Built 1971, ex N7631Q and D-IEAW when registered LN-AFA in July 1981 for Ascor Flyservice A/S at Fornebu. Operated until Ascor went bankrupt in May 1991. November 14th 1991 sold as N453C Seen parked in front of the original terminal, in June 1987, it was always nice to see Ascor Aircraft. Scanned from slide

Built 1975, previous identity N15DR. February 16th 1988 LN-MTY, privately owned, 1992 opf Twin Taxi, Fornebu. November 22nd 1993 sold as N31MG, later N310PG. My first shot of LN-MTY, parked at the old Fornebu apron

First flight January 25th 1988, and delivered new to SAS February 10th 1988 as the second of two MD-83s, named "Erik Viking". June 22nd 1991 transferred to Scanair and named "Puff". December 1991 rr to SE-DPI still for Scanair.. September 23rd 1993 SE-DPI leased to Venus Airlines. January 11th 1994 SE-DPI SAS "Balder Viking" March 11th 2003 N861GA Allegiant Air. Auugust 2018 wfu and stored at Opa Locka from September 2003. August 24th 2018 N861GA World Atlantic Airlines, stored at Baranguilla September 2021. August 1st 2023 moved to Blytheville. Seen rahter new afte arriving rwy 06 from CPH.

Built 1976, November 25th 1976 SE-GRP. May 10th 1979 OY-CBV Business Flight. August 1st 1979 LN-KCI Scanex Air. March 31st 1981 OY-CBV Business Flight, opf Norsk Air 1984 -1987, hence the colours. Later F-OGPQ and F-GLIF for Trans Helicopere Service from July 12th 1990. Written off April 27th 2010 after landing short of runway at Arlit, Niger. Seen at the Oslo Fornebu, parked in April 1988. Scanned from a slide

My first photo of this fine P-51D Mustang, originally built in 1944, opb USAAF as 44-73877. 1951 9279 for RCAF, 403sqc at Calgary. 1958 sold to the first civil owner as N6320T. April 29th 1968 N167F Finefrock, Oklahoma until damaged September 1st 1969 while taxing at air show in Texas, collided with another Mustang. Rebuilt and rejoined with Finefrock until 1980. September 1980 sold to Scandinavian Historic Flight, and rebuilt at Fort Colllins, Colorado. First post-restoration flight made in 1985. 2001 repainted, still N167F.. March 2nd 2015 G-SHWN Sharkmouth LTD, flown in RAF 112sqn , Duxford. Scanned from a slide

LN-FOI was the last of the three Electras to be repainted late 1986, but I did not see it before this day in february 1988, arrived in the morning and parked at the Cargo terminalall day until teh evening when it took off again. LN-FOI kept these colours until wfu at Fornebu in 1997, as Fred Olsen shut down the airlines started in 1946, becuse he would not invest in new buildings at ENGM/OSL which was to open October 8th 1998, and the fleet of L-188 Electra was nearing their livit of flhying, while the 727F and the 737f took over.

First flight June 10th 1980 as N57001. June 24th 1980 C-GQBJ Quebecair. May 1st 1982 G-GJZV Britannia Airways, November 1982 Quebecair (returned). April 25th 1983 N388PA Pan Am. December 11th 1985 C-GQBJ Quebecair. December 11th 1986 LN-BRL rr, March 1987 LN-BRL Braathens SAFE "Sigurd Munn". November 1992 LN-BRL LACSA. June 4th 1993 LN-BRL Braathens SAFE. September 26th 1994 wfu. October 15th 1994 N232TA TACA. October 2003 wfu and stored at Roswell, broken up there in June 2008. The first of three 737-200s leased to expand the fleet. Scanned from slide

Delivered new 9th February 1961 as L-188A Electra N9646C for Western Airlines.. 1969 converted to L-188A(F) freighter, still for Western. August 18th 1972 LN-MOI Nordic Air. LN-MOI bought by Fred. Olsen August 20th 1973, an rr to LN-FOH August 28th 1973. Op. by FOF in ex Nordic colours until repainted to FOF colours second half of 1974. Repainted to these new white FOF colours in 1985. March 1988 it was painted black for the "Air de Cologne" project by SAS Cargo.. FOF colours 1990, flew with TNT stickers in 1991, FOF cs until wfu 01-1997. OE-ILA 03-1998, C-GLBA 07-2007. 60 years of flying.

First flight July 25th 1975 at Long Beach, delivered new to Swissair as HB-ISN September 11th 1975, named "Sion". Ocotober 30th 1987 SE-DFN SAS "Ingvar Viking", March 3rd 1988 OY-CTB rr. October 4th 1990 I-SMEJ Alisarda, January 1991 I-SMEJ Meridiana tfd. May 1999 wfu. October 20th 1999 N2248F Amtec. June 20th 2000 UR-BYL Hunair, October 2001 Khors Aircompany, April 2004 Aero Asia International. October 5th 2008 4L-BNN Sky Georgia. 2009 wfu and stored at Tbilisi. SAS leased three DC-9-51s a few years while waiting for new MD-80s Seen vacating rwy 06 after arrival

One of the delicious ideas of SAS Cargo, to paint one of FOFs Electars in black and call it "Air de Cologne" just to mark Cologne as a new hub for Cargo operaions.

