30Dec06:
Finally concluded my 2006 Alaska & Western Canada report, with these 2 pages: Yellowknife 30Jun06 and Yellowknife 02July06

26Dec06:
Added a table with all Air Spray Invader's listed on Air Spray at Red Deer,ALB

24Dec06:
Updated Planes turned houseboats in Australia - where are they now ?
Added items on Questions and Answers

21Dec06:
Added an account of use of water-injection on C-119 Flying Boxcar Information
Added an anecdote on Roger Wyckoff's page

20Dec06:
Added Christmas market at DDA Airlines

18Dec06:
Many weeks of work on my Canada 2006 report is finally nearing its completion (one more page to go...)
Canada 2006, a tripreport
Vancouver - South seaplane base
Vancouver - Coal Harbour seaplane base
Conair at Abbotsford,BC
Air Spray at Red Deer,ALB
Buffalo Airways at Red Deer,ALB
Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton,ALB (2006)
Reynolds-Alberta Transportation Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta (2006)
Aero Space Museum, Calgary,ALB (2006)
Canadian Museum of Flight (Langley)

17Dec06:
Updated Lars Opland's page with several Bellanca Pacemaker images.

14Dec06:
Added photos of Ethiopian DC-3 by Ron Mak on Page 5 - Photos by Friends & Others
Updated the page Gene Richardson remembers Catalina FAP 2002 with commentary by Ron Mak
Eric Tarrant provided the history of V.Viking G-AGRW on Off-airport Europe
Text update and photos on the 'crashed' C-119 8152 on C-119 Info
Also added a post-WW2 C-47 photo, set by Attilio, on Page 5 - Photos by Friends & Others
Arnold Begeman sent me some photos of Kenn Borek Air BT-67 C-FMKB, added to Page 5 - Photos by Friends & Others
John Ford sent me some photos of the unique Carvair N898AT of Brooks Fuel; added to Page 5 - Photos by Friends & Others

13Dec06:
Updated my page on the CL-44 Guppy
A photo sent by Andrew Stevens of this CL-44 RP-C8023 made me start Page 5 - Photos by Friends & Others

10Dec06:
Updated Tehran's Aviation Museum with an updated inventory listing

08Dec06:
Karl E.Hayes made a huge and commendable effort to write the history of Dehavilland DHC-3; his records have reached a size that makes publishing a book out of reach, however one can buy a CD-Rom which has all the info; an effort I heartily support and a purchase of this CD-Rom is recommended.
Paul J.Hooper sent an excellent selection of photos of Lee County Mosquito Control DC-3s and I've added them on the Photos by Others - page 4

02Dec06:
Added a photo of G-AGRW Viking in Vienna on Off-Airport Europe
Updated this page on N996DM once again visiting Amsterdam IAP on 30Nov & 01Dec06; here are the photos

30Nov06:
After moving the website I hope I have now all files on the Digitalus.nl server; also the emailadresses seem fully restored now.
While moving files and folders I found I had never finished my Munich 2005 report; so here it is now.
N996DM once again paid a visit to Amsterdam IAP on 30Nov06; here are the photos

29Nov06:
Transferred my website from Bizland.com to Digitalus.nl; while Bizland proved to be a good host I was running against my bandwidth limits and was not prepared to incur additional costs in adding bandwidth. With Digitalus.nl I got a better deal.

27Nov06:
Another small step in my Canada 2006 webreport: finished pages on Vancouver-South seaplane base and Vancouver-Coalharbour seaplane base

25Nov06:
Added a number of forums on my Links page
Updated the Stratocruisers at San Cugat page with comments and driving directions
Added DC-3 N53ST on Photos by Friends & Others - Page 4
Also added David Ellis photos of "mystery S.43" at Alaska Air Museum on this page
Added some vintage Alaska photos to Lars Opland's selection
Added a query by Brian Jones to my Questions & Answers page
Added an anecdote on Roger Wyckoff's page

24Nov06:
Updated my 2003 page on the Alaska Air Museum with detail on the S.43, kindly provided by Dave Morgan
Added some photos, taken by Fred Streep in Tokorozawa,Japan on Photos by Friends & Others - Page 4
Robert Sevier sent me 2 photos of C-47A N67588 (in better days!), including a photo of Jody Pond

22Nov06:
Added a nice S-2 airtanker item on Photos by Friends & Others - Page 4

21Nov06:
John Olafson sent me some nice Martin Mars photos, which you'll find on Photos by Friends & Others - Page 4
Added a photo of S-2 N411DF (Tanker 74) on the Airtanker Identification page

20Nov06:
Added an anecdote on Roger Wyckoff's page
Added Beech 18 PH-UBX (by Ad Vercruijsse) on Off-airport Europe page

19Nov06:
Added some vintage Alaska photos to Lars Opland's selection

17Nov06:
Added another page (35th) on the continueing Victor Bout Dossier
Added photos by Ken Byrnes of C-47A N473DC on History DC-3 N5831B and Photos by Friends & Others

15Nov06:
Phil Nester wrote me in response to a message posted Feb.2005, on a webpage dating back to 2003...
Added more photos to Lars Opland's page
A welcome history update on Beaver N333CD by Gary Hoffman, on Juneau 2006

14Nov06:
Added more vintage Alaska photos by Lars Opland
Added 2 photos by Jon Proctor of what remains of Martin 4-0-4 N40415 on Photos by Friends and Other, page 4

13Nov06:
Updated my page on Aerial Survey DC-3 N5000E with a reaction by Doug Morrison
Added a photo of "Off-airport" Beech C-45G N6065V which survives at a brothel near Beatty,NV
Added more of Roger Wyckoff's C-119 memories onto his page

12Nov06:
Martin Prince Jr sent me some Everts DC-6 photos and I added them on to his page
After many weeks I finally managed to conclude some pages of what has become, for someone of my humble means, an epic undertaking:
Alaska, June 2006, a tripreport
Propliners at Kenai,AK
A propliner day at Anchorage
Radials at Lake Hood, Anchorage,AK
Seaplanes at Juneau, AK
Seaplanes at Ketchikan, AK

11Nov06:
Added Noorduyn Norseman CF-DRD at Red Lake (photo by A.Rioux) on my Off-airport N.America page
Updated the Beeches at Big Lake,AK by photos of Bob on Photos by Friends & Others - page 3
Added a page dedicated to the collection of Lars Opland, with lots of early Alaska aviation photos

09Nov06:
Added some photos by John Caruso of DC-3 N63440 "Turkey hauler"

08Nov06:
Added 2 photos by Herman Kolf of Ju-52 D-AQUI on my page Photos by Friends and Others page

07Nov06:
Added an item on my Questions and Answers page

05Nov06:
Added another photo of Beech 18 CF-EAR by Alain Rioux on my Off-airport North America -page
Updated my C-119 Info Page with more details on 53-8152.
Found a new item on Victor Bout, an article written by Douglas Farah

04Nov06:
Added comments written by Gene Richardson on the page about Paraguayan Catalinas
Added photos of streched CV5800 C-FKFS, made by John Olafson, on my Page 4 - Photos by Friends and Others

02Nov06:
Added another photo of wrecked Carvair N103 on Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North; thanks Andreas!
Added a photo of an Off-airport Beech 18, photographed by Alain Rioux on my North America page
Mike Bursell did a Nordic tour and sent me some photos of DC-3 LN-WND

01Nov06:
Updated my C-119 Flying Boxcar page with a contribution by Jacob Chakko, about use of the Orpheus Jet on the C-119

01Nov06:
Updated the search for identity of Richard Simms DC-3 with a contribution by Aska Iivonen

31oct06:
Created a page Propliner photos by Martin Prince Jr of Bethel,AK
Updated Roger Wyckoff's page with a report of C-82A N9701F's arrival at Hagerstown

30oct06:
Decided to cut up my Off-airport gallery

29oct06:
David Ellis sent me a photo of V.Viking G-AGRW for my Off-airport page

28oct06:
Added some photos by others of DC-3 windvane CP-CPY on Propliners in Alaska and Canada 2003

26oct06:
Added some history details of SAS on SAS Changed Livery

25oct06:
Updated my Questions and Answers page with an interesting item regarding (TCA) Canadair North Stars
Added on my Off-airport page the Norrtalje DC-3
Added my 4th page of Photos by Friends & Others; the first photos are about ES-AKE going back to Sweden
Updated some info on DC-7 N777EA

24oct06:
Updated my C-119 INFO page with a note from Jacob Chakko of India and a query by Chris Le Fave
On that same page added crash report C-119 53-8125 and photo by Harry Dawley, as forwarded by Chuck Lunsford.

