Built 1980, ex N6679H and N400WP, when registeretd January 28th 1986 as LN-MOB to Mørefly, who wanted to start regional services from Ålesund to Aberdeen. In 1993 used as air ambulance. From January 1998 it was transferred to Lufttransport, who became the operator for "Statens Luftambulanse". Repainted to the standard red and white livery in 2002. LN-MOB became the very last aircraft to operate at Fornebu airport late in the evening of 7 October 1998. Three hours after the official closure of the airport, LN-MOB operated the final ambulance flight. Seen here at a fine day in September 1990

First flght October 27th 1988 at Schipol as PH-EXI. Deliverd as LN-BBD to Busy Bee October 11th 1988 as 4th Fokker 50. Wfu Decembr 1992 as BS went bankrupt after loosing contracts with SAS and Norwegian Air Force. April 1993 OO-VLM VLM Airlines. Decembr 1997 PH-VLM rr and "Ville de Nantes,". April 2002 OO-VLM rr and "City of Antwerp" and repainted to special colours. Leased to Cityjet as OO-VLM. Septembr 8th 2016 PH-VLM Denim Air. January 2017 HP-1921PST Air Panama. February 2017 wfu and stored at Panama City airport- Balboa. Seen on final approach to rwy 24 at FBU

First Flight August 12th 1986 and deliverd to Adria Airways as YU-ANO septembr 10th 1986. May 3rd 1991 leased to Croatia Airlines for 5 months. Octobr 1991 YU-ANO Adria Airways returned. Decembr 26th 1991 SL-ABD rr. In 1992 opf ALM for 5 months and three mths in 1993. Marsch 31st 1993 S5-ABD rr Adria Airways and trepaintd in the new ADR colours. June 4th 1994 D-ALLT AeroLloyd. Decembr 1994 leased to Dinar Líneas Aereas, and July 1st 1995 leased to Oasis. October 1st 1996 AeroLloyd returnd Febr 28th N944AM Aeromexico. August 2001 N135NJ Vanguard, Febr 2004 Transmeridian. June 4th 2007 ZS-TRF

First flight December 29th 1988. May 13th 1989 5B-DAT Cyprus Airways. April 26th 1990 leased by Adria Airways as YU-AOB for 8 months. December 12th 1990 5B-DAT Cyprus Airways returned. March 29th 2005 WFU and stored at Opa Locka, USA. March 30th 2005 N820AT AeroTurbine. April 2006 broken up after 15 years of flying, one of the earliest A320s with IAE V2500 engines, note the "IAE" logo on engines. Adria took over the medical charters to Yugoslavian resorts after JAT in 1990. Seen at pushback from gate 38 in 1990

First flight October 12th 1967 at Hurn as G-16-2. October 15th 1968 FAB2111 Brazilian Air Force as BAC VC-92, VIP config. December 8th 1976 G-BEJM BAC 1-11-423ET Ford Motor Company, VUIP config, with Blue chatline swinging up on Orange tail. August 1989 it was repainted to the colours seen on this photo. October 9th 1997 WFU. October 20th 1997 G-BEJM TwinJet, config VIP. April 8th 1998 PK-TST Indonsia Air Transport, named "Lion". 2004 WFU and stored at Jakarta Halim Pedanakusuma Airport. Later broken up there. Seen parked at FBU in August 1990

First flight 1971, ex N894K. December 20th 1978 LN-PAJ Paralift, opf PartnAir as one of two King Air 100s. August 7th 1991 C-GKBZ Ken Borek Air. Seems to be WFU some time after 2012. Seen arriving rwy 24 in August 1990, my final shot of LN-PAJ and of PartnAir, while it is passing a SAS MD-80 parked at gate 38.

First flight 1981 as C-GLXM. ex HB-VHC. 1989 N600ST opf John Fredriksen, Oslo. November 1990 5B-CHX rr. 1994 N5112WP. July 1998 N600BZ Bombardier Capital. November 7th 2002 N858PJ SWVP Management Inc. May 23rd 2007 N858PJ Challenger Inc. March 3rd 2018 WFU. Was based at FBU between 1989 and 1994, seen parked between flights in augst 1990.

