SkyStef's aviation page |
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1986 Location: SEA/KSEA Photo: collection Skystef Description: the third B747 airframe for Sabena was delivered at New York on June 13 1986, making the next day its first commercial flight to Brussels. Here captured in the factory of Boeing as being the first series 300 for the Belgian carrier. |
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21/08/1991 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Skystef Description: in the first livery. |
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08/1992 Location: ORY/LFPO Photo: Christian Laugier Description: during a heavy maintenance at Paris it was resprayed (in the old colors) but the tail logo was erroneous 'mirrored', rapidly corrected making this picture quite unique. |
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05/11/1995 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: Skystef Description: second and final livery with additional "Flying together with Swissair" titles and it arrived such at Brussels on October 31 1995 after a maintenance visit at Amsterdam. |
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02/1998 Location: BRU/EBBR Photo: collection Skystef Description: with "75th anniversary" sticker below the cockpit windows, it performed its final commercial flight on October 28 1999. On October 30 & 31 it made a couple of farewell flights and this was the last 747 airframe to leave the fleet of Sabena. |