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ID 21665 Views: 832 Photo Comments: 5	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Northwest Orient Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1973	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N142US (cn 46751) HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED...."Airport Security 1973"

ID 20160 Views: 564 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Southern Airways Martin 4-0-4	Atlanta - Hartsfield Jackson International (ATL/KATL) USA - Georgia, July -, 1973	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	Unknown (cn Unknown) Heres a lineup of four Southern Martin 404's( one is just visible behind the last 404) and a Southern DC-9 at the "old" Atlanta airport back in 1973..With only a 110 and 126 camera this was my first "spotting" trip away from CLE..There was a large open observation deck that was great for photos....

ID 20159 Views: 1044 Photo Comments: 5	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Delta Air Lines Convair 880-22-2	Atlanta - Hartsfield Jackson International (ATL/KATL) USA - Georgia, July -, 1973	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N8816E (cn 64) Delta Convair 880 pushing back in ATL in 1973..I was lucky to catch one of these as Delta stopped operating these the next year ..Photo taken with my 110 camera . This aircraft went on to Latin Carga and crashed in Nov 1980

ID 20158 Views: 584 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Piedmont Airlines Boeing 737-201 Adv	Atlanta - Hartsfield Jackson International (ATL/KATL) USA - Georgia, July -, 1973	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N744N (cn 20213) Piedmont 737 parked on the ramp at the "old" Atlanta airport in 1973..This was also taken from the observation deck with a 110 camera..Special note..check out the Eastern DC-8 stretch in the background ...

ID 18916 Views: 620 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	World Airways Douglas DC-8-63 CF	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1973	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N802WA (cn 46146) One of my oldest photos, from July 1973 with a 126 camera.Taken from the old observation deck above concourse B,this World Airways DC-8 waits for its passengers .Only two short months later on Sep 8th this plane would crash in Alaska....

ID 13146 Views: 704 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Trans International Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 CF	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1973	trs299 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	Unknown (cn Unknown) A regular visitor on charter runs, TIA's sparkling DC-10's were always a favorite. Being readied at the Eastern gates, July, 1973.

ID 5051 Views: 519 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Southern Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14	Atlanta - Hartsfield Jackson International (ATL/KATL) USA - Georgia, July -, 1973	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N3306L (cn 45701) Obtained from Delta, also wore the colors of Republic and Northwest.

ID 5050 Views: 674 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Braniff International Airways Boeing 727-162	Atlanta - Hartsfield Jackson International (ATL/KATL) USA - Georgia, July -, 1973	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N7282 (cn 19243) Taken in Atlanta, early 70's.

ID 5045 Views: 639 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Braniff International Airways Boeing 727-227 Adv	Atlanta - Hartsfield Jackson International (ATL/KATL) USA - Georgia, July -, 1973	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N411BN (cn 20609) Atlanta in the early '70's. Nice ramp lineup.

ID 5035 Views: 519 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Delta Air Lines Douglas DC-8-61	Atlanta - Hartsfield Jackson International (ATL/KATL) USA - Georgia, July -, 1973	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	Unknown (cn Unknown) A "stretch" as we would call them. Taken in Atlanta in the early 1970's.

ID 5034 Views: 492 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Delta Air Lines Douglas DC-8-51	Atlanta - Hartsfield Jackson International (ATL/KATL) USA - Georgia, July -, 1973	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	Unknown (cn Unknown) "FanJet" in Atlanta. Early 1970's.

ID 5033 Views: 564 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Piedmont Airlines NAMC YS-11A 205	Atlanta - Hartsfield Jackson International (ATL/KATL) USA - Georgia, July -, 1973	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N158P (cn 2051) Seen in Atlanta in late 1973 wearing the old color scheme.

ID 5032 Views: 613 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Eastern Airlines Lockheed L-1011-385-1 Tristar 1	Atlanta - Hartsfield Jackson International (ATL/KATL) USA - Georgia, July -, 1973	NwFedEx 757 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N302EA (cn 193A-1003) Taken in Atlanta in late 1973. Ended up with Delta as N781DL before being written off August, 1995 after decompression incident.

ID 4723 Views: 588 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	United Airlines Boeing 747-122	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1973	trs299 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	Unknown (cn Unknown) Getting ready to touch down on Runway 23L, July 1973.

ID 4429 Views: 531 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	USA - Air Force McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale (DC-9-32CF)	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1973	trs299 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	68-8934 (cn 47299) July, 1973.

ID 4416 Views: 437 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Capitol Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1973	trs299 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N4908C (cn 45688) July, 1973rn

ID 4295 Views: 527 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Capitol Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-8	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1973	trs299 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	Unknown (cn Unknown) A Capital Airways DC-8 follows DC-10's of Northwest Orient and American as they taxi towards the departure runway in a photo dated July, 1973.

ID 4292 Views: 478 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	McCulloch International Lockheed L-188A Electra	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1973	trs299 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	N6106A (cn 1028) taken from the far end of the observation deck on the Eastern side. Dated July, 1973.

ID 4283 Views: 569 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	World Airways Douglas DC-8-63 CF	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, July -, 1973	trs299 Contact
	Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes
	Unknown (cn Unknown) A true "pocket camera classic", with illegible registration. This photo is dated July, 1973 which means it was probably one of the first of my CLE shots. Parked at the Eastern gates.