SkyStef's aviation page
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SkyStef's aviation page |
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05/1977 Location: DUS/EDDL Photo: collection Skystef Description: the second FH227 of Delta Air Transport was registered on April 18 1977 and arrived at Antwerp a week later on April 25, here seen wearing the first of three color schemes. |
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1979 Location: OST/EBOS Photo: collection Skystef Description: the airframe was between 1979-1983 operational on behalf of Sabena. Here depicted in DAT colors and tail logo but with "Sabena" titles, first noted such at Schiphol on July 21 1979. |
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04/1981 Location: LGG/EBLG Photo: collection Skystef Description: taken just after been painted with blue tail by December 1980, however on starboard the "Sabena" titles backside the Belgian flag were somewhat obscured by the engine... |
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06/08/1981 Location: OST/EBOS Photo: collection Skystef Description: ... so a bit later, the "Sabena" titles were placed to a more visible spot in front of the flag. |
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04/1981 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: on the port side, this problem never occured, here seen at its home base. |
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04/1983 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: it was returned to Delta Air Transport on March 31 1983 and its colors were neutralized. |
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19/06/1983 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: it was a couple of monts later prepared for a lease to Air Lesotho and resprayed in their full livery, here seen after roll-out from the DAT hangar still seen with the Belgian registration. |
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24/06/1983 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: on June 24 the taped over Belgian regi was removed resulting in "7P-LAH" and the next day it such left Antwerp to its new operator. |
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28/12/1983 Location: MSU/FXMM Photo: collection Skystef Description: seen at the African home base of the operator. |
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30/01/1984 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: on January 30 1984, it arrived again at Antwerp on return to Delta Air Transport and is depicted such in the rain. |
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04/1984 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: in February 1984 it was resprayed in their second color scheme, being the fourth airframe to adopt it and here seen such shortly after been painted without registration. |
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06/1986 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: Paul Sanders Description: it came back in the Belgian register on March 23 1984, here seen such. |
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05/1989 Location: ANR/EBAW Photo: collection Skystef Description: third and final color scheme for the airframe and carrier adopted somewhere in the winter season of 1988-89, as from spring 1988 onwards it was officially known as "DAT". This aircraft was operational till December 1989 and was afterwards for period of one year stored at Antwerp and afterwards on December 22 1990 ferried to Norwich for further storage. |
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1992 Location: AEP/SABE Photo: collection Skystef Description: over there it was cancelled from the Belgian register on January 11 1991. It was sold to Aerolineas Uruguayas on April 9 1992 as "CX-BQT" and left for South America a week later on April 15. It remained for a while operational in DAT colors with tail logo as could be seen in this shot. |