Delivered to Lufthansa as D-AIBD in 1979. To Orion Airways as G-BMZK in 1987 then to Iberia as EC-273 then EC-EON in 1989. Last flight to Tehran-Mehrabad in 2006 and broken up for parts.

Delivered to Lufthansa as D-ABEQ in 1968. To People Express as N410PE in 1982 who merged into Continental Airlines in 1987 then to SARO as XA-RSY in 1992. Withdrawn from use at Monterrey, Mexico in 1995 and scrapped in 1998.

Delivered to Lufthansa as D-ABGI in 1971. To Pan Am as N879UM in 1986. Stored at Smyrna, TN in 1991. To Air Terrex Slovakia, later Air Slovakia as OM-CHD in 1994. Withdrawn from use and scrapped at Lasham, UK in 2000.

On this mild evening LH1834 arrives with two and a half hours delay from Munich.

Delivered to Lufthansa as D-ABKN in 1978. To Istanbul Airlines as TC-AFT in 1992 then to TAME Ecuador as HC-BZR/FAE-618 in 1999. Stored at Latacunga by 2006. Last seen in 2008. Scrapped.

Lovehansa departing Glasgow for Frankfurt

The first Lufthansa scheduled flight to Fornebu was on 5 November 1966. From time onwards, Lufthansa operated a weekly Saturday CV-440 flight from Hamburg via Gothenburg to Fornebu, and the first arrival was photographed on a rainy opening day. First flight was in 1957, and delivered new to LH as D-ACEX on 18 September 1957. On 31 June 1968 it was sold to Air Algerie as 7T-VAY, and converted to a CV-640 with RR Dart 542 turbo prop engines. April 1982 N849TA for Atlas Aircraft Corp, and a month later to C-GQCY for High Line Airways. To Norcanair in 1988, operated for TimeAir unitl withdrawn from use in March 1993.

Photo Barney Deatrick

This 742 was delivered to Lufthansa in April 1986 and is pictured taxiing on to stand at EDDF. The plane was wfu in November 2001, ferried to Pinal Air Park (MZJ) where is was subsequently scrapped.