JUS827 taxiing out for departure to KYIP. Built in 1974, ex F-WMKG, N4444F, N86W, N98LB, and OE-GNN. Still wearing her previous operator's title on the tail for some reason.

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!