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It seems that all of the 'SUD" aircraft have been scrapped with one exception, PH-BUK, which is being preserved at the Nationaal Luchtvaart-Themapark Aviodrome at Lelystad Airport in the Netherlands. This aircraft spent its entire career in the KLM fleet, delivered in 1978 and withdrawn from service in 2003. |
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PH-BUK upper deck Photo courtesy of David Watkins @ www.jetphotos.com |
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PH-BUK being lifted from a barge in Harderwijk as part Photo by Christiaan Visse @ commons.wikimedia.org |
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Our Featured Video comes from the Simple Flying YouTube channel. In 2020, KLM retired its last Boeing 747 aircraft. This brought the curtain down on nearly half a century of jumbo jet operations at the Dutch flag carrier. The first variant of the ‘Queen of the skies’ that KLM operated was the 747-200, which initially had the same short upper deck as the original 747-100. However, several examples of KLM’s B-747-200's ended up having a stretched upper deck (SUD), which would eventually become a standard feature on later B-747's, but there’s an interesting story behind how these came to be, click the image to view the full video. |
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Hi Terry,
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Air Canada Oldtimers |
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Front row from the left are: Sandy Sandzuik, Art Flantula, Mike Davidson, Paul Stauch and Bill Kent. Back row: Ron Cannon, Roger Chapman, Nick Boere, Dennis Moore, Ray Thomson, P.J. Morrison, Fred Stokes and Roy Suginomori. Missing from the photo are: Al Jones, Len Pearson, Lino Fraresso and Jon MacKewicz. Editors' Note: Some of the names are partially illegible from the original copy. We apologize for any spelling errors. |
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From the "InfoCanadi>n" magazine. |
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Issue dated July 1993 |
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A310 conversion is Engineering's biggest project. Bringing the idea of an executive A310 to life, Engineering devoted a full year on designing and now supervising the configuration of the Department of National Defense (DND) executive aircraft. Engineering's design for the aircraft required over 4,000 work hours, says Systems and Interiors Engineering manager John Witt. "We've spent a full year on this project - it's Engineering's biggest job ever." DND is introducing four A310's to its fleet and Canadi>n is preparing the aircraft for delivery and maintaining them at the DND base in Trenton. Editor's Note by Ken Pickford: The Canadian Armed Forces took 5 of the 12 ex-Wardair A310's (all 5 still in service), inherited when Canadian acquired Wardair in 1989. The article mentions 4 but I see it's dated July 1993. The 5th arrived in August 1993. |
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Missing from picture was Ken Goosen, director of Central Engineering, who was involved in solving design and certification. |
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Systems and Interiors engineers included, from left, Ed Wagstaff, Russ Gibbon, Andy Burns, John Witt, and Dan Hink. |
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The group put in exhaustive hours at the computer-aided design machine and on the drafting table. |
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From the left, Dennis Chan, Technician, Don Morrison, manager, Ardeshir Darabi (seated), Engineer and Technicians Rob Ransley and Joe Kam. Photo essay by Howard Leibman, Contact News. |
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Some Interline deals from Perx & Dargal - Cruises
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Waterloo Warbirds now offering passenger flights in a classic MiG-15 UTI. Waterloo Warbirds, a small but dedicated group operating four classic jet trainers and one WWII veteran Harvard trainer, is pleased to at long last offer a unique experience for aviation enthusiasts and thrill-seekers alike: a flight in the original Russian swept-wing fighter jet, a MiG-15 UTI. This offering is a long-time coming for the Ontario, Canada-based jet team. Waterloo Warbirds’ MiG-15 (serial number 1A10017) was built in 1954 and started its life as a single seat jet fighter. After entering service in Poland, it was eventually converted to a two-seat trainer (SBLim-2, also categorized as a MiG-15 UTI), powered by a Klimov VK-1A jet engine with over 5,900 pounds of thrust. The MiG served in this capacity until being retired in February of 1992, a remarkably long military career for a single-engine jet. It was then purchased by a company in the United States and was dismantled and shipped to Pennsylvania in 1993. It was issued registration N15LC and finally flew again in 1998. In 2009, the MiG was purchased by Richard Cooper of Viper North and the registration changed to N15VN. Viper North brought the MiG to Canada in 2013, and in 2017, she became a member of Waterloo Warbirds’ fleet as C-FMVN, nicknamed Natasha. Source: skiesmag.com |
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