22oct06:
Added Props by Night at the Aviodrome

20oct06:
On the subject of Early Alaskan Air Carriers I have added a profile on Cordova Air Services / Cordova Airlines

19oct06:
Added Paul Filmer's remarkable find on my Off-airport page; DC-7 N6321C hiding in Denver,CO
Added an air-to-air photo of Canso N96UC by Graham Robson on Catalina FAP 2002 by Gene Richardson and Graham Robson's air-to-air page

18oct06:
Updated the info on 2 Beeches stored at Big Lake,AK
Added photo by Martin Prince Jr of DC-6 N600UA on Photos by Others, page3

17oct06:
Added YS-11A JA8732 on my Off-airport page

16oct06:
Updated my page Gooney Birds in Alaska & Canada with a nice tale by Barbara Wheelock
Added Beech 18 CF-WUH on the Off-airport page
Added a photo by Martin Prince Jr of Herc N401LC on Photos by Others, page3

15oct06:
Added recent photos of G-DAKK on South Coast Airways surrenders and Photos by Others, page3

14oct06:
Added photo by Hans Christian Bogstad of HU-16C N53846 on Photos by Others, page3
Added a page on Catalina FAP 2002 by Gene Richardson

13oct06:
Updated my Datangshan-general info page, with photos previously linked, now displayed on the webpage
Updated my C-119 Flying Boxcar page with contribution by Adrian Reedy
Updated Abandoned wrecks of the North with a photo of Carvair N103
Added photos of Geoff Street of DC-6 EL-WNH and Viscount G-PFBT on Propliners around Johannesburg and Photos by Others
Craig Smith sent me photos of Invader N8394H, in open storage at Grand Junction,CO
Added another photo of Martin 404 N255S, stored in Texas on my Off-airport webpage

12oct06:
Added Propliners used as diving attractions in my Searching For... - gallery
Added photos of stored DH Dove at Cabo Verde on my page Photo by Friends and Others - p3

30Sep06:
Added 2 Beech 18 photos taken at Big Lake,AK by John Stewart on Photos by Friends and Others -page3-

29Sep06:
Created a page dedicated to my visit to Anchorage IAP on 13jun06
Added photos by Martin Prince Jr to above account and to Photos by Friends and Others -page3-

28Sep06:
Added on Off-airport page photos from Andre Wadman (1x C-46 HS-SKD & 2 ex RThaiAF C-47s)
Finally received an update on the Battle Mountain,Nv Air Museum (by Craig C. Smith)
Craig also sent me recent photos of C-123 Provider N709RR

27Sep06:
Added a Brazilian DC-3 (PT-BFU) in pop-art design of the Off-airport page
Updated South Coast Airways surrenders... with DC-3 G-DAKK's resurrection! Thanks to Tony Holden for his photo & update

24Sep06:
Added a photo of C-47A N842MB on Photos by Friends & Others - page 3 , provided by Nigel Aylmer
Added a photo on same page of C-118A XA-TDR, provided by Bob Reid
Added a photo of DC-3 ZK-BBJ in livery of Fieldair, provided by Graeme Mills
Added some excellent Convair airtankers on Photos by Friends & Others - page 3 , sent by John Olafson

24Sep06:
Added a photo of Beech N9561 (Daytona Beach) on my Off-airport page; thanks to Nigel Aylmer for providing this photo

22Sep06:
Added a DHC-2 photo on Photos by Friends & Others - page 3 , provided by Dirk Septer, but it is only half of a DHC-2...

21Sep06:
Added an amazing, compelling story: The Legend of Dead Dugan (by Ed Dugan)
Added a remarkable U-1A Otter photo on Photos by Friends & Others - page 3

20Sep06:
Created Page 3 - Photos by Friends & Others, starting with 2 photos supplied by Nigel Aylmer
Updated Greybull Log reports with an update on F.27F N127HP. See also a special on this aircraft.

18Sep06:
Updated my Aviodrome (Dec.2003) webpage with a Sep.2006 aerial update of T-2 section
Updated Photos by Others - page 2 with photos of crashed 131644 C-121J Constellation at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Updated information on Aero Service Corp
Updated Photos by Others - page 2 with photo of Noorduyn Norseman CF-DRE, provided by John Olafson
Updated my Greybull Log reports with a 1986 list provided by Neville Spalding.

15Sep06:
A nice update from Al Lloyd (via Chuck Lunsford) about the Kaiser-Frazer C-119s

12Sep06:
Added a page on my visit to Kenai,Alaska 12Jun06

10Sep06:
Again put updates (photos) on Ian MacFarlane's Photos and C-119 Info, two excellent Belgian AirForce C-119 photos
Another DC-3 mystery: Bart Nopper's DC-3: a project of identification and restauration

08Sep06:
Updated Photos by Others - page 2 with some interesting photos by John Olafson

07Sep06:
Updated Photos by others, page 2 with some more photos sent by Tom Beudeker

06Sep06:
Updated the page on the Bimini (Bahamas) submerged wrecks
Updated Kaiser-Frazer C-119 Production Mystery with text from Michael Stroukoff Jr.
Updated Truth, often stranger than fiction... with a reaction by Dave Baker.

04Sep06:
Tom Beudeker sent me some interesting WW2-era photos, taken at Curacao, one of which a DC-5!

03Sep06:
Updated the Ian MacFarlane and C-119 Info pages with some excellent Belgian AirForce C-119 photos
Updated Roger Wyckoff shares photos and memories about the C-119
Updated the story of DC-7 N904ME (N777EA) on Photos by Others (page 2), as supplied by Victor Montijo Jr
New page: Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North

02Sep06:
Update Log reports from Greybull,WY
Added a very nice anecdote to Off-airport IL-18 OK-WAJ, thanks to Jeroen van Leeuwen

30Aug06:
Further update (2 images) Cory Rousell's Hs.748 C-FQVE

30Aug06:
Updated Questions and Answers with crash details C-FSAW DC-3
Updated ZK-CLU Bristol Freighter on the Off-airport page
Updated transport of Cory Rousell's C-FQVE
Updated my Greybull Log reports

27Aug06:
Added some photos of DC-7 N904ME (N777EA) on Photos by Others (page 2), as supplied by Victor Montijo Jr
Added ZK-CLU Bristol Freighter to the Off-airport page

27Aug06:
Added a page on the transport of C-FQVE from Saskatoon airport to Cory Rousell's home

27Aug06:
Wendell Taylor sent me some nice memories on flying Catalina's; added on Blast from the past: C-FDIL in 1980s
Added C-47 AP-AAF at the Shangri-La Resort (Pakistan) on Planes on Off-airport locations

26Aug06:
Updated my Greybull Log reports page with details from an auction held this month
Updated my page C-133 by Stu Sibitzky, with info C-133 info by Cal Taylor
Updated Unbelievable take off by a L.Constellation with comments by Stef Bailis
Updated Roger Wyckoff shares photos and memories about the C-119
Added a photo of C-FQVE in Saskatoon,Canada on the Off-airport webpage
Updated my page More Gooney Birds with comments made by Jamie Daniel

23Aug06:
Update Remember Invicta Airlines with comment from Urban Wiik

23Aug06:
Updated the page about Crash C-119 53-3221, with a photo and text by Jim Eastham
Added a photo by Roderick Smith of DC-3s at Cairns on the page Photos by Others
Added more links to Datangshan Index and produced new page with additional info/comments on this air museum

22Aug06:
Added an item to Questions and Answers
Added photos to Planes on off-airport locations
Added updates to 2 DC-2s (Albury and Moorabbin) in my Australia 2005 report

21Aug06:
Added an interesting update to C-47 111 at Hermeskeil
Added a photo of DC-6B HB-IBA, by Terence Goodrich, on Photos by Others.
Added text item by bill Rainbow on my page about F.27 VH-NLS

20Aug06:
Added an item on my Questions and Answers Page
Added text item on C-119 Info, provided by Mike Swiatecki (former C-119 Crewchief)

19Aug06:
Gil White passed away on 27Jun06. I received a last email from him a few days prior to that. I read these emails while on holidays in Canada, a sad day, Gil will be deeply missed. My website has many pages with aircraft history researched by him; you can check them by going to my Index page and write Gil White in the google bar at bottom of the page.
Updated C-119 information with additional Paratainer info (Andre Swygert: thank you!)
Added a page C-47A OY-BPB,a history in detail, by Nils Roosengaard
Added a Lockheed L-12 photo by Nils Rosengaard to my gallery Photo by Others
Added photos on C-119 Info, about a plaque erected to commemmorate a 1956 C-119 crash
Added photos of N422NA by John Adams on Photos by Others

18Aug06:
Updated C-119 at the Flying J Ranch, Arizona

17Aug06:
Updated Aircraft on off-airport locations

16Aug06:
Updated C-119 crash with comments by Jim Reed of a C-119 crash he remembered.

14Aug06:
Updated C-47B ZK-BBJ at Mombasa, with comments by John Levers
Updated Cuatro Vientos 2004 visit with info from Arjen Burghart
Added photos on Photos by Others - page 2.

09Aug06:
Travel: added Canada 2006
Update/correctionon Aircraft on Off-airport locations, concerns the Biffo NZ5906.
Updated Graham Robson's gallery with the addition of 1 photo.
Added C-119 photos frm/by Roger Wycoff

01Aug06:
Added an interesting item of a never identified C-46 at Annette Island on my Questions & Answers -page

26Jul06:
Travel: added my 2006 report on a visit to Alaska

26Jul06:
Added photo of CV240 N1022C of Prop-Liners of America Inc (2004)
Added 2 photos in Graham Robson's gallery

25Jul06:
Added photo of DC-7C N8216H at Port Sudan (2004)
Added info to Photos (L-100 Herc N9292R) by Others, page 2: credit to and info from the photographer, John Stewart

23Jul06:
Added photo of surviving C-47A ET-AJH on Mystery C-119 at Asmara,Eritrea and other photos by Eric Taylor on Off-airport

05Jun06:
Added a photo report of Beijing's (Datangshan) Aerospace Museum, by Paul Chandler

02Jun06:
Added a report on the 2006 DC-3 Fly In at the Aviodrome (Lelystad, Netherlands)

28May06:
Updated C-119 info page with photos and text provided by Jim Reed

24May06:
Updated (page 2) of Photos by Others, with photos by Pat Adams showing DC-6A N7780B in its new livery

23May06:
Updated my Questions and Answers page, with details about C-119 runaway props
Updated my Off-airport page with an An-2 at Leverkusen and an IL-18 at Harbke (which is for sale!)

