On April 6, 1990 the Togo Air Force Super Puma 5V-TAH came in for fuel when on delivery from Forus in Norway. Before it departed to Villacoublay, the next stop to Togo, it was photographed by Jack Poelstra. This 1984 built AS.332L was operated before as LN-OLE with Helikopter Service. In service with the Togo Air Force-Escadrille Presidentialle the 5V-TAH was reregistered 5V-MCD. In December 1996 the registration F-WQDX was allotted and finally it was registered G-BWZX with Bristow Helicopters Ltd. on January 6, 1997.

In 1990 the RLS bought 9 Slingsby T.67C-3 Firefly for the basic training. They replaced the 8 Cessna F.152-II operating since 1980 in this rule. When in August 1991 the KLM took over the RLS and transferred it into the KLM Luchtvaartschool: the aircraft were repainted in the basic KLM colours. PH-SGA, ex. G-7-137, was registered on September 4, 1990 with the Directie Rijksluchtvaartschool. It was photographed on May 6, 1993 in the KLS colours. After the PH-SGA was withdrawn from use it was sold in the UK and registered G-FLYG on August 23, 2002.

On the early morning of November 12, 1991 Aeroflot Il-18D CCCP-75499 was photographed. However this 1968 built aeroplane wears the Aeroflot colours, it is not a normal passenger aircraft. It was operated in a VIP-configuration on behalf of the Byelorussia Government. The Ilyushin came in the day before with a trading delegation. The registration CCCP-75499 shown on the aircraft is in Cyrillic and means SSSR-75499. After the Soviet Union was split up, the Ilyushin was registered in Russia as RA-75499.

AirSul operated in 1990 and 1991 the IT-charter program to Faro. Their Boeing 737 CS-TMC was photographed on August 27, 1990. This Boeing flew first on May 3, 1983 and was delivered on May 27, 19983 as N7399F to Frontier Airlines. The N7399F was transferred to Continental Arlines on October 27, 1987. The GPA Group Ltd. bought the Boeing on September 30, 1988 and registered it as EI-BWC. After being leased to Indian Airlines (VT-EQJ) the Boeing was leased to Air Sul. After AirSul defunct, the Boeing returned to GPA as EI-BWC. It was operated as CS-TIS; CC-CDG; VP-BBM; CC-CVH before the Boeing was registered on August 25, 2003 with Bellview Airlines as 5N-BFX in Nigeria.

Air Atlantis operated the IT-charter program to Faro in 1992. The Boeing 737 CS-TIG of the Lisbon based Air Atlantis was photographed on June 15, 1992 by Jack Poelstra. Air Atlantis was formed in May, 1985 as a subsidiary of TAP and operated Boeing 707; Boeing 727 and Boeing 737 all leased from TAP. When the operations stopped early 1993 caused by insolvency the aircraft returned to TAP. Boeing 737 CS-TIG flew first on November 9, 