Early 1930's Waco ATO biplane exhibited airworthy at Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Dauster Field near St Louis.

Landing on Rwy 18R. The tall buildings in the background are the old sugar warehouses in Halfweg, then being rebuilt into office towers.

1929-built Waco JYM wearing the period colours of Northwest Airlines and the markings of Air Mail Route 9. Preserved airworthy by Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum.

1932-built Waco CTO wearing the emblem of the Advance Aircraft Co, a predecessor of Waco. Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum.

1929-built Fairchild KR-21 biplane displayed in the crowded Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum hangar. Type is sometimes referred to as the Kreider-Reisner KR-21A.

1941-built Culver Cadet displayed in the crowded HARM - Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum hangar.

The Driggs Dart II is a rare airworthy 1927-built two-seat radial-engined sesquiplane (a biplane with greatly differing upper and lower wing areas). Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum.

Then a very young 747, delivered on 28 October 2005.

A Gazprom delegation attended the World Gas Conference in Amsterdam.

A real old smoker of an Airbus! First flown as long ago as 6 January 1982, and basically still in TOA Domestic colours.

It doesn't show, but this immaculate Skymaster was delivered to the USAAF in June 1945 (as 45-507), which means that when this photo was taken, this beauty had just celebrated its 61st birthday. Roger Brooks purchased this former Arizona-based airtanker (ex Tanker 161) in February 2006. He used it to fly all kinds of freight out of its new homebase at Fairbanks, Alaska. Unfortunately it crashlanded near Nenana, AK on 17 January 2007. The wreck was stored at Nenana Airport and was still there by 2018.