slide scan from the NK collection. - The operator of this Fokker Friendship was Uni-Air; the aircraft was painted in the old Uni-Air colours on this visit to Munich-Riem. After 8 years of service with Uni-Air, F-BYAO was sold to ARAT ("Avion de Recherche Atmosphérique et de Télédétection") and flew as a research aircraft until 2002. It was retired at Creil and scrapped after a few years.

Final livery

Operated by Uni-Air in East-West Airlines colours. Test Reg PH-FAX before delivery to East-West Airlines as VH-EWA in 1959. To Uni-Air as F-BYAO in 1977. Converted to a series 700 with a cargo door in 1986 then to the IGN - Institut Géographique National in 1988. Converted to an ARAT (Avion de Recherche Athmospherique) version with test reg F-WYAO in 1989. Back to F-BYAO in 1989. Retired at Creil in 2004 and scrapped in 2007.

Operated by Uni Air, and still in East-West Airlines colours.

Ex VH-EWA, registered 15th Nov 1977 and sold to Institut Géographique National June 1988. In this photo it had recently been returned to Uni-Air from a short lease to Air Sénégal.