Arriving to pick up mail and some freight.

This Juno wears the name 'Aries' as a tribute to aircraft operated by the Shawbury based Empire Air Navigation School who undertook long range navigation flights to develop techniques and equipment. The first aircraft to be named Aries was 'Aries I' Lancaster B1 PD328, which circumnavigated the globe in late 1944. Subsequently Lincoln and Canberra aircraft have worn the name (Lincoln B1's 'Aries II' RE364 and Aries III RE367, Canberra B2 'Aries IV' WH699 and finally Canberra PR7 'Aries V' WT528).

Back in May 2012, we had a dozen similar Skymasters from Airscan transitting through Eelde on their way back to the States. Very nice to see this one making the opposite journey, hopefully with more to come. N952AS was supposed to be accompanied by N956AS, but unfortunately that aircraft went seriously tech in Iceland. The next few stops will be Zagreb, Crete and Egypt, after that I don't know. Final destination is Johannesburg (Rand airport, FAGM). N952AS was built in 1978. To Airscan in 2001. The aircraft recently changed owner and is now operated by Air USA.