22May06:
Updated my page about ZK-BBJ, a DC-3 stored at Mombasa,Kenya, with recent photos by John Pratt.
Updated DC-3 N5831B with photos provided by Paul Pennycook and Gary Le Blond.

21May06:
Updated Operation Firedump, on news about 727 UN-B7201
Added in the Mystery Gallery the tale of a take off from a plowed field by a L.Constellation, ca.1970
Updated Propliners by Graham Robson

20May06:
Updated C-97 Restaurant at Colorado Springs
Updated Propliners by Graham Robson
Updated Propliners in the UK, 2003 on Britannia XM496

18May06:
Added in a C-119 photo of 131673 (N1394N) to Propliners in Alaska 2003, page 2, courtesy John Lameck
Updated C-119 Background Info with more on the airdropping issue described earlier

17May06:
Added in Changed Liveries: Onur Air

16May06:
Updated Schiphol: the Old Days

15May06:
Updated C-119 Background Info with a photo of an airdropping CC-119

14May06:
Updated Graham Robson's photos

13May06:
Updated Propliners around Johannesburg, 2004 with news on Catalina C-FPQO
Recently obtained Dreamweaver MX and will use it more and more, replacing Webwriter 3.5

10May06:
Incorporated Bob's personal experience with C-119s in C-119 Background Info
Added DC-7C N777EA photos by Peter ten Duis on Photos by Others, page 2

08May06:
Updated my Greybull page with 2 1989 (N3003) photos by John Chapman.
Updated my Questions and Answers page with an interesting event, told by Roger Wyckoff
Updated my Books page with an interesting read: Triumph over Turbulence!
Updated Graham Robson's photos
Updated Alaska 2003 with details on N67588's owner Tammy Maxwell.
Updated Photos by Others, page 1 and Photos by Others, page 2
Updated Remember: Southern Air with input from Richard Albrecht

02May06:
On the issue of Photos by Others I made a Page 2

30Apr06:
Updated History of the Douglas DC-3 with a photo provided by Eric Birkeland
Updated History of the Douglas DC-4 and Photos by Others with a DC-4E photo, provided by Eric Birkeland

29Apr06:
Updated DDA Classic Airlines with additional info
Updated Connie background info, on C-121s use by Air National Guard
Updated C-47A N5831B (c/n 19345) with photos sent by Roger Syratt

27Apr06:
Added a page with photos: Red Bull DC-6 visits Amsterdam - Apr.2006

23Apr06:
Added a photos on my Off-airport page, photos by Stefan Krause
Added a Lockheed Constellation air-to-air update on Photos by Graham Robson

22Apr06:
Further updates on my page Kosmas Air
Added photos on Photos by Others

21Apr06:
Updated my page on Kosmas Air
Added a photo on my Off-airport page

17Apr06:
Added an excellent photo by Michael Balen on Photos by Other

15Apr06:
Updated New Names surface as linked to Victor Bout, with comments by Lyle Shearer

14Apr06:
Added a photo on Photos by Ian MacFarlane
One update on Vintage planes on Off-airport locations
Finally wrote a disclaimer

13Apr06:
Updated Surviving Connies with photos & commentary D-ALEM L.1049G preserved at Munich IAP.

08Apr06:
Various updates on Vintage planes on Off-airport locations

08Apr06:
Added C-46 at Chonburi,Thailand on Vintage planes on Off-airport locations, photos provided by Steve Darke.
A photo of mine inspired Judith Frohreich to make a painting: an abandoned dwelling on hwy 3. I am honored!

07Apr06:
Added on Propliners on the Last Frontier a photo of C-54 N67018 during the Berlin Airlift, courtesy Mike Cothran.
Added a page with photos contributed by Graham Robson
Added C47A at Armadale (Western Australia) on Vintage planes on Off-airport locations

05Apr06:
Updated Propliners on the Last Frontier with an anecdote on Warren Woods Jr, by Dave Krone.

03Apr06:
Added a tale about a Connie: Truth is often stranger than fiction

02Apr06:
Added in gallery Airlines Remembered the first airline to bite the dust in 2006: Independence Air

28Mar06:
Updated Bliss with Brooks with history & of Beech C-45G N114V

27Mar06:
Added history of DC-3 ZK-AMS, written by Gil White
Added history of DC-3 VH-BPL, written by Gil White
Added history of DC-3 ZK-CAW, written by Gil White
Added history of DC-5 PJ-AIW, written by Gil White
Added history of V.Viscount c/n 374, written by Gil White
Added DC-3 42-24211 on Vintage planes on Off-airport locations

26Mar06:
Updated Fairbanks, Pioneer Air Museum with info on Beech C-45 N701FY, provided by Dave Krone.
Added history of Fokker F.27 VH-EWP as written by Gil White
Added history of DC-3 VH-BPA, written by Gil White
Added history of DC-3 VH-DAS, written by Gil White
Added history of DC-3 VH-MIN, written by Gil White
Added history of DC-3 VH-UPQ, written by Gil White
Added history of DC-3 VH-MML, written by Gil White
Added history of DC-3 VH-SBL, written by Gil White
Added history of DC-3 VH-MMD, written by Gil White
Added history of DC-4 VH-PAF, written by Gil White
Added history of Catalina VH-BRI, written by Gil White

25Mar06:
Updated background info on C-119 Flying Boxcar: added text on Genetrix project, provided by Jim Fowler.
Added in my Search For... Gallery, a page N569R: from cinema to Home?

24Mar06:
Updated Cuatro Vientos Air Museum, with a contribution by Lawrence Safir
Updated Deep South, 2001, with info provided by Sonny Hamilton
Updated Vintage transports on off-airport location with a YS-11 on Curacao.

23Mar06:
Updated Vintage transports on off-airport location
Updated Cuatro Vientos Air Museum, with a contribution by Jon Pearson
Updated UK 2003 with a photo of Britannia XM496 at Kemble by Ian MacFarlane.

22Mar06:
Added Bob Schultz looks back: from Gooney Birds to Privat Jets
Have updated Deep South, 2001, with info on Hattiesburg DC-3s
Updated Vintage transports on off-airport location

21Mar06:
Added 2 photos on Paddy Green's C-47A N5831B
Updated Historical background on Douglas DC-4

20Mar06:
Updated Vintage transports on off-airport location, added a few photos & text

19Mar06:
Added Vintage transports on off-airport location

16Mar06:
Added on Photos by Others a few HU-16 Albatross photos by Doug Fairbanks, relayed by Fred Hack.

15Mar06:
Added: John Caruso tell about a Turkey Hauler

14Mar06:
Updated Photos by Others and A career on vintage prop transports with a few vintage C-124 Globemaster photos.

13Mar06:
Updated Photos by Others with a photo of Convair CV580 ZK-CIE (courtesy Wayne Grant)

12Mar06:
Added photos of Museo del Aire's KC-97, a walkround (inside & out) by Michel Lozares

10Mar06:
Updated my Greybull Log Reports and Greybull (1994) with a Sales brochure (2006) by Zenith Aviation (.pdf file)

09Mar06:
Added a photopage on Datangshan Air Museum, photos provided by John Mounce
Restructured the Datangshan pages with a Datangshan Gatepage

04Mar06:
Updated photos of C-47B ZK-BBJ with a report and request by Peter layne

03Mar06:
Added a page with 1997 photos of C-47B ZK-BBJ, taken/sent by Brad Pilgrim

01Mar06:
Updated Amsterdam Airport, the Old Days
A nice addition on Photos by Others

28Feb06:
In my gallery of changed liveries I updated Transavia
In that same gallery updated United Airlines
And added, in the same gallery, US Airways

27Feb06:
Updated Photos by Others with an electronic surveillance DC-3: N92578 !
Updated my page on Cuatro Vientos Air Museum

23Feb06:
In Airlines Remembered I added Swe Fly
Added a history of C-47 VR-HDB cn4423, written by Gil White
Added a nice photo of DHC-2 N5343G on Photos by Others, provided by Lars Gleitsmann

17Feb06:
Added another page in Victor Bout dossier: Naming Names and Other Queries
Updated Blast from the past: C-FDIL in 1980s

15Feb06:
Added a few photos in the Australian houseboat mysteries
Added another page in Victor Bout dossier: Operation Firedump and
also Viktor Bout and the Pentagon

14Feb06:
Updated a History of Alaska Air Carriers with a history of Pacific Northern Airlines (PNA).
Added Handley Page Hastings production list, compiled by Willy Henderickx
Updated the tale on ConvairLiner (ZK-KSA) on Photos by Others, details provided by Mike Condon
Updated that same page, Photos by Others, with a contribution by Peter Layne

13Feb06:
Additions made on my Questions and Answers and Photos by Others
Added a page in the Victor Bout dossier: Tom's Freedom of Information Request
Updated DC-3 History with an account by Andy Cotton

10Feb06:
Created a new page: Photos by Ian MacFarlane
Added a fine ConvairLiner (ZK-KSA) on my webpage Photos by Others

08Feb06:
Added on Photos by Others a few Botswana National Airways photos, submitted by Dan Morgan

05Feb06:
Updated tripreport Cairns - Sydney, 2005 with photo and text of Catalina-turned-houseboat VH-BRI
In my Gallery "Mystery Planes" added a page Planes turned houseboat in Australia - where are they now ?

