A selection of my photos of international operators' aircraft seen in Australia
P2-ANE taxies at Perth for an air-test on completion of a long overhaul in September 1980
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| 1980s AIRLINERS - INTERNATIONAL A selection of my photos of international operators' aircraft seen in Australia |
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| Starting with the biggest. Aeroflot Antonov An-124 CCCP-82007 at RAAF Richmond NSW in October 1988 |
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Tiger Line's stetched DC-8s and Boeing 747 freighters had the
distinctive bare metal finish. N811FT at Perth May 1982 |
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| Malaysian Airlines pair: A300 Airbus 9M-MHA at Perth in January 1980 with a Douglas DC-10 behind |
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| Malaysian Airlines DC-10 G-AZZC at Perth in Janaurey 1980 was on lease from Freddie Laker's Laker Airways |
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| World Airways DC-10 N103WA had several lengthy wet-leases to Malaysian Airlines in the early 1980s. Perth August 1982 |
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| Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 707 VR-HGF arrives at Perth on a scheduled service from Hong Kong in January 1980 |
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| Cathay Pacific replaced its Boeing 707 fleet with Lockheed L1011 Tristars. VR-HHL at Perth in October 1980 |
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| The last of the Singapore Airlines Boeing 707s seen in Australia were the freighters. 9V-BFN at Perth in January 1981 |
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| Garuda Indonwsian Airways Douglas DC-10 PK-GIB arrives Perth on a scheduled service from Jakarta in January 1980 |
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| This Martinair DC-10 PH-MBT was wet-leased to Qantas in December 1987 |
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| Royal Brunei Boeing 757 V8-RBB at Perth in January 1988 |
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| Air Zimbabwe Boeing 707s made occasional charter visits to Australia. VP-WKV arrives at Perth in October 1982 |
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| South African Airways Boeing 747 ZS-SAM at Perth in March 1981 on their Johannesburg-Perth-Sydney run |
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| Occasionally South African Airways replaced a Boeing 747 with a 747SP. ZS-SPA at Perth in February 1982 |
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| Qantas did the same on the long Indian Ocean sector from Perth to Johannesburg. Boeing 747SP VH-EAB Perth July 1985 |
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| The Captain of this Qantas Boeing 747 agreed to enliven a country airshow at Northam WA with low flypasts |
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| Qantas Boeing 747 VH-EBK was in Air Pacific scheme at Perth in October 1987 |
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| The newly-introduced Qantas "Spirit of Australia" scheme was displayed at the RAAF Richmond airshow in October 1988 |
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| Boeing 767 VH-RMD at Perth in March 1987 on an Ansett service, despite the Cook Islands International markings |
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| Air Niugini sent their F.28 Fellowships to Perth for major overhauls by MMA who were experienced with the type. P2-ANE taxies at Perth for an air-test on completion of a long overhaul in September 1980 |
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| Air Niugini F.28 P2-ANU rolled out at Perth in June 1981 after overhaul and repaint in this trial scheme |
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