Taken as dusk falls, appropriately enough from the Pan Am Worldport of course. National Airlines received N69NA fresh off the line in 6.75, merging into PA in 1.80. Went to American as N161AA in 11.83 and bought by Omni Air in 11.97. Converted to firebomber and active as N450AX with "10 Tanker Air Carrier" titles.

Delivered 1.7.60, wfu at Kansas City April 1979 and broken up May 1982

Typical Seventies afternoon view from the Pan Am building of European heavies on turnaround. OY-KHA was later LN-AEO then G-BMGS with BA/Caledonian and G-VOYG with Virgin from 2.90; to Kemble 11.98 for spares recovery and b/u 1.99

On take-off from JFK

Although built in 1972, this N.262 was intially stored, not going into service till 1976 when converted to Mohawk 298 spec (to meet US FAR 298 regulation) by repacing the Turbomeca Bastan turboprops with P&WC PT-6As. Sold to Lloyd Aviation (later Queensland Pacific Airlines) as VH-HEI in 6.87. Parked up at Bundaberg, QLD, from 11.95 after the type was wfu with fatigue cracking in the airframe and engine mounts and since sunk as a diving wreck on the Great Barrier Reef

Here resplendent in her classic original colours, 'GB was delivered in 12.70 and was sold to Nationair as C-GNXH 20 years later, then being leased to Garuda for three periods before going into store at Mojave in 1.94; b/u early 1998

Later N458AC,and N809AL. Withdrawn and stored at Goodyear in March 2003 and later scrapped