01Feb06:
Another (photo) update on CF-RNR on Surviving Connies

01Feb06:
Various updates on tripreport Cairns - Sydney, 2005, as well as
on page 2 of the Australia trip: tripreport Sydney - Melbourne, 2005, and
an update on CF-RNR on Surviving Connies

26Jan06:
Updated Photos by Others with a DC-5 PJ-AIW photo.

26Jan06:
Added page 2 of the Australia trip: tripreport Sydney - Melbourne, 2005

19Jan06:
Various updates on Questions and Answers
Added a photo of V5-NCG on Photos by Others

18Jan06:
Updated Log reports from Greybull,WY with a 2005 report from Erik Sleutelberg

15Jan06:
Updates on SAS changed livery and Remember Citybird

13Jan06:
Added tripreport Cairns - Sydney, 2005 27Dec.2005:
In my Victor Bout dossier I added Dem. Rep. of Congo - a sad State of Affairs

20Dec:
Added a photopage on the aircraft displayed at the Datangshan Air Museum, taken in 2005 by John Chapman.

17Dec:
Updated my info on the Lockheed Constellation

16Dec:
Added in the Travel Pages an account of our 2005 holidays in Australia

13Dec:
Updated Vintage Transport Photos by Others
Added a photo on Airtankers Identification

04Dec:
Updated Constellations at Tull AB,Austria

04Dec:
updated/added text Lockheed Constellation: background information with a contribution by Scott Bates

02Dec:
In Dossier Victor Bout I added another page New names surface as linked to V.Bout
Updated Bliss with Brooks !

27Nov:
Updated Mystery C-119 at Asmara,Eritrea

26Nov:
In Aircraft Identity Search I have added a page on Mystery C-119 at Asmara,Eritrea

25Nov:
In Aircraft Identity Search I have added a page on Mystery DC-6 in Cali,Colombia

23Nov:
Updated info on Remember Air Holland (1)
Added a photo of DC-4 N44911 as a wreck at Ganes Creek, Alaska.

29Oct:
Updated the Deep South, 2001 with an update on DC-3 N143D
Updated the Questions and Answers page with various new items
Added a travelpage: a visit to Vienna (Austria) this summer

22Oct:
Switched to a new PC (pentium 4) with WinXP: no files or software lost in the changeover, thanks goodness.
Updated Remember Britannia Airways

29Sep:
Updated Victor Bout: in the Movies

28Sep:
Updated Datangsan Air Museum with a report by Lloyd Robinson

27Sep:
Added a new page in my Victor Bout dossier: Kosmas Air
Added a page on my visit to the Air Museum at Speyer

20Sep:
Updated my page C-119 Airtanker Mysteries at Battle Mountain,NV

17Sep:
Updated Remembered: Panagra with memories by Fred Hack

16Sep:
Added a page on Duane Delk's career on vintage transports

15Sep:
Added a page on Radial Power at the Aviodrome, 10Sep05

14Sep:
Updated my page C-119 Airtanker Mysteries at Battle Mountain,NV

11Sep:
Updated Photos by Others with a photo by Waune Grant: CV5800 ZK-KFS at Auckland,NZ Sep05

09Sep:
Added a page on my visit to Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim (Germany)

02Sep:
Added a page in the Travel Section, an account of a 1988 trip to the USA
Updated the page on Recommended Aviation Books
Added a page in the section Airlines Remembered, this one on Flying Tiger Line

31Aug:
Updated Airtankers Identification

26Aug:
Added a webpage on (Flugausstellung) Hermeskeil Air Museum
Added histories on F.27 G-ECAH cn10669 and F.27 G-ECAT cn10672 written by Gil White.

23Aug:
Updated Tehran's Air Museum with details on the Boeing 707.
Updated Alaska Early Aviation with details on Nat Browne Air Services

22Aug:
Added page : More airline names connected to V.Bout

19Aug:
Some HTML alterations and added info on the Douglas DC-7-page (N756Z).
Update Questions and Answers

15Aug:
Added a page in my Search for... gallery, this one about a mystery C-119 in New Mexico

12Aug:
Reintroduced a page, previously deleted, since Boeing 707 YA-GAF holds a possible link to Victor Bout

09Aug:
Updated the Aviation books, recommended-page

08Aug:
Another update to my Travel Gallery with Rome (Italy), 1987

30Jul:
Finally made some time to update my Travel Gallery with England & Wales, 1987

26Jul:
Updated/modified Airtankers Identification
Updated Scenic flight with DDA's PH-DDZ : added history of PH-DDZ.

25Jul:
Added a page in V.Bout's files, page 26: Bloggers' update on V.Bout
Have added a page on history of C-47 N12907, as kindly provided by Jeff Rankin-Lowe
Updated info on C-47s in Florida and California

21Jul:
Added a page on interior of Convair Sprayers, photos and info kindly provided by Sean "Kern" Mosher of the Beaufort County Mosquito Control Unit.
Added in Airlines Remembered, a page on: Exel Aviation Group, which included HollandExel, BelgiumExel and DutchCaribbeanExel.
Added in Changed Colourschemes a page on TAP Air Portugal
Added a page helpful in (US) Airtanker Identification

19Jul:
Did some editing on the Links-webpage
Added something on Questions and Answers

18Jul:
Updated info on a scenic flight with DDA's PH-DDZ and Fairchild C-119 "Boxcar", Background Information
Updated info Arrival of VH-NLS at Lelystad, 15 Dec. 2004

17Jul:
Added a page dedicated to a scenic flight with DDA's PH-DDZ
Added in Airlines Remembered, a page on: Hapag-Lloyd Flug

11Jul:
In my gallery Changed Colourschemes introduced: Air Transat
In Changed Colourschemes updated Transavia

12Jul:
In my gallery Changed Colourschemes introduced: VLM - Vlaamse Luchttransport Maatschappij

11Jul:
In my gallery Changed Colourschemes introduced: Kenya Airways

10Jul:
First update again since Feb05 in Airlines Remembered, added: VASP

09Jul:
Gave up on the HTML/CSS-design and updated Last flight of an IL-14P c/n 7343408

04Jul:
Continued struggle with CSS: added Last flight of an IL-14, but haven't got the style correct yet...
Added a photo on Arrival of F.27 VH-NLS at Lelystad of VH-NLS with Surveyer F.27-500 VH-EWP.

03Jul:
Added a page on Victor Bout: The criminal stories of the good soldier Bout

30Jun:
Added newspaper clippings, sent by Joel F.Jackson, relating to a C-119 crash on Fairchild C-119 "Boxcar", Background Information

26Jun:
Added a personal account by B.Ayer on flying with F.27 162628, the only Fokker F.27 ever operated by the US Navy
Updated the page on the Conair C-123 Providers
Updated Hawkins and Powers C-119 "N1"

21Jun:
Added a page, written by Gil White, on F.27 VH-NLS c/n 10105

19Jun:
Added a photo by Aad v.d.Voet on F.27 N127HP, as the only only F.27 operated by the US Navy.

16Jun:
Added in the Search for identities gallery the fake N709RR

12Jun:
Added a page on DC-3 N5000E's previous survey role with Aero Service Corporation, by Bob Welshe.
Added another C-119 page: C-119G 53-3221, crashed at Athens

11Jun:
Made considerable update on C-47 N5831B

09Jun:
Added a page on the continued history-in-the-making of C-47 N5831B

06Jun:
Updated my Photos by Others-page, with photos by Phil Boots, 1960s DC-3s at Jersey.
Updated my Photos by Others-page, with 2 Curtiss Commando photos by Bill Fraser
Added a page in my Search For.... gallery: what happened to C-46A N9900Z ?
Added a page on the Beech PH-KHV

05Jun:
Added a page on Transportation Museum, Charleston AFB, photos by Walt McKinney

27May:
Added a page on a strange Prop Transport: the Beriev Be-6, photos and info by Oleg Simanov

26May:
Added 2 C-119 photos of the Palmer Flying Boxcars boys on Vintage Transports, photos provided by Others
Added some operational data about the Convair Sprayers on Propliners on US South/East Coast, 2005

21May:
Added a page on a visit to Carolinas Air Museum, Charlotte,NC
Added a page on Aviation books, recommended

16May:
Added Constellation ZS-DVJ remembered by Erik Eriksson

10May:
Added Propliners on US South/East Coast, 2005

05May:
Added another page on the Victor Bout dossier : he has been added to US Treasury's SDN list

03May:
Updated Connected: Aerocom, Jet Line and Air Mero with details on Jet Line Airlines and a new company: Artic Group

02May:
Some revisions/updates on Log reports of Greybull,WY and added 3 photos by Jerry Sires: N6884C, N139HP and N140HP
Added a photo by Richard Cook of V.Viscount CF-THG on my page Photos by Others

26Apr:
Added 2 photos of L.Constellation N494TW by Paul Schaack of Cold Bay,AK on Vintage Transports, photos provided by Others
Added some photos by Stu Sibitzky of Chalkyitsik on page Cargomaster on the go !
Also found I have to validiate my entire website on the use of HTML 4.1 and CSS, since browsers as Firefox don't pick up all of my current HTML...