Built 1975 In use as LN-MTY for Twin Taxi from Befruary 1988 until November 1993

First flight September 9th 1989 as PH-EZX, ordered by KLM but ntu. December 27th PH-ZCN Air Europe until March 8th 1991 when AE ceased to opperate. Octboer 12th 1993 G-UKFI Air UK. January 30th 1998 tfd to KLM uk. March 30th 2003 tfd KLM Cityhopper uk. June 30th 2003 PH-OFI rr KLM Cityhoppper. February 23rd 2009 WFU and stored at Woensdrcth, and in February 2011 broken up there... Seen arriving rwy 24 from Gatwick

First flight March 25th 1982 at Everett. Used by Boeing as a Demonstrator for customers worldwide, before delivered to United Airlines as N605UA November 3rd 1982. February 2004 it was WFU after 25 years for UA and stored at Victorville. From September 2007 it flew for Vision Airways, and in October 2005 it was rr to N769VA. December 2015 it was stored at San Bernadino, and broken up there in April 2019. Boeing arrived FBU that afternoon, it came from Amman. and the next day it flew nonstop from FBU to Seattle-Everett. I came to Braathens SAFE who had oredered two 767s in 1980. Photo by Jan Olav Martinsen

First flight January 16th 1969 as PH-ZAD, and delivered new as the first of 5 ordered F.28s for Braathens SAFE in March 3rd 1969. Given the name "Olav Kyrre" in 1971. October 1st 1986 I-TIAP Unifly Express. May 1988 I-TIAP Alinord (leased). November 1995 N37RT, December 1995 OB-1636 Aero Continente. 2006 Norsk Luftfartsmuseum bought the aircraft in Peru and brought it back home by sea. It is painted in the 1970's Braathens livery, and on display at the musum in Bodø since 09-2011. It is seen taxing for a rwy 24 departure, passing the tail of Scanex King Air C90 LN-KCR wich was crashed in 1987.

First flight August 13th 1984 as G-31-41, delivere4d to Swedair as SE-IPD December 20th 1985. 1987 SE-IPD leased to Air-X, and 1988 SE-IPD leased to Norsk Air. December 28th 1988 G-REGB Region Airways. October 6th 1989 SE-IPD Air Nordic (op in ex Region Aiwyas colours). May 1993 OY-SVZ Sun-Air of Scandinavia. May 2004 OY-SVZ Classic Norway Air. May 2007 LN-SVZ rr. 2008 or later HI918 SAP- Servicios Aereos Profecionales Photo shot by my good friend Jan Olav Martinsen, with his permission to upload. Seen ready to depart rwy 24.

First flight 1960, delviered new January 31st 1960 as N6226A to American Airlines as "Flagship Tucson". March 30th 1970 N6126A McCulloch Properties, May 1972 McCulloch International Airlines. July 1977 N651126A converted to freighter. July 29th 1977 N6126A Great Northern Airlines, September 1977 N404GM rr. November 22nd 1980 N669F Fleming International Airways. September 1983 CAM Air International. August 1985 Spirit of America Airlines. November 1988 TPI International Airways, lease to Air Bridge Carriers and opf EMS in EMS colours. June 5th 1991 LN-FOL Fred Olsen.

This photo was taken at Fornebu a few weeks before the Friendship crashed on approach to this very airport 23 December 1972. Photographer unknown

First flight at Schipol as F27.100 PH-FDO May 3rd 1962. cvt to F.27.200 and delivered to LTU as D-BAKE August 30th 1962. March 1965 HB-AAU Balair. April 1972 PH-KFC NLM. January 1977 PH-KFC NLM Cityhopper transferred. September 1981 A2-ADG Air Botswana. October 1988 OY-BVH Business Flight. 1992 WFU and parked at Roskilde. Broken up there 1996, but fuelsage had been tranported by truck to Kastrup South for use as a Firetrainer. was still at CPH in 2011. Photographed at the Cargo Ramp in July 1990.

Seen at Fornebu in the very last livery used by Busy-Bee. Written off at Delhi 8 March 1994.

Note the Olympiatoppen sticker by the door. Olympiatoppen is responsible for training Norway's elite athletes. Braathens was their sponsor in the late 1980s/early 1990s. LN-BUC was delivered new to Braathens SAFE 15 September 1994, repainted to Braathens colours in 1998. To SAS Braathens in 2004 and SAS Norge (identified by carrying only the Norwegian flag not all three flags). To SAS October 2009 until withdrawn from use at the end of 2012. Bought by Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services at parted out at Knock, Ireland by 2015.

Master Aviation's very discreet insignia is to the left of the door.

Originally built as a Cessna 550 (c/n 550-0177) before conversion to Cessna 551. First registered N550LP, then to Norway as LN-AFG in May 1990, sold as 5B-CIS in August 1994, but remained in Norway. Returned to the Norwegian register in October 1996 as LN-AAC. To N754AA in October 1997 and YV-2567P in December the same year. Later re-registered YV1776. Seen in the setting autumn sun at Fornebu still on Cypriot register.

First flight February 16th 1987 at Renton. March 5th 1987 delivered new to KLM as PH-BDL, leased from GECAS. August 31st 2001 N372PA GECAS returned. December 4th 2001 N372PA Vacation Express (leased from GECAS). October 2006 new lessor: Aergo Capital. December 6th 2006 VP-BBH KD Avia (leased from Aergo Captial). September 2009 wfu at Kaliningrad. Stored at Paris- CDG and at Vilnius. 2012 broken up at Vilinus. Seen climbing after take-off rwy 06 on schedule back to AMS in June 1990