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[moose135]

Let me torment you a little more, Senga

I took that shot back in 1980 or 1981 - here's another from that day, check out the background...

[Tom_Turner]

I never saw any of those in person, (might have seen Interflug as a kid, not sure) but the IL-62 from Air Ukraine in that yellow/blue was especially beautiful.

Tom, there was also a short lease from Guyana Airways of an IL-62 (full colors!). I think it was leased from Aeroflot can't remember but either way I'm sure it had to have been used to JFK. Seeing all those pax IL-62s and 707s at JFK today would be PLANE HEAVEN. Dang I wish I was older.

Mario, that was one of the relatively few things I can think of now that make me thankful to be "older" - yes it was plane heaven.

The Guyana Airways was I believe a Tu-154. It got grounded for a bit at JFK due to a serious engine problem - and - a new engine was flown in from MIA to JFK on a DC-6 apparently. Story I read in Airways or Airliners some years back.

I did get to see the Guyana full colors 707 into JFK. Roughly around the time Hispaniola (?) was flying a short fuselage pax DC-8 into JFK as well. Pakistan, Lan Chile, and Royal Jordanian were amongst the last 707s cargo into JFK.

The Guyana may have been the last regular scheduled pax 707 flight into JFK, but as for the DC-8, MGM Grand Air was around at roughly the same time, but those were probably the last two for the DC-8s (short fuselage pax).

[Mayi757]

I never saw any of those in person, (might have seen Interflug as a kid, not sure) but the IL-62 from Air Ukraine in that yellow/blue was especially beautiful.

Tom, there was also a short lease from Guyana Airways of an IL-62 (full colors!). I think it was leased from Aeroflot can't remember but either way I'm sure it had to have been used to JFK. Seeing all those pax IL-62s and 707s at JFK today would be PLANE HEAVEN. Dang I wish I was older.

Mario, that was one of the relatively few things I can think of now that make me thankful to be "older" - yes it was plane heaven.

The Guyana Airways was I believe a Tu-154. It got grounded for a bit at JFK due to a serious engine problem - and - a new engine was flown in from MIA to JFK on a DC-6 apparently. Story I read in Airways or Airliners some years back.

I did get to see the Guyana full colors 707 into JFK. Roughly around the time Hispaniola (?) was flying a short fuselage pax DC-8 into JFK as well. Pakistan, Lan Chile, and Royal Jordanian were amongst the last 707s cargo into JFK.

The Guyana may have been the last regular scheduled pax 707 flight into JFK, but as for the DC-8, MGM Grand Air was around at roughly the same time, but those were probably the last two for the DC-8s (short fuselage pax).

Yes Tom they leased two TU-154s for the JFK and Miami runs, one in full livery, the other in partial Tarom colors which ended up crashing a few years later due to an engine failure. Wonder if it's the same one with engine problems earlier.

Here's the rare IL-62. The popular photo sites bloated with over a million pics still don't have it:



You are right about Guyana Airways being the last 707 pax operator to JFK (last pax one at Miami as well). If I remember right, Royal Jordanian (Cargo) was the last commercial 707 at JFK, around 98-99. As far as DC-8s, MGM was a charter airline and likely the last pax DC-8s at JFK. I used to see them in Orlando, usually parked away from the terminals by the FBO on the west side. Hispaniola might have been charter given Dominicana was the main airline of the DR to the USA and they were still around in the early 90's.