17Apr:
Added US Eastcoast, 2005 in my gallery Travel Photography

14Apr:
Updated my Questions and Answers-page with 2 queries

12Apr:
Updated Aviodrome, with a list of what is on display or kept in storage

03Apr:
Added an old schoolphotograph "my class 1965" on Vintage Transports, photos provided by Others

13Mar:
Added more questions to my Questions & Answers Page
Added a page on a day at the Aviodrome: Gentlemen... start your engines !

12Mar:
Added a page with Propliners SA by Michal Petrykowski

11Mar:
Added a history written by Gil White, on Convair CV240 c/n 93

09Mar:
Updated Convair remains at Duff's Yard
Added a photo on Photos by Others

28Feb05:
Added a page, dedicated to my visit of 06Oct04 to Museo del Aire at Cuatro Vientos

27Feb05:
Added a photo of Bristol Freighter G-AIFV (Silver City Aws), by John Adams, on Photos by Others

24Feb05:
Added 2 photos by Nicolai Musante of Skyvan N101WA on flying the Short Skyvan by Larry Miller
Updated (added text) in Connected: Aerocom, Jet Line and Air Mero

23Feb05:
Added an account on flying the Short Skyvan by Larry Miller

19Feb05:
Added a photopage Visit to Nairobi-Wilson, Feb.2005
Added a photo by Mark Meltzer on Photos by Others of him parajumping from N51802
Updated Photos by Others with fate of DC-4 D-ABEB

18Feb05:
Updated Steve Howru's Coventry page with 2 photos.
Added a thorough history of Fairchild F.27F N127HP (c/n 33) by Jan Homma in excel format

12Feb05:
Updated Bliss with Brooks ! with an email by Mike Lodge who flew C-54 50857 (N44911)
Updated Vintage Transport Photos by Others with contributions by others
Updated Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum at Lake Hood (Anchorage), 2003 with NC8403's move
Added Classic Flight DC-3 G-ANAF and G-AMRA in temporary colours
Added C-119 tail "N1" at Greybull 1997

12Feb05:
Added a page Vintage Transport Photos by Others
Added a page on C-119s in Royal Norwegian Air Force service

11Feb05:
Added in the Search For... gallery: The tangled histories of DC-6s HK-1776 and HK-1776W
Added an image on Fairchild C-119F "Boxcar" N3267U

06Feb05:
Added in Changed Liveries: Virgin Express
Added history of DC-4 / ATL.98 Carvair N898AT, written by Gil White

05Feb05:
Added in Changed Liveries the Dutch company Martinair
Added in Airlines Remembered added: Basiq Air

04Feb05:
Added DC-3 memories by Walt Brubaker
Added another page to the growing Victor Bout files: Connected: Aerocom, Jet Line and Air Mero

01Feb05:
Added in Changed Liveries the Armenian company Armavia

30Jan05:
In Airlines Remembered added: Dutchbird

28Jan05:
Various minor updates, still on a PC that is not to be trusted fully ...
Updated Percy Wilson's Eagle's Nest Bar, a mystery DC-3 on Ragged Island now solved !
Ansett historian Gil White provided me with text he had written on some Propliners featured on my website: ATL.98 Carvair 9J-PAA, DC-6 EL-WNH and DC-3 9J-RDR.

25Jan05:
Slowly restoring normal ops on my PC: updated Dealing with the Merchant of Death.
Added another page on V.Bout: Air Bas: subcontractor for the US
Also added KBR subcontracting Air Bas

..Jan05:
(due to a defect on my PC, I had for a few weeks no facility to upload pages, but found a way to produce/revise pages on a laptop)
Updated Arrival of VH-NLS at Lelystad, 15 Dec. 2004
Statistics show last December was a peak months with over 4.900 hits on my website !
Added Early Air Carriers in Alaska 1923-1938
Added Round Motors, poetic considerations on the Big Radials (thanks Sean !)

01Jan05:
Added a page Early Coventry pictures by Steve Howru
Also updated Arrival of VH-NLS at Lelystad, 15 Dec. 2004 with several quotes of messages sent to me.

27Dec04:
Created a starting page for my various Fairchild C-119 "Flying Boxcar" -pages.

24Dec04:
Added an aerial view of Greybull by Roger Pardee and a cockpit photo of C-119 N15505
Added 2 images of previous identities of ATL.98 9J-PAA on page Propliners around Johannesburg, 2004

23Dec04:
Created a Questions and Answers- page
Updated Propliner magazine page with 100th issue and revised subscription adress

19Dec04:
Added a page on arrival of Fokker F.27 VH-NLS at Aviodrome's Hq at Lelystad AP, 15Dec04

16Dec04:
Updated the Datangshan Log list with a few corrections by John Chapman
Added some aerial shots of Beijing IAP (BJS) on my China 2002-page, courtesy Heinz Rentmeister.

16Dec04:
Boeing 747 PH-BUK on on nighttransport, 15Dec04 to the Aviodrome

15Dec04:
Recent purchases at internet slide auction provided slides of past operators of CP-2236 Lineas Aereas Canedo, (now ZS-BRV) and Martin 4-0-4 N40415 in Naples Airlines livery.

08Dec04:
Updated China 2002 and China Aviation Museum with 2 aerial shots made by Heinz Rentmeister

01Dec04:
Updated Log reports of the China Aviation Museum, bloody hard work !

26Nov04:
Added a 1991 photo of DC-6 N12347 on Alaska 1995

25Nov04:
Added in Changed Airline Liveries a page on Britannia Airways
Updated Log report of the China Air Museum at Datangshan a.k.a. Changping, with a 1996 list by John Chapman

24Nov04:
Added in Changed Airline Liveries a page on Braathens A/S

23Nov04:
Added in Airlines Remembered the recently failed Dutch Caribbean Airlines - DCA

22Nov04:
Added photos by Ronald Stevelink of China Aviation Museum, in support of the museum's log report
Added in Changed Airline Liveries a page on Aeroflot

16Nov04:
Added a page in the V.Bout file: Viktor Bout in the movies

15Nov04:
Added a page on a C-119, N3267U, which was used for Last Flight of the Phoenix.
Changed my Webcounter, this one from eXTReMe Tracking

14Nov04:
Travel: added a page, dedicated to a 5-day visit to Madrid, Spain

10Nov04:
Added some photos to the Kaiser-Fraser C-119 Production Mystery

08Nov04:
Updated Information on the Fairchild C-119 with Harry Dunn's tale on how the AC-119 Gunship came about.
Also added some photos.

04Nov04:
Updated the log report of Beijing's China Aviation Museum at Changping a.k.a. Datangshan
Updated Information on the Fairchild C-119 with some photos.
Updated Mystery C-119s at Fort Campbell,KY, a discussion about 1950s or 1960s cars.

28Oct04:
Updated a file on Viktor Bout, there seems to be plans for a movie, maybe even more than one !
DC-3 ZS-LVR has a fascinating past, photos by Mark Mainwaring and Alan Taylor

27Oct04:
Updated Lelystad Air Show, 2004, with details on the SKHV Beech D18S and Harvards
Added in Airlines Remembered the US airline: ATA Airlines, aka American Trans Air

26Oct04:
Updated C-133 Cargomaster on the Go, with some more photos.
Added a photo by Marco Kosterman of C-119G N15501 in its present condition.

25Oct04:
Updated and added various pages on Victor Bout (aka Victor Lebede): Victor's Airlines, Diamond Dealings and In partnership with the US

24Oct04:
Updated Mysteries at Duff's Salvage Yard
Updated Photography Links page
Updated Propliners in UK 2003 with an update on C-119G N2700: a link to a fine photo of the days it flew as 3C-ABA.

21Oct04:
Added a nightshot of an AC-47 gunship at work over Pleiku,Vietnam May 1969; photo by Thomas Zangla

20Oct04:
Started updating log reports from Greybull: Log reports, Ralph Pettersen's report and added a report by David Ellis
Added a photo of the stranded Catalina N285RA at Beauvais,France

16Oct04:
Added a page with links concerning my Travel Pages

23Sep04:
Added in the Travel Gallery a report on our summer travels in England and Wales, 2004

23Sep04:
Added in the Search for... gallery the mystery of Percy Wilson's DC-3 on Ragged Island, Bahamas
Updated C-119 Kaiser-Frazer mystery

20Sep04:
Added another page to the Victor Bout file

17Sep04:
Updated Taiwanese C-119, serial tie ups, added 3 RoCAF C-119 photos.

