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04/1972 Location: AMS/EHAM Photo: © Ger Buskermolen Description: Bias International DC8, an ex KLM airframe, is wearing the full colors. Here depicted with its Dutch registration "PH-DCA, it was delivered at Brussels on April 17 1972. |
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07/1972 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: collection Skystef Description: with Belgian registration, taxiing for departure on runway 02. |
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03/1973 Location: LBG/LFPB Photo: collection Skystef Description: on February 16 1973 at Schiphol handed over to Delta International wearing the colors of BIAS. |
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05/1973 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: collection Skystef Description: a smokey departure on a charter flight. |
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06/1973 Location: JFK/KJFK Photo: collection Skystef Description: on May 21 1973 delivered at Ostend to Pomair still with "Delta International" titles, by June 6 these titles were removed and here seen such. |
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07/1973 Location: OST/EBOS Photo: collection Skystef Description: a couple of weeks later "Pomair Ostend" titles were applied. |
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10/1973 Location: OST/EBOS Photo: collection Skystef Description: based on the colors of BIAS, it ultimate became their own final color scheme. The airline ceased operations on October 13 1974, but the airframe returned to the lessor at Amsterdam already one week before. |
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1975 Location: MUC/EDDM Photo: collection Skystef Description: reregistered again as "PH-DCA", it was dry leased for two months to Martinair starting from December 1974 onwards but immediate subleased to Garuda till January 1975 with their small titles, still in basic colors of BIAS. When returned, "Martinair" titles were applied, such depicted, and it stayed in service till October 30 1975. When sold to Capitol, it was briefly again reregistered as "OO-AMI" on December 2 1975, left such from Schiphol to the States four days later and was cancelled as "N904CL" another six days later. |