Making a heavy landing at Chicago

Seen making a heavy landing at Manchester

St. Thomas was notorious among pilots for its short (then 4,658 ft) runway; the B727 was the heaviest type authorised to use it, and even then only in one direction. After the fatal crash of an AA 727 there in 4.76, the airline suspended jet service to the island and introduced Convairliners. This 440 was originally Garuda's PK-GCT in 1.58 and was b/u at Carlsbad in 1993. My arrival at STT was by Eastern - 727.... but I left on a Dak!

Built in 1988, and still with her first owner.

Seen turning onto the runway at Reagan National Airport. Canon AE-1, 70-210 lens, Ektachrome 100 ISO

This B737 (one of the old and noisy kind) was acquired by American through their take-over of AirCal in 1987. It was withdrawn from use a year after this photo was taken, and then spent some years in Mexico, before ending up with an airline in Peru in 1998. It was acquired by the Peruvian Air Force in 2005, but by 2014 they had abandoned it in a boneyard at Lima-Callao.

N8433 pushes back during American's unsuccessful first foray into the Australian market.

American used these CV440s for services between the Caribbean Islands, many of which had short runways like the one here at St Thomas