First flight December 9th 1970, delivered new to Branifff as N601BN known as "The Big Orange". June 1982 N601BN Polar Aircraf Leasing. March 31st 1983 N601BN Metro Airways. December 1983 N601BN Tower Air. 1992 wfu and stored at JFK airport after 21 years in airlines service. May 1994 broken up there. Tower Air came twice averey sunday in May 1989, one from JFK and one from Miami. This photo is my first photo of a 747 at Fornebu, seen before the returnflight via Arlanda back to JFK. (Part ot the "Charter 89") when GEN was closed uintil September 15th 1989.

First flight at Renton May 21st 1989 and was deliverd new to Braathens SAFE June 7th 1989 named "Eirik Blodøks". LN-BRA was the first 734 to BU. May 1st 1999 OO-VEK Virgin Express. October 2000 OO-VEK leased to Ciry Bird for one year.. March 25th 2007 OO-VEK Brussels Airlines transferred.. June 28th 2012 wfu, ferried to Marana, USA, and broken up in 20013. Photographed the first day it was in service, waiting for first flight to Palma. From May 2n 1989 the old part of FBU was used for Charter flights due to Gardermoen was closed due to new rwy asfalt at GEN. Tower Air 747 N601BN seen behind.

Photographer: Al Rodriguez. K25 slide scan. Built 1962 as PH-DCO for KLM. Leased to Garuda 1972, reregistered PK-GEC 1974. Leased to ALM as PH-DCO 1978, sold to Gulfstream American as N121GA 1979 and stored at Mojave and Miami. Converted to freighter 1991 and delivered to ARCA Colombia 1992 as HK-3746X. Withdrawn Miami 1998 and scrapped 1999.

An ex British Airways airframe, broken up in 1999 and forward section preserved and displayed at the Hiller Aviation Museum painted as a Flying Tiger aircraft.

First flight November 30th 1970 at Long beach and delviere to Alitalia as I-DIZO February 16th 1971, named "Erice". Septeember 1980 until March 1987 I-DIZO leased to ATI.. March 1987 Alitalia (returned). February 23rd 1989 I-RIFQ rr, Alitalia. December 3rd 1992 I-RIFE rr Alitalia. November 17th 1996 N619NW Northwest Airlines. January 2006 wfu. August 2008 YV368T Aserca Airlines, named "Madre Teresa de Calcuta". wfu December 2012 Seen taxing for a departure back home to Italy from rwy 06. Altialia stated to fly to FBU in November 1988.

An ex British Airways airframe, broken up in 1999 and forward section preserved and displayed at the Hiller Aviation Museum painted as a Flying Tiger aircraft.