Thomsonfly

Hi guys, im back from gran canaria now , got some great shots, got work in an hour so ill post the shots later tonight

cool, cant wait to see them.

Some pictures from my trip to gran canaria

Shot [1]

B737-800 XL airways (G-XLAJ) parked at gate 11 south terminal

Shot [2]

B757-200 Thomsonfly (G-BYAW) Parked gate A6 At Las palmas

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An old DC - 6 , i found about 3 mins drive from my hotel , asked my dad to slow down while driving so i could get a good shot of it

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Spanair A321 parked at las Palmas (View from smoking area)

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Thomsonfly B757 Getting ready for departure to london gatwick

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Shot of the hotel i stayed in

More pictures comming soon when i have time to look through my phone more , please rate wich pictures u like & thanks for viewing

Last edited by airbourne on Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:37 am, edited 1 time in total

Nice pictures Airbourne, my favorite would be that DC-6, what was it doing there 7/10

WOW!

just... WOW.

Very Nice.

@ Airbourne,

The shot of the old DC6 is very interesting, if I may suggest why don't to post that one here: http://www.calclassic.com/ there are a lot of prop guys who would also be interested, I will post it for you if you want but can you give me some details, like where was it, at the airport on some waste land etc?

Col.

its hard to explane where the Dc - 6 was , it was set near like an old rusty hanger , like wher they used to keep tanks etc u can see it in the pic on the left hand side , i think there was a cupple of houses nearby as well , so i guessed that someone owned it and was planning on giving it a repaint or something , was very intresting though as u dont see 1 of them evey day


i notest that there was a fence around it too

the location of it was just of the resort of Bahia feliez

OK, I resized it and posted it on CalClassics, no doubt someone will know more about it and reply.

Col.

I knew someone on CalClassics would help in identifying the DC-7, this is a copy of their information:

DC-7C (c/n 45159). Short history:
OO-SFC SABENA del 20.12.56; Cvtd to DC-7C(F) 2.61; EC-BNG Spantax SA lsd 10.67; OO-SFC SABENA ret 1.5.68; WFU & stored Brussels, Belgium 5.68; EC-BSQ Spantax SA lsd 23.9.69; Spantax SA bt 31.10.73; WFU & stored Palma, Majorca; Talingo Airlines - ntu; WFU & stored Las Palmas, Gran Canaria .79; Used by airport authority (AENA)
(Source: Piston Engine Airliner Production List, publ. TAHS, 2002)

All credit to Maarten Brouwer for the info.

Col.

Thanks for the info Col

The old clanker seems to be left there to rust. Sad sight. If you don't know what to do with a piece of avation history sell it to someone who can care for it and restore it back to its original glory! BTW, very interesting pictures!

nice pics! i look forward to seeing the others when you have a chance to post them.