This is my first photo of Warbirds of Norway's AT1-6 Harvard II LN-TEX, built in 1944 Always nice to be at Kjeller. Scanned from a slide

First flight June 16th 1987 at Long Beach. Delivered new to SAS July 7th 1987 as the 8th MD-81, and my first photo of a new MD-80 with the new "MD-87-like" end of tail. Named "Hasting Viking". Converted to MD-82 in March 1997. In 2003 repainted to the new SAS colours, December 12th 2004 N868GA Allegiant Air, converted to MD-83, as ship no 868. July 31st 2016 wfu and later stored at Stuttgart Municipal Airport (KSGT / SGT). Later broken up there

First flight May 15th 1987 PH-EXC, second F50 Production model. August 10th 1987 D-AFKA DLT. March 1st 1992 Lufthansa CityLine transfrd. November 1992 stored at Woensdrech as PH-ARD. April 27th 1994 SX-BSE Southeast European Airlines. April 1st 1995 Z-WPG Zimbabwe Express Airlines. September 30th 1997 OO-VLG VLM. October 18th 2002 wfu at Brussels, for scrapping. Sorry the strong backlight, but I had a tip that a Fokker 50 had arrived at FBU for the first time, a demo flight for Busy Bee I beleive it was, I only reached to grasp my camera as I parked to get this departure shot at rwy 24.

First flight December 24th 1964 at Schipol, Jan. 18th 1965 deliverd new to EAST-WEST Airlines, named "City of Orange". October 25th 1978 LN-NPI Airexecutive Norway as their 5th F.27. 1981 LN-NPI Busy Bee of Norway. May 18th 1993 SE-KZF Air Nordic. September 1996 stored at Woensdrecht. April 1997 SE-KZF for Swe Aviation Europe (SAE). wfu August 2000. November 2002 9G-AIR Sobel Air Gabon, later Air Max Gabon and later La Nationale. October 2006 wfu and stored at Accra. LN-NPI was shot newly repainted to the 1986 revision of the BS colours, and seen outside the BU Hangar at FBU.

Built 1982 as a Tu-134AK for the Soviet Air Force, operated by "Aeroflot". 1993 RA-65904 Russia State Transport Company , and converted to Tu-134A-3. Seems to have been wfu in 2013. This was one of up to five Aeroflot aircraft parked at Fornebu while president Mikael Gorbachev visited Norway in 1988. Two Tu-154B-2x, this Tu-134AK and two Yak-40s.

Built 1980, ex N6679H and N400WP, when regiteretd January 28th 1986 as LN-MOB to Mørefly A/S, who wanted to start regional services from Ålesund to Aberdeen. In 1993 used as an Air Ambulance. From January 1998 it was transferred to Lufttransport, who were awarded to be responsible for "Statens Luftambulanse". Repainted to the standard red and white livery in 2002. October 7th 1998 LN-MOB became the LAST aircraft to arrive and depart Fornebu airport late in the evening, as the airport had closed at around 07:30 pm local time. 3 hours later it opened because of an ambulance, flown by LN-MOB.

Built 1984, and delivered to Aeroflot in October 1986. 1993 RA-85603 for the Russian Aeroflot. June 1995 RA-85603 for Orenburg Airlines, 1999 Rusavia International Aviatransport, May 2001 UTAir Aviation, 2002 Tyumanaviatrans, and wfu December 2002 for Orenair. It has been placed for outoor static display at Orenburg Aviation Museum. One of the two Tu-154B-2s used the president Gorbachev visited Norway

First flight January 10th 1981 and delivered new to Finnair January 24th 1981. September 19th 2003 UR-CCK for Khors Aircompany. June 2008 4L-GNL Georgian National Airlines, named "Laura" and leased from Khors. wfu and stored at Kharkiv (UKHH / HRK). Seen arrivign rwy 24 on the late AY797 flight nostop from Helsinki.

built 1964, ex OE-FLT 1964 and D-IEHS 1974, when registered LN-AEM March 2nd 1987. Sold February 8th 1989 as TF-AFM. Damaged at incident at Kjevik airport May 3rd 1989, and later used for fire exercices at the airport. Seen parked for Christmas, with the other two PD CV-580s seen behind

First flight 1978 as N890MA. ex OY-SUF when registered LN-HAC August 13th 1987 for Haydn Air Charter. Sold January 19th 1990 as N890MA, later N911JU 1991 and N777LP in 1996. Seen parked with ill-fated CV-580 LN-PAA behind.