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ID 37587 Views: 384 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Airbus A319-132	Hamburg - Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW/EDHI) Germany, May 27, 2005	Erik Frikke Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	D-AVYG (cn 2468) Became N815BR, D-ABGC, SX-DGF

ID 36057 Views: 554 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Airbus A319-132	Hamburg - Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW/EDHI) Germany, August 27, 2004	Erik Frikke Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	D-AVYD (cn 2277) Still wearing the Airbus test registration. Became N803BR, EK-32011

ID 31660 Views: 497 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Airbus A319-132	Tampa - Tampa International (TPA/KTPA) USA - Florida, December 5, 2004	N960DL Contact
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	N804BR (cn 2296) Independence Air A319 N804BR is seen at TPA December 5, 2004. This image is scanned from a negative.

ID 31483 Views: 445 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Airbus A319-132	Charlotte - Douglas International (CLT/KCLT) USA - North Carolina, November 12, 2005	N960DL Contact
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	N814BR (cn 2467) Independence Air A319 N814BR is seen at CLT November 12, 2005.

ID 31397 Views: 427 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH/KCMH) USA - Ohio, September 12, 2005	N960DL Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N628BR (cn 7240) Independence Air CRJ N628BR is seen at CMH September 12, 2005.

ID 28841 Views: 486 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 30, 2004	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N686BR (cn 7715) Backlighting kept me away from these photos for a long time, but their relative rarity has changed my mind about how they look. Although unsuccessful, I admired Independence Air's spunk and miss seeing them around.

ID 28835 Views: 355 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 30, 2004	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N637BR / N23970 (cn 7308) Seven years ago, Independence Air was still trying to make a go of it, and this CRJ was caught taxiing out for departure as a Continental Express E-145 exits the runway.

ID 28832 Views: 403 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 27, 2004	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N653BR (cn 7438) Lasting only 19 months, Independence Air was a valiant effort by former United and Delta Express carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines to strike out on their own. Instead, they simply struck out.

ID 24556 Views: 461 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 27, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N630BR (cn 7255) With the typical nose-down approach of these aircraft, this Independence Air CRJ now flies with the Lebanese carrier MED Airways as OD-AMR, in basically the same colors.

ID 22610 Views: 506 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 7, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N653BR (cn 7438) Rising off 06R for departure to Washington/Dulles. An ambitious endeavor, the former Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) which operated as a United and Delta carrier broke away and went "independent". It folded after only 19 months.

ID 19885 Views: 396 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 30, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N695BR (cn 7772) Heading for the A concourse on a nice September morning in 2005, Independence Air wasn't long for this planet.

ID 14807 Views: 293 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 22, 2004	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N643BR (cn 7363) This unlucky CRJ was with soon to fold Independence Air when photographed here in 2004. It then went on to fly briefly for Indus Air (as VT-IOB) and Alma de Mexico (as XA-UID), both of these airlines also folded after a short existence. Current whereabouts of this aircraft are unknown.

ID 14806 Views: 369 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 17, 2004	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N661BR (cn 7520) Now with Air Canada Jazz (as C-GJZN), this CRJ was still with (now defunct) Independence Air back when this photo was taken in September 2004.

ID 12669 Views: 466 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 6, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N651BR (cn 7426) For a brief blip in time, Independence Air entertained the skies and spotters alike around Hopkins with their whimsical livery. Pictured here rolling out on runway 06L, this CRJ went on to fly with Mesa Airlines' Hawaiian division as one of the "go!" aircraft, and with the termination of that contract due in April 2009, it will probably return to the regular Mesa fleet on the mainland.

ID 11899 Views: 374 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, October 15, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N679BR (cn 7662) Independence Air brightened up the aviation scene for a short time before running out of steam and folding entirely. Pictured inbound on a nice October morning in 2005 is CRJ-200 N679BR.

ID 11795 Views: 505 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 7, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N653BR (cn 7438) Still with now defunct Independence Air in 2005, this CRJ now flies as a Continental Express jet for Chautauqua Airlines.

ID 11751 Views: 456 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 6, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N651BR (cn 7426) Pictured rolling out on runway 06L wearing their famous polka-dot livery that some hated, but I actually liked! I kinda miss these guys.

ID 11680 Views: 511 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Newark - Liberty International Airport (EWR/KEWR) USA - New Jersey, September 2, 2004	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N682BR (cn 7691) Exiting the runway in Newark (EWR/KEWR) back in 2004, this CRJ went on to fly with ASA in Delta Connection colors when Independence Air went under.

ID 10029 Views: 454 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, August 7, 2004	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N693BR (cn 7761) While digging through some old photos I ran across this shot of N693BR, an Independence Air CRJ that isn't in the database yet, so I decided to show it now. Currently flying in Hawaii with Mesa Airlines (Go!).

ID 8328 Views: 491 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Independence Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, May 27, 2005	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N697BR (cn 7787) This CRJ was one of the aircraft that went over to Arik Air (as 5N-BJK) of Nigeria following the demise of Independence Air.