First flight April 6th 1990 and deliverd to Braathens SAFE 13 days later as the 2nd 735 for BU. Put into service with "Sommerflyet" colours with the first flower decoration earlier shown in 1988 with N197JQ. September 1990 LN-BRD repaintd to standard BU colours, and given the name "Harald Gille". 1999 LN-BRD repaintd to the new blue BU livery, and winter 2002/03 repaintd to the final BU livery. April 1st 2005 SAS Braathens tfd. June 1st 2007 SAS Norge tfd. September 24th 2007 VP-BRP Aeroflot-Nord. December 1st 2009 Nordavia tfd. March 12th 2019 wfu, but March 20th 2019 Smartavia. N735T 2020

Departing on flight EI3281 to Dublin as Stobart 81DR with Stobart Air titles on door only.

Parted out Jun 2021, Enschede-Twente.

slide scan from the NK collection. - Great Northern operated a total of seven Electras between 1976 and 1980, including two aircraft which were leased from Zantop. This ex-Western Airlines aircraft kept its registration with several follow-on operators and was withdrawn from service in 1989. The last airline to use it was Spirit of America Airlines; the Electra was scrapped at Greenville in 1993.

One of the last photos of the DH.66 prototype. Then five years old, it crashed at Kupang during a proving flight from Britain to Australia in April 1931. This photo must have been taken in the Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia) as one of the barrels appears to read 'De Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij' and the other 'Palembang'. The photo is indeed dated 1931 by the Dutch source. Note retrofitted enclosed cockpit. Photo from: KB - National Library of the Netherlands

'In service on the India route.' This one was the last of eleven DH.66 aircraft built, ordered as a replacement in 1929. She made a route proving flight to Cape Town in December 1931. The later DH.66 airframes featured an enclosed cockpit which was retrofitted to the earlier machines. Postcard.

Continuing expansion allowed by deregulation, Piedmont Airlines added some thirty-three used 727-200s in the early to mid 1980s to reach the US West coast. This former Western Airlines airliner (1977 - 84) would merge into US Air's fleet as N749US in 1989. It was next flown by American Transair 1996 - 2001 registered N784AT. The aircraft would last fly with Astar Air Cargo (2005 - 2006) until stored at Kingman, AZ in DHL colors.

First flight March 12th 1991. LN-BRJ was the only B737-505 that never wore the complete Braathens SAFE livery, due to its use at Sommerfly, and Olympiafly and the jubille ot Trondheim 1000 years in 1997. In 1998 it was complete white before being repainted to the new blue Braathens livery. November 2003 YL-BB Air Baltic. April 10th 2004 returned to SAS Braathens inn all white colours. June 1t 2007 tfd to SAS Norge, all white until repiante ot SASA Norge colours early 2008. October 1st 2009 SAS tfd, "Olav Tryggvasson". September 21st 2009 wfu at Kemble, UK and broekn up there i Jan uary 2012.

Ex-LY-AVY, CCCP-67509. Stored 2007 at Bratislava (BTS/LZIB), cancelled 2013

Ex-ES-LJD, OY-SVR, G-LAKL, D-CONA, G-31-701. Preserved at Kiviõli, Estonia 2017

After the Trondheim LN-BRJ operated for Braathens SAFE in this neutralized liverey, with only text was the LN-BRJ and the name Olav Tryggvasson for 7 months before repainted to the blue Braathens colours as the first LN- reg Boeing 737-505.

Renamed from Empress of Rio de Janeiro for the occasion, this aircraft opened a polar route from Vancouver to Amsterdam, with one stop in Churchill, Manitoba or Sondrestrom, Greenland. To UAT / UTA as F-BHMS in 1959. Crashed into Mt Alcazaba in Spain on 2 October 1964; 80 killed. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)