At MIACO's Safi facility for maintenance.

At MIACO's Safi facility.

For maintenance at MIACO's Safi facility.

At MIACO's Safi facility after maintenance and repainting from "950" of Pesca Peru (see photo ref. no. 441681)

At MIACO's Safi facility for maintenance.

At MIACO's Safi facility for maintenance. Ex-Piedmont Airlines.

Undergoing maintenance at MIACO's Safi facility.

Ex-XA-113/German Air Force.

Already carries the name Doornroosje on the left side, and Sleeping Beauty on the right side.

Piedmont's "Long Island Pacemaker" became Pyramid's "Red Sea Pacemaker" when sold after 10 years service in 4.78. Seen here after operation for the GUPCO oil company in Egypt, awaiting delivery to Provincetown-Boston Airline, who flew her till wfu at Hyannis, MA; b/u 7.93

DDA's second DC-3 making a low pass over runway 32 (now closed), at the end of its delivery flight from Malta, in the company of ill-fated sistership PH-DDA. It already carries the name "Doornroosje" just below the cockpit window (with "Sleeping Beauty" on the right side). This DC-3 would not fly again for 12 years due to a very thorough restoration. When it did, on 7 May 1999, the Pyramid Airlines colours in this photo (ex SU-BFY) had been replaced by a nice retro Martin's Air Charter livery. The aircraft was withdrawn from use in October 2012, and initially stored at Amsterdam-Schiphol. In September 2016 it was dismantled and transported by barge to the Aviodrome Museum at Lelystad.

Imagine my amazement as I was driving along the Southend seafront one Saturday and saw a procession of four YS-11s land one after another, all the more surprising as I'd shot them nicely just two months before in Malta. The other three were ex-Piedmont and had their individual "Pacemaker" names suitably adapted. Although this one was previously Gabon Government's TR-KIA, they still gave it a Piedmont-style scheme and name, "Suez Canal Pacemaker". The four were on delivery to PBA. N924 was b/u at Hyannis, MA 7.93