Metro photos for PorkScratching !!

[Grass73]

Manx2.com, Isle of Man, 10 July 2009, EC-ITP backtracking for takeoff. This aircraft was written off in a fatal crash in Cork on 10th February 2011
Manx2, EC-ITP, SA226 Metro by Niall Grant, on Flickr

Isle of Man, July 2009, Manx2.com, EC-GPS. Earlier in the day this aircraft brought me to the island from Belfast City.
Manx2, EC-GPS, SA226 Metro by Niall Grant, on Flickr

[LondonEye]

A few from me -
always liked the commuter aircraft. Pete

Southend, scan from 1984
SA-227 Air Express SE-IKP Southend

Waddington show 2004
Sa-227AC Metro Dynamic AL PH-DYM Waddington

Biggin Hill scan from 1997
SA-227 OLT D-COLB Biggin Hill

Zurich in 2006
SA-227AC Metro OLT D-COLD Zurich

Kamloops in 2007
SA-226 Metro Carson Air C-GKLJ Kamloops

Kamloops in 2010 change of cols
SA-226TC Metro Carson Air C-GKLJ 1 Kamloops

[Polehill]

Here are a few from the General Aviation ramp at Brisbane last September.

VH-UUO SA 227AC Metro III Toll Priority Brisbane 30 September 2015 by michael rourke, on Flickr

VH-UZG SA 227AC Metro III Toll Priority Brisbane 30 September 2015 by michael rourke, on Flickr


VH-UZN Merlin II- Toll Aviation Pty Brisbane 23 September 2015 by michael rourke, on Flickr


VH-UZP SA 227AC Metro III Toll Priority Brisbane 30 September 2015 by michael rourke, on Flickr
With Toll titles.

VH-UZP VH-UZG VH-UUO SA 117AC Metro III Toll Priority Brisbane 30 September 2015 by michael rourke, on Flickr
Three in a row.

[Cessna954]

A few more from me on their home soil, given Ed Swearingen was a Texan. A couple of UPS Expediters (basically a Metro II purpose built freighter as opposed to conversion) at Lubbock Intl in 1991.

N560UP


N548UP


and a Metro II N8116V


Cessna

[keithnewsome]

So back where it all started again ...... From today at Norwich our regular three or four times a week visitor bringing rig crews from and to Amsterdam ....

D-CNAC.

[GCIJem]

A few more for your visual delight, all taken at GCI & JER

[EGNH1909]

Just noticed this topic-an early one from me.

N3010Q Merlin at Farnborough 11 Sept 1982.
AS1095 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

Best Wishes
Pete

[JezM]

OO-JPN Swearengin SA.226AT Metro. European Air Transport. Guernsey 1987

OO-VGC Frevag Airlines. Swearingen Sa.226 Merlin. Guernsey 1990

F-GCPG Swearingen SA.226T Metro. CAL Jersey 1983

OO-JPI Swearingen SA.226TC Metro. European Air Transport/Sabena Jersey 1977

[rich]

A few more.
OY-NPE at Humberside 24.02.2015.

OY-NPF Humberside 27.06.2017.

EC-IXL Humberside 17.10.2014

EC-GUS at Humberside 04.08.2014.

EC-HCH at Humberside 26.06.2015.

EC-JCV at Humberside 23.06.2016.

EC-GXJ Humberside 21.09.2018.

D-CKPP Humberside 29.07.2016.

[welshdan1927]

Love a death pencil!

ZK-CIC at Auckland

Air Chathams apron by Dan W, on Flickr

D-CKPP on a rugby charter back in 2016. If I had my time again I think I'd do a more open crop on this. We live and learn!

Binair Swearingen SA-227AC Metro III D-CKPP by Dan W, on Flickr

One of my big regrets is not taking the trip up to Anglesey on one when North Flying operated the North-South link.

North Flying Fairchild SA227-DC Metro 23 OY-NPD by Dan W, on Flickr

North Flying Fairchild SA227-DC Metro 23 OY-NPE by Dan W, on Flickr

North Flying Fairchild SA227-DC Metro 23 OY-NPF by Dan W, on Flickr

Also bagged plenty of the usual suspects at sunny Southend over the years

DSC_4072 by Dan W, on Flickr

D-CSAL by Dan W, on Flickr

EC-GFK Flightline Fairchild Swearingen SA-226 AT Merlin 4 of Flightline by Dan W, on Flickr