14Sep04:
Updated Taiwanese C-119, serial tie ups

13Sep04:
Added in Airlines Remembered: Baron Air Cargo

06Sep04:
Added Another C-119 mystery: RoCAF 3173

05Sep04:
Added Warbirds and Propliners at Lelystad Airshow 2004

01Sep04:
Added: Roger Brooks' Carvair in final stages of restoration , photos by Stu Sibitzky

30Aug:
Updated PH-PBY, the Dutch Catalina, restored with photos of official roll out 30Aug04

11Aug:
Problems with my PC, requiring full reinstallation of Windows, delayed work on the website.
Added PH-PBY, the Dutch Catalina in final stages of restoration and its first flight on 04Aug04.

26Jul:
Added French Search and Rescue Constellation in action

18Jul:
Updated Victor Bout-file with a few recent links

15Jul:
Updated the history of SC.7 Skyvan N101WA on Propliners on the Last Frontier, part 2 with some details provided by Beb Penick

13Jul:
Updated Alaska-Canada 2003 with details on L.188AF N281F
Updated The Road North..., with details of aircraft of the Transportation Museum at Wasilla,AK

12Jul:
Updated Deep South, 2001 with a sighting at Mercer Field,GA plus request for info on this airfield
Added C-119 Kaiser-Fraser Production Mystery, the saga continues...
Added 2 pages of the crash report of C-47 45-1037 at Haines Junction, Yukon

08Jul:
Edited the page Dutch Connie through stages of restoration with an update on arrival Leystad, 06Jul04.
Added in Changed Liveries: Croatia Airlines
Added in Changed Liveries: Austrian Airlines

02Jul:
Dutch Connie's 1st Testflight in full KLM livery

28Jun:
Got some photos of the unique N199AB Cargomaster on the Go !

27Jun:
Experimented a little with frames around photos, written in html (Jack Edmonds led the way): Check Six
Added links to those who produce radial recordings or videos, on my Links page.
Updated some history on ZS-CRV and ZS-GPL on Propliners around Johannesburg, 2004, something about "Delaney"...

19Jun:
Updated the Dutch Connie in final stages of restoration
Added Photographic update of PH-PBA, June 2004

17Jun:
Some work "behind the scenes", reworking the Airlines Remembered gallery

08Jun:
Added in Airlines Remembered: the Irish Skynet Airlines

07Jun:
Updated Bliss with Brooks, with details by the NTSB on the write off of N44911.
Added 2 pages on Viktor Bout's file: US Trading Partner ? and Victor Bout's American Connection

02Jun:
Added Propliners around Johannesburg, 2004

16May:
Since my TopStat webcounter announced the end of its free service, I replaced it by one from www.freewebcounter.com/

13May:
Updated Propliners in the UK, 2003 with news on Catalina N285RA.

03May:
Updated Amsterdam IAP, the Old Days with 1 Constellation photo
Updated Constellations at Tuln AB , added 1 photo.
Updated: Background info on the C-119 Flying Boxcar

12Apr:
Updated: Background info on the C-119 Flying Boxcar

04Apr:
Added info on Background info on the C-119 Flying Boxcar
Updated Blast from the past: Catalina C-FDIL in 1980s
Added photos on Lockheed Constellations at Tulln AB

31Mar:
In Airlines Remembered I added Air Holland, the first "version"

30Mar:
Updated Remembered: Gandalf Airlines and L.Constellations at Tuln AB

29Mar:
Added L.Constellations at Tuln AB, photos kindly provided by Hubert prigl
Reworked some of the photos (too dark) on Aviodrome, Dec. 2003 visit

23Mar:
Added a page with photos of Catalina C-FDIL a.k.a. N314CF

22Mar:
Added in my Changed Liveries gallery: Maersk Air

19Mar:
Revised my email facility by Java code, to hide from spambots: http://www.mways.co.uk/prog/hidemail.php

15Mar:
Published a list of C-119s in Taiwan, to invite updates and sightings. REMOVED

13Mar:
Added in Airlines Remembered: Euralair and Gandalf Airlines
Also added "The Road Home", last part of my 2003 trip through Alaska and the Yukon, home via Seattle.

12Mar:
Reshaped visit to the Deep South, 2001, in order to save space. Also reworked the photos.

11Mar:
Repaired numerous broken links, using Xenu's Link Sleuth, a very useful tool

10Mar:
Revised emailadress on all relevant pages

26Feb04:
Updated "desert C-119s", shipped from Arizona to Namibia --REMOVED--

21Feb04:
Trying to figure out which "desert C-119s"went from Arizona to Namibia --REMOVED--

20Feb04:
Updated C-119 information page

18Feb04:
Added in the gallery Airlines remembered the French operator Air Littoral

16Feb04:
Added a background information page on Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar

09Feb04:
Updated Air Bas and the illusive Il-18s

01Feb04:
Updated DC-3 N173RD, history details.

27Jan04:
Recently learned of "validation" for website, according to W3C standards. A good tool is CSE HTML Validator Lite v3.5 and I have a lot to do and learn !
Added in the gallery Airlines Remembered: Sobelair

25Jan04:
Installed a Google search engine on my front page

19Jan04:
Revised and corrected some of the text in Aviodrome, Dec.2003. Thanks for pointing out to me Ted !

17Jan04:
Added Greybull 1983, photos by Fred de Ruiter.

15Jan04:
Added on my travel photography pages: Kenya 1985

12Jan04:
Updated Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, Lake Hood, Anchorage in an attempt to identify the wreck of the DHC-4 Caribou

04Jan04:
Updated Links-page with links to Yahoo newsgroups I subscribe to (in various intensities)
Updated C-119s at Ft.Campbell,KY

02Jan04:
Updated Fairchild F.27F N127HP, now stored for many years at Greybull,WY with a photo (by R.Pettersen).

28Dec03:
Added in Searching for aircraft identities a page on a sectioned C-47 fuselage and CV240 at J W Duff Salvage
Added a page on Fairchild N127HP (stored at Greybull), it has an interesting history, info provided by Charlie Snyder

24Dec03:
Updated DC-4 Background Info with info on C-54GM North Star (info written by Jeff Rankin-Lowe)
Revised and updated photos and text on Bliss with Brooks !

22Dec03:
Again, spent many hours on Greybull'smysteries
Updated C-119s at Battle Mountain, photoproof it was Tanker 134 that crashed

21Dec03:
Updated : Greybull's mysteries, true identity of T136 revealed !

20Dec03:
Updated C-119s in Kentucky
Added a page: Greybull mysteries by Ralph Pettersen

01Dec03:
Added Aviodrome Aviation Theme Park
Ralph Pettersen sent me some unidentified airframes, taken at Greybull in May 2003.

23Nov03:
Added in Airlines Remembered: JAT-Jugoslovenski Aerotransport
Added in Airlines Remembered: Air Anatolia

01Dec03:
Added a page on this year's Alaska trip: Bliss with Brooks !

25Nov03:
Updated "Aviodrome's Nighttransport" with background info on the Neptune "210" -REMOVED-

23Nov03:
Added in Airlines Remembered: BOAC
Added in Changed Liveries: Southwest Airlines
Restyled Airlines Remembered for quicker loading

21Nov03:
Added in Changed Liveries: European Aircharter

19Nov03:
Added in Airlines Remembered: BOAC

17Nov03:
Added in Changed Liveries: Air Moldova Int'l
Added in Airlines Remembered: Air Bosna

16Nov03:
Added a page with photos of Connie CF-RNR in use as a restaurant
Added in Changed Liveries: British Airways

15Nov03:
Added background info on the Douglas DC-3S or "Super Three"
Added in Airlines Remembered: Tradewinds Airways
Added in Airlines Remembered: Invicta International

14Nov03:
Screened my Links-page

12Nov03:
Added in Changed Liveries: Northwest Airlines
Added in Changed Liveries: Japan Airlines

10Nov03:
Added 2 photos of DC-6 of C-GIBS in its 1980s identity of HB-IBS with Balair, made by Bryan Benn
Updated Schiphol 1927 with some photos of contemporary Boeing 80A-1 -PAGE RENAMED- Amsterdam IAP, the Old Days

06Nov03:
Updated Mysteries in Mexico (XB-ERL)
Added Amsterdam IAP Schiphol, 1927 -PAGE RENAMED- Amsterdam IAP, the Old Days (03May04)

02Nov03:
Added a page on Pioneer Air Museum, Fairbanks

29Oct03:
Updated Alaska 1995 (page 2) with a picture of DC-6 N12347.

27Oct03:
Added, as part of my Far North trip: Stored at Fairbanks, 2003
Added a (copy) page Air America C-46s
However, upon request for permission for my (more readable version) I was replied:
"I saw your site with the information from Dr. Leeker's book. This is TOO much of an infringement of UTD's copyright. Please cease and desist.
Erik D. Carlson, Ph.D.,
Head, The History of Aviation Collection"
It was therefor removed.

26Oct03:
Updated DC-3 N5831B, with a recent pic at Avra Valley (courtesy James Richard Covington, Jr)

Ten trips are now included on my Travels Abroad (almost totally non-aviation !). Latest update, in 2 pages, with over 60 images is Alaska & the Yukon 2003

21Oct03:
Update Dutch Dakota Assoc. (DDA) with some JAR-Ops developments

17Oct03:
Updated in Airlines Remembered: Aero Lloyd

15Oct03:
A factual update in Martin 404 N40415's (PBA) history .

