Ahhhhh...MEMORIES !

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Check out the staircase to this TWA 747-100 TWA N17117 in Chicago. 1976-1977. This aircraft flew for Qantas 1987-1988 in the basic T.W.A. livery with 'On Lease To Qantas' decals. It was flown by Tower Air technical crews with Qantas supplying the cabin crews. It operated its first Qantas revenue service Los Angeles - Honolulu - Nadi - Melbourne as QF18 - December 12, 1987 and was utilized on Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Fiji - Los Angeles services only. Returned at the end of the lease - February 20, 1988

N93117 24/05/1971 TWA - Lease To: TOW 21/04/1987/ - QFA 01/11/87 - ELY 01/03/88- EIA 04/05/88 - TWA 08/12/88 (scrapped in 1998)

October 2025, as every year, alumni from TWA Maintenance, ATO, and Commissary meet in the south of France.

From left to right Guy Brickert, Daniel Mercier, Jean Maurin, Jean Pierre Barrois, Patrick Chateau, Mike Magne, Bernard Pigasse, Jacques Occhipenti, Jacques Cognie, Jean Guallar, Chantal Bachoffer, Mme Guallar, Jean Jacques Gauthier, Roland Salord.

Meeting Organized by Bernard Pigasse, photos by Patrick Chateau, thanks to both of you.)