotional platform the following years as Sommerflyet, Olympiaflyet (both in several versions), and Trondheim 1000 år. After a while in all-white, she was repainted in Braathens' Aurora Borealis colours during the summer of 1998. To Air Baltic as YL-BBB in November 2003. Returned to SAS Norge June 2007 as LN-BRJ. Retired in April 2011 and later parted out at Kemble. Seen here at Fornebu commemorating The City of Trondheim's millennium.

Short final for runway 27L.

Registered as G-BCIB before delivery to the Japan Maritime Safety Agency as JA8800 in 1975. To International Aviation as VH-IBT in 1997 then to Collier Mosquito Control District as N643M in 1998. Current on the register with Win Win Aviation in 2022 and operating from Marana Regional, AZ.

On my two visits to Bankstown I saw a Skyvan registered as VH-IBS but they were different aircraft. Delivered to the Singapore Defence Force as 705 in 1973. Registered as as VH-IBS in 1995. To Collier Mosquito Control District as N642M in 1998. Still on the register in 2022.

Delivered to the Singapore Defence Force as 703 in 1973. To International Air Parts as VH-IBR in 1995 but not marked as such then to Collier Mosquito Control District as N644M in 1998. Still current on the register in 2022.

Delivered to the USAAF as 44-76968 then to the RAAF as A65-105 in 1945. Registered as VH-UPQ in 1969 and used by a number of operators. To Dakota National Air in 1994. Withdrawn from use at Bankstown by 2003 and stored at the Australian Aviation Museum. Broken up in 2019. The cockpit is on display at the CNAPG Ettamogah Australian Aviation Museums display, Table Top, NSW.

We had a pleasure flight over Sydney in this DC-3. Delivered to the USAAF as 44-76613 then to the RAF as KN470 in 1945. To the Pakistan Air Force as H-717 in 1947. Registered as G-ANMA then VH-MML in 1954, P2-MML in 1974, P2-ANV in 1975 and VH-MML then VH-BPN in 1977. Operated by Dakota National Air from 1995. Renamed to Discovery Airways in 2002 and went bankrupt in 2004. Stored at Bankstown. Moved by road to Molong in 2009.

Delivered to the USAAF as 43-49869 then to the RAAF as A65-68 in 1945. To Papua NG as P65-004 in 1975. Reserialled as P2-004 in 1991. Sold as VH-ATO in 1993. To Dakota National Air as VH-DNA in 1994 then to Discovery Airways in 2004. Last flew in 2008. Moved to Molong in 2009.

Wfu Aug96 and b/u 2004

Still in full Grand Canyon Airlines c/s, but with Scenic Airlines titles on the engines, and at their terminal in Las Vegas.

By this time the airframe was owned by Eagle Jet Service. May have been a spares unit for the Eagle Friendships operating in the region.

Delivered to British Airways as G-BCOF in 1975. Returned to British Aerospace in 1992. To Impulse Airlines as VH-IMK in 1995 then to International in 1996 and Horizon in 1998. To ZS-DBL in 2006 then to 5Y-BZR in 2011. Written off landing at Doro, South Sudan in 2012.

Registered as G-BBPT prior to delivery to TACV as CR-CAW in 1973. Reregistered as D4-CAW in 1984. To S and H Aircraft Services as N338C in 1997 and stored at Bankstown still in TACV colours, registration VH-IMJ allocated but never used. Moved to RAAF Amberley for fire training in 1999.