11Oct03:
Updated Mystery C-119s at Fort Campbell,KY

08Oct03:
Updated DC-7 with further historic details on N756Z.

06Oct03:
Updated C-119s at Ft.Campbell, KY (the mystery continues...).
Updated some text in Propliners in the UK, 2003

03Oct03:
Added a few nice graphics on index page, courtesy William L.B.J. Dekker

29Sep03:
Added in gallery Airlines Remembered : Cargo Lion (ceased 2001)
Added in gallery Airlines Remembered : Aer Turas (ceased 2003)
Added in gallery Airlines Remembered : ACES Colombia (ceased 2003)

27Sep03:
Update: CL-44 "Skymonster" 9G-LCA, details on Mr Farrad Azima's involvement.
Update: Guppy 9G-LCA, May 2003, details on Mr Farrad Azima's career.
Updated: Propliners in the UK, 2003 with details on the new owners of Catalina N9521C.

26Sep03:
Updated: Alaska 2003 The Road North and Fairbanks

20Sep03:
Added: Alaska 2003 continued... The Road North

02Sep03:
Updated: Tripreport Alaska and Yukon 2003, Part 1: Anchorage
Added: Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum at Lake Hood

29Aug03:
Added : Tripreport Alaska and Yukon 2003, Part 1: Anchorage

28Aug03:
"Nightly transport" for Aviodrome museum from Amsterdam IAP --REMOVED--

16Jul03:
Some text additions on Propliners in the UK, 2003

11Jul03:
Updated Log report Greybull with Ralph Petterson's visit in april 2003.

05Jul03:
Some text additions on Remember Southern Air Inc and Propliners in the UK, 2003
Also added photos to Searching for Mexican id's

24Jun03:
Various updates on Propliners in the UK, 2003

23Jun03:
Airlines Remembered: added Elf Air
Airlines Remembered: added Cougar

20Jun03:
Updated some of the info on Propliners in the UK, 2003

17Jun03:
Airlines Remembered: added Air UK
Tripreport of a week in the UK: Propliners in the UK, 2003
Additional photos on the Guppy, 9GLCA at Bournemouth, May 2003
Additional photos of RAF Cosford Air Museum
Additional photos of Coventry 2003 Classic Airshow

11Jun03:
Added a page, dedicated to Propliner magazine, the magazine for "big, round engines enthusiasts"

26May03:
Updated An-22 at Schiphol (april 2003). with a 2 photos taken at May 25th.

20May03:
Added Khalifa Airways and KLM uk in Airlines Remembered

19May03:
Updated Connie N749NL in KLM's paintshop with photos taken on May 18th
Updated the FAA FAR index in relation to Propliners page
Updated Air Bas / V.Bout webpage with recent sightings at SHJ.

09May03:
In Airlines Remembered was added Airborne Express

09May03:
Added Certificate of Flight, KLM 1934

05May03:
Added China Air Museum Log Report

02May03:
Added a page Air Cess to Air Bas to ...? on Victor Bouts' fleet moving into the shadows
Updated Connie N749NL in KLM's paintshop with the latest progress

01May03:
Reworked the photos on DC-4s, stored and deserted

29Apr03:
Updated An-22 at Schiphol (april 2003).

26Apr03:
Updated the Stratocruisers at St.Cugat page

21Apr03:
A small update on Constellation N749NL in the KLM paintshop
Added Antonov An-22 visiting Schiphol

20Apr03:
Updated Delta Airlines with another photo and some 727 news
Repaired some links
Updated Mysteries in Mexico with some additional info on the B-25

19Apr03:
Airlines Remembered: updated Midway, fighting for survival while in Chapter 11 protection
Changed Liveries: added a page on Delta Airlines

17Apr03:
Airlines Remembered: Southern Air filed for Chapter 11 in Jan.2003 and its aircraft were returned to the leasing company

15Apr03:
Identities sought for 2 DC-3s and 1 B-25 bomber: Mysteries in Mexico
Added a new chapter, away from aviation and aircraft: Travel Photography

14Apr03:
Updated Aircraft at Tehran's Air Museum, with additional info on the DC-3 and C-7 Caribou.
Added a T-29 photo to T-29 515145 , a USAF Flying Classroom (USAF 1973).

04Apr03:
Changed Liveries: DBA-Deutsche BA
Updated Condor (Liveries) and Trans Travel Airlines (Airlines Remembered)

03Apr03:
Changed Liveries: SAS - Scandinavian Airline System

02Apr03:
Airlines Remembered: Go
Changed Liveries: Condor Flugdienst and Hapag-Lloyd

01Apr03:
Added another page on Viktor Bout

29Mar03:
Updated CL-415 on French Lake and Stratocruiser at Colorado Springs Restaurant

26Mar03:
Added some action photos of French CL-415s

19Mar03:
Revised the html text on some pages as I wasn't satisfied with the lay-out on a 19inch screen: USA 1992, USA 1993, Alaska 1995 and Alaska 1995 page 2. It does seem that Netscape users get the pages sometimes not quite right, though all the pages are written in plain html....

17Mar03:
Airlines Remembered: updated British World with a photo of ATP SE-LPR, now with West Air Sweden.
Also updated my China 2002 page with updates & corrections by Phil Hawks.

15Mar03:
Updated info on Beijing's spotters location

09Mar03:
Added a mystery page: Stratocruiser in Colorado Restaurant

08Mar03:
Added a page containing links to the FAA's FAR Part numbers in relation to the operations of Propliners
Also added a page on Woensdrecht: airliner storage in the Lowlands

15Feb03:
Updated DDA's DC-4 Departure, with another photo and a link to 36 photos on Jens Klank's website showing ZS-AUA at Mönchengladbach and with some effects caused by the open air storage in plain view...

14Feb03:
Added, in Changed Liveries: KLM

11Feb03:
This one took a while: added Propliners in New Mexico & Arizona, 1993

01Feb03:
Updated and revised layout of China 2002

31Jan03:
added in Changed Liveries Buzz

26Jan03:
Added Euroceltic Airways in the gallery Airlines Remembered

22Jan03:
Updated the mystery C-119s in Kentucky museum

21Jan03:
Updated the DC-3 (C-53) page of N4003 at Petal,MS, with info on how it got there.

20Jan03:
Redesigned and updated the Deep South page somewhat.

18Jan03:
Added in the Mystery Gallery the page Bimini Wrecks Updated the Links-page
Updated Midway Airlines (2)-page
Added Midway Airlines (1) in the Airlines Remembered gallery

17Jan03:
Corrected and amended the info on Midway Airlines, in Airlines Remembered

15Jan03:
Revised the layout of the Alaska 1995 pages somewhat and managed tp solve the mystery of the favicon...

14Jan03:
Added Propliners in Florida, 1992, with some 17 images.

12Jan03:
A visit to KLM Hangar 14 showed little progress with "The Dutch Connie", but 2 photos were added

09Jan03:
Updated Tanker 130 Down ! with news that records have been "lost" due to its participation in covert operations by the CIA.
Added Airfreight Express in the gallery Airlines Remembered.
Also added Trans Travel Airlines in the gallery Airlines Remembered, the first to go in 2003...

08Jan03:
Added in Airlines Remembered: Braniff Int'l Airways

05Jan03:
In Changed Airline Liveries added United Airlines

29Dec02:
Cut the Propliners in Alaska (1995)-page up in Page +1+ and Page +2+, which should make it easier to load. Also updated the Links-page.

21Dec02:
Best part of 3 days, 18 hours in total, took it to compile Propliners in Alaska (1995) ! Scanning 26 pics and researching the history inbooks and on the Internet.... it's a labour of love !

18Dec02:
Added "snow" to the index page

13Dec02:
In my gallery of 'Searching for id's..." I added Thomas Pohls photos of Tehran's Air Museum

08Dec02:
A visit to KLM's hangar 14 resulted in some photos again of Constellation N749NL
Also updated the Searching for... page

02Dec02:
Updated Fokker Aircraft Industries
Added NLM Cityhopper in Airlines Remembered

02Dec02:
Added London City Airways and Netherlines in my Airlines Remembered
Also started with a page on Fokker Aircraft Industries
Added a new theme: Propellor Transports at Amsterdam Int'l Airport Schiphol: Page 1 + Page 2 + Page 3

30Nov02:
Fred Olsen Air Transport, with its demise in 1997, was honored with a spot in my Airlines Remembered

23Nov02:
Added EuroDirect Airlines in the gallery of Airlines Remembered; it folded in 1995 and operated BAe ATPs.

