D-CALU was never meant for Olympic. It received the livery for display at the Paris Air Show. D-CALU was flown by Air Vendee with this registration waiting approval of the acft type by French Civil Aviation (DGAC) and then was registered F-GGAV. After to US as N402VA

First time to catch this aircraft in Adelaide SA.

Approaching Texel's grass Rwy 22 is one of two Businesswings Do 228s flying in guests for today's airshow from Lelystad (EHLE).

Formerly 9878 of the German military, this aircraft became TR-LHE with SCD Aviation of Gabon after an overhaul. In 2010 it became S9-RAS.

Patrol aircraft of Nordholz-based Marinefliegergeschwader 3 'Graf Zeppelin'.

Sita Air, Agni Air, Nepal Airlines, Yeti Air and Shangri-La Air were all serving Lukla at this time, the Dorniers and Twin Otters being met by Sherpas using enormous wicker baskets on their backs to offload supplies - the village at the start of the Everest trail is totally dependent on the air connection. Agni Air have since adopted a more colourful livery

Sold in Germany as D-IERA in 1986. Later returned to the Australian register as VH-NSX

The pilots of Walter's Do-228s had a well-deserved reputation for making spectacular short approaches to the airports they served. I miss watching these guys.