SkyStef's aviation page
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SkyStef's aviation page |
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1973 Location: - Photo: collection Skystef Description: the first Douglas jet airframe for Sabena arrived at Brussels on September 22 1973. After months of storage (pilot salary dispute) it went operational to Heathrow from March 22 1974 onwards (for crew training) and was on the Tokyo run (via Anchorage) from April 5 onwards . Here captured on a promo flight in its first livery. |
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23/08/1974 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: collection Skystef Description: on landing at its home base. |
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06/1984 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: collection Skystef Description: parked at its home base, still in the first colors. |
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28/12/1992 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Skystef Description: second (and for Sabena the airframes final) livery which was adopted mid eighties. In 1983 it was converted into full pax configuration. |
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10/1989 Location: DXB/OMDB Photo: collection Skystef Description: between June 1987 and October 1989 leased to JAT in full livery. |
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12/1989 Location: LHR/EGLL Photo: collection Skystef Description: after this lease it was repainted at Brussels in basic Sabena colors with "Zambia Airways" titles and tail logo, for an immediate lease to this African carrier which took place between November 16 1989 and January 27 1990. By the end of October 1994 it was withdrawn from use, and the airframe left the Belgian register on December 6 1994. |
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12/1994 Location: MIA/KMIA Photo: collection Skystef Description: the next operator became World Airways, registered as "N116WA", with on the engines still "Sabena" titles. |