21Nov02:
Added Armenian Airlines and Balkan Bulgarian Airlines (2001) in the gallery of Airlines Remembered

20Nov02:
Although not quite gone, they probably soon will be: China Xinhua Airlines, China Xinjiang Airlines and China Northern Airlines (in the gallery Airlines Remembered).
Also updated The Connie as Budworm sprayer with 3 photos
Also updated the Air Alpha a.k.a. Alpha Airlines page as it ceased operations on Nov.17th

19Nov02:
The Connie as Budworm sprayer by Stephen Piercey, reprinted with permission of Propliner magazine
Also added 2 pages in the Changed Liveries gallery: El Al Israel Airlines and Eva Air (Taiwan)

14Nov02:
Added a page on a visit to Wings of Liberation Museum, which has 3 DC-3s

09Nov02:
Added Schreiner Airways Cargo in the Airlines Remembered gallery

09Nov02:
Added TransAer in the Airlines Remembered gallery
Also added Jet Link Holland

08Nov02:
Added European Airlines in the Airlines Remembered gallery
Updated Heavylift Cargo Airlines page with an A300 photo

06Nov02:
As Delsey Airlines bit the dust, I updated the page on VG Airlines
Also updated the page DDA's DC-4 Departure

03Nov02:
Added DDA's DC-4 Departure

29Oct02:
Added some links and another photo on History of N749NL

28Oct02:
Added VG Airlines in the gallery Airlines Remembered, as the name was changed to Delsey Airlines

27Oct02:
Added some photos kindly provided by Ron Mak (incl a slide made by Stephen Piercey, "inspirator" of propliner enthusiasts !) To History of N749NL
Created a new item to deal with people contacting me for information regarding historical details or fate of an aircraft they flew on or had family flying it. When provided with a photo I can put it up for others to see and comment: Searching for...

26Oct02:
Michael Prophet sent me an update on the history of the Dutch Connie, N749NL

23Oct02:
Reworked my Airlines Remembered page a little plus added AeroLyon
Also updated Dutch Connie with a few more photos of its initial arrival at Lelystad.
My neighbour Arie Groen handed me a postcard from the 1950s, showing a KLM DC-6 by night in the 1950s. Amazingly it still flies with NAC in Alaska !

19Oct02:
Deleted the lists of slides I have for trade (little response & too much work to update).

18Oct02:
Dedicated a page on DC-3 operator South Coast Airways, which ceased operations this summer.

17Oct02:
Updated page Tanker 130 Down and added 2 photos on the "History of the Dutch Connie" page

15Oct02:
Updated the history on N749NL, the Dutch Connie

14Oct02:
Updated a few items on mystery C-119s at Battle Mountain and Greybull

11Oct02:
Michael Prophet wrote down the history on N749NL, the Dutch Connie

08Oct02:
Added a map of Beijing airport layout

06Oct02:
Added an update on Connie's Comeback, after a visit to KLM's paintshop.

05Oct02:
In my gallery of Airlines Remembered I added pages on Vanguard Airlines and Midway Airlines

04Oct02:
A mystery surrounds C-119 N15505 at Brig-Gen. Don F Pratt Museum in Kentucky
Also revised the appearance of my frontpage and the gate page to the DC-3

02Oct02:
Added a few photos on Connie's Comeback page, taken at Schiphol Oct 2nd.

29Sep02:
Added a page on the Connie's Comeback to the Netherlands

27Sep02:
The last DC-10 operator in the Netherlands bit the dust: Aerowings

23Sep02:
Blast from the past, in Airlines Remembered, I added DAN-AIR London

21Sep02:
In my gallery of Airlines Remembered I added a page on Heavylift Cargo Airlines

18Sep02:
Added in the gallery of Changed Airlines Colourschemes something on Swissair
In my gallery of Airlines Remembered I added a page on Wardair Canada

17Sep02:
Modified my Airlines Remembered starting page and added a page on Transjet Airways from Sweden.

09Sep02:
Finally produced a complete new webpage: my report from China 2002

07Sep02:
Updated Skymonster page in reference to its upcoming ferry flight to the UK.
Updated DC-3 N62CC with some data and photo provided by Scott Grillo.

06Sep02:
More problems with the PC, resulting in reinstalling Windows, hardware, software and trying not to loose important data...
Udated the Links page and Greybull Logs
Also added a page on a particular C-119 N8092, looking for more info.

19Aug02:
Major problems with the network at home resulted in much restoration and frustration.... After 2 weeks finally found some time to do some maintenance, e.g. on the Links page

03Aug02:
Updated Viktor Bout's File, the man who combines legal airline ops with embargo busting

03Aug02:
The mystery of Fairchild C-119G airtankers at Battle Mountain and Greybull.

27Jun02:
Started with a "Links"-page today

26Jun02:
During the past few days made some updates on Visit to Greybul and Greybull Logs
Mainly about tankers 136 & 137 both identified as N5216R (137 should be N5215R, in my opinion)
Also my website migrated from host www.11Net.com to www.Bizland.com, which seems to have gone well...

19Jun02:
Added a list of logs at Greybull,WY with hopes to solve unidentified aircraft; also added a page on the crash of Tanker 130
Also added a 1960s B/W shot of Convair propliner CF-ECS, volunteered by Jean-Philippe Cool, having seen it as OO-DHD CV580 on my website.

13Jun02:
Added more info on arms' trader Victor Bout, incl Fleet of Aircraft

24May02:
On the subject of Changed Liveries a page was added describing Icelandair

21May02:
Received following message regarding my Deep South webpage:
"We own C-47 N2805J / 43-16369 on your website you have details on this a/c and I was wondering if you can help us find out what TCG and TCS it was with in the 9th AF. Thanks, Robert Rice (No.14 Squadron Commander, Topeka,KS)
I've amended my Deep South page (look somewhere near the end of that report) with Mr Rice's emailadress and their website url.

20May02:
Added 7 (!) pages on Victor Bout African's Merchant of Death

18May02:
I was shocked to notice I had nothing yet on the Dutch Dakota Association and corrected this

18May02:
Way back, in 1991, I shot this BAe 146 of Air Nova, which will disappear into Air Canada's Jazz
Also, Air liberté was remembered with a few photos and words

14May02:
A visit to Barcelona (Spain) resulted in 2 C-97s at St. Cugat

03May02:
Another one to remember: Panagra (2nd edition)

02May02:
Updated the Deep South page on the sad fate of Martin 4-0-4s at Stennis Intl'l Airport

26Apr02:
A page on the demise of Challenge Air Cargo
Reworked the "Remember"-page somwhat and included various animated GIFS.

24Apr02:
About time I showed some attention to propliners again: a Visit to Greybull, homebase of Hawkins & Powers. They specialize in aerial firefighting and operate an interesting selection of airtankers.

15Apr02:
Transbrasil is still fighting to restructure itself for a restart, but ceased operations in Dec.2001 and is included in Airlines Remembered. Also added Trans World Airlines (TWA) as it has been taken over by American Airlines and ceased independent operations in December too.

08Apr02:
Today Swisswings folded and was added in Airlines Remembered.
Also a page on the varied colourschemes ("liveries') was added: easyJet

01Apr02:
After a "break" and the purchase of a new flatbed scanner (HP 4400C), restarted my efforts on my website.
Some links were added, photos of my visit to Greenwood,MS were re-scanned (very pleased with this new scanner) and added 2 pagea on Airlines Remembered: Hapag Lloyd Netherlands and Swissair

11Mar02:
Added a few links on "Flying the Hump" on my C-46 info page

02Mar02:
Added more info on Victor Bout's Air Cess and its (alleged?) illegal activities: Air Cess & Al Qaeda

09Feb02:
DC-4 N67062 was ferried to March Air Museum on Jan.19th 2002 and that called for an update DC-4s stored and deserted as well as saving the info on that ferry flight, by Melissa Eiselein

02Feb02:
Added Background info to Lockheed Constellation including comparisons to contemporaries.

21Jan02:
Added a page with info, specifications and serials on AC-47D "SPOOKY" Gunship

14Jan02:
Corrected some errors (deep south.htm to deepsouth.htm) which should facilitate loading that page; also made a more or less standard format for the pages in Airlines Remembered.

12Jan02:
I had one or two remarks about no being able to open my website (previous URL); in HTML newsgroup read I should add this:
meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" ( between <>), maybe it helps.
Also added Transavia Airlines on "Changed Liveries".
Air Alfa and Virgin Sun was added with Airlines Remembered.

11Jan02:
Added Axon A/l and British World to Airlines Remembered
Also Air Belgium and Brussels Int'l were added in this chapter.

10Jan02:
Reached the max 10Mb space on my ISP's server, so decided to go for a registered URL: www.ruudleeuw.com

02Jan02:
Added a page on a visit to Greenwood,MS, where airliners are taken apart for spares

17Dec01:
Thought it time to add a propliner page: Oshkosh 1998

13Dec01:
Added a page with Airlines Remembered: Emery Worldwide Airlines

10Dec01:
Put a (discreet) teller on the index page.

08Dec01:
Added 2 pages with Airlines Remembered: Polar Air Cargo and Tower Air.
And added an infopage on the Douglas Swingtails conversions by SABENA.

26Nov01:
Finally got round to producing a page of background info (+ 2 photos) on the ConvairLiners.

24Nov01:
Uploaded another page in Airlines Remembered: Canada 3000; another victim to recession
Also added a 707 photo and history of YA-GAF (with links to the present: fighting in Afghanistan) on A HREF="classic_jets_page1.htm">classic jets 707s

11Nov01:
Uploaded 3 pages in Airlines Remembered: CityBird, Gill Airways and SABENA; they belong to the past now

08Nov01:
Updated the DC-7 page with some photos & histories: DC-7

07Nov01:
Added a page on a mystery C-47, that has crashlanded on a Yukon Mountain.

Oct01:

page added on Convair propliners, "The ConvairLiners":Convairliners

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