More Odds and Ends

[happytraveller]

More from the archives and more from the Caribbean, and some less common aircraft too......all taken at Curacao Willemstad airport



and lucky to get a 737 200 of Estelar Air (built in 1988, and now operated by Estelar from Venezuela), and the Aerosucre 727 200 freighter (both in the same photo too!)







and the Fokker 50 again


and a Fokker F100 belonging to Dutch Antilles Express. The Rolls Royce Tay engines make quite a different sound



smooth landings.

[Ian Warren]

The Fokker looks all white , the Tay's to me sounded like an overpower vacuum cleaner blowing the wrong way probably the best way to describe the sound

No noise problems here , the old smear marks of exhaust from the reverse thrust on the side of the fuselage on the 737s .. and no dang hush kits COOL

[happytraveller]

Just so happens that I have a photo of those very thrust reversers in action.......



smooth (reverse thrust) landings.

[happytraveller]

and finally, a photo that did not make it into the main selection. Due to the double fence, I could not get a clear photo of this, but anyway...

737 200 Freighter from Aerosucre of Colombia. This aircraft first flew on 30 April 1980, so is almost 33 years old.



smooth landings.

[Ian Warren]

You no why they cause the soot on the fuselage ? ... the reverser were originally vertical but on applying the reverse buckets they lifted the aircraft loosing the stick to the ground even with the spoiler and making brakes pointless so they rotated the bucket slightly hence the jet flux exhaust sooted the fuselage - CLASSIC .

[Splitpin]

Great pics HT ..... Look forward to your posts.

[deeknow]

Loving these old birds. Awesome to see the 727, and these exotic liveries. Great stuff Jerry