Notes:

Vertical aspect Wing View [showing Singapore's Changi Airport WSSS/SIN (Under Construction – with earthworks) visible below the B707’s Stbd Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B engines]. Photo taken from RAAF 33 Flight Boeing 707-338C A20-624 Cn 19624, during an 8.5 hour flight from Sydney YSSY/SYD to Butterworth WMKB Malaysia on 05Dec1980. I was departing on a two year posting: to 478 Squadron - which supported two RAAF Mirage 3 Squadrons. The ‘camera platform’ would have been at about 30-33,000 feet altitude when one hour from destination.

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A20-624 - Boeing 707-338C - Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

Port side view of RAAF 33 Flight Boeing 707-338C A20-624, in original white livery, awaiting pax loading at Butterworth WMKB Malaysia in March 1981 before a typical flight to Sydney YSSY

Wal Nelowkin A20-624
2,717 2 0 Boeing 707-338C
A20-624 - Boeing 707-338C - Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

Low res Stbd side view of RAAF 33 Flight Boeing 707-338C A20-624 Cn 19624, in original pristine white livery, taxying in at Butterworth WMKB Malaysia in July 1982 after a typical 8

Wal Nelowkin A20-624
1,933 1 0 Boeing 707-338C
A20-624 - Boeing 707-338C - Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

‘Wing View’ from RAAF Boeing 707-338C(KC) A20-624, In-Flight near the end of a 5point4 hour flight from Virginia/ Washington Dulles (IAD/KIAD) International Airport to San Francisco (SFO/KSFO), taken on 11Jun1994

Wal Nelowkin A20-624
3,317 3 0 Boeing 707-338C

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9V-SCL - Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner - Singapore Airlines

Tommy.L 9V-SCL
36 0 0 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
9V-TRE - Airbus A320-232 - Scoot

Tommy.L 9V-TRE
17 0 0 Airbus A320-232
TC-LLR - Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner - Turkish Airlines

Tommy.L TC-LLR
13 0 0 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

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XX264 - British Aerospace Hawk T.1A - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

Front Stbd view of seven UK Air Force (Royal Air Force) British Aerospace Hawk T1A aircraft (including XX264 Cn 100-312100, in RAF ‘Red Arrows’ livery) each trailing tainted White smoke (in an Inverted V - ‘Gable’ formation) against a Bronze coloured sky – at Farnborough EGLF on 09Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin XX264
119 3 0 British Aerospace Hawk T.1A
52-4536 - North American F-86F Sabre - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Rare rear Stbd Color view of In-Service USAF North American F-86F-30-NA Sabre 52-4536 (Cn 191-232) Code FU536 (with droptanks) parked at Pyongtaek (now RKSG) South Korea in 1954

Wal Nelowkin 52-4536
794 11 1 North American F-86F Sabre
A94-922 - CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.30 - Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

Close-cropped Stbd view of RAAF CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk30 A94-922 Cn CA27-22 being used as a Training Aid at RAAF Base Amberley on 14Nov1984

Wal Nelowkin A94-922
215 0 0 CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.30

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A20-624

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Dec 05, 1980

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Notes

Vertical aspect Wing View [showing Singapore's Changi Airport WSSS/SIN (Under Construction – with earthworks) visible below the B707’s Stbd Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B engines]. Photo taken from RAAF 33 Flight Boeing 707-338C A20-624 Cn 19624, during an 8.5 hour flight from Sydney YSSY/SYD to Butterworth WMKB Malaysia on 05Dec1980. I was departing on a two year posting: to 478 Squadron - which supported two RAAF Mirage 3 Squadrons. The ‘camera platform’ would have been at about 30-33,000 feet altitude when one hour from destination.

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Pentax Spotmatic F
A20-624 - Boeing 707-338C - Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

Port side view of RAAF 33 Flight Boeing 707-338C A20-624, in original white livery, awaiting pax loading at Butterworth WMKB Malaysia in March 1981 before a typical flight to Sydney YSSY

Wal Nelowkin A20-624
2,717 2 0 Boeing 707-338C
A20-624 - Boeing 707-338C - Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

Low res Stbd side view of RAAF 33 Flight Boeing 707-338C A20-624 Cn 19624, in original pristine white livery, taxying in at Butterworth WMKB Malaysia in July 1982 after a typical 8

Wal Nelowkin A20-624
1,933 1 0 Boeing 707-338C
A20-624 - Boeing 707-338C - Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

‘Wing View’ from RAAF Boeing 707-338C(KC) A20-624, In-Flight near the end of a 5point4 hour flight from Virginia/ Washington Dulles (IAD/KIAD) International Airport to San Francisco (SFO/KSFO), taken on 11Jun1994

Wal Nelowkin A20-624
3,317 3 0 Boeing 707-338C
9V-SCL - Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner - Singapore Airlines

Tommy.L 9V-SCL
36 0 0 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
9V-TRE - Airbus A320-232 - Scoot

Tommy.L 9V-TRE
17 0 0 Airbus A320-232
TC-LLR - Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner - Turkish Airlines

Tommy.L TC-LLR
13 0 0 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
XX264 - British Aerospace Hawk T.1A - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

Front Stbd view of seven UK Air Force (Royal Air Force) British Aerospace Hawk T1A aircraft (including XX264 Cn 100-312100, in RAF ‘Red Arrows’ livery) each trailing tainted White smoke (in an Inverted V - ‘Gable’ formation) against a Bronze coloured sky – at Farnborough EGLF on 09Sep1992

Wal Nelowkin XX264
119 3 0 British Aerospace Hawk T.1A
52-4536 - North American F-86F Sabre - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Rare rear Stbd Color view of In-Service USAF North American F-86F-30-NA Sabre 52-4536 (Cn 191-232) Code FU536 (with droptanks) parked at Pyongtaek (now RKSG) South Korea in 1954

Wal Nelowkin 52-4536
794 11 1 North American F-86F Sabre
A94-922 - CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.30 - Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

Close-cropped Stbd view of RAAF CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk30 A94-922 Cn CA27-22 being used as a Training Aid at RAAF Base Amberley on 14Nov1984

Wal Nelowkin A94-922
215 0 0 CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.30
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Benedict K.
Benedict K.

To think how large Changi actually is now compared to the 1980s, very much different. Thank you for sharing this photo! It is lovely