Heads up if you are along the English south coast this afternoon - two more Sea Kings on their way to Chard - OO-SEE and OO-KNGOur route with RS04 & RS02 ![]()
We plan to leave Koksijde, Belgium at 13:45 local
Air-Britain has a large stock of second-hand books and magazines, not only from Air-Britain but many other publishers as well.![]()
The latest lists are now available at air-britain.com/web/books-2nd/
Just a few days after we mentioned the last Douglas Trijets in Europe, the DC-10 and MD-11, now one of the last two DC-9 / MD-80 operators is retiring the type. The last example in the Danish Air Transport's fleet, OY-RUE, is currently operating a flight to Copenhagen from Hurghada, after which only Bulgarian Air Charter will have the type in European service.![]()
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Photo from ABPic by Laura Witts of OY-RUE at Heathrow on 25 August 2018, still wearing the remnants of the special FIFA World Cup 2014 livery.
The end of an era - the last trijets in service in Europe are almost gone. This is Lufthansa Cargo's last MD-11 on its final service, while the KLU's last KC-10, T-235, will depart for the USA any day.![]()
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In fact there are only a couple of other DC-10 freighters potentially airworthy outside of the USA.
Lufthansa Cargo MD11F D-ALCC LH8161 Low pass 15102021
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Lufthansa Cargo MD11F D-ALCC LH8161 Low pass Frankfurt rwy 25C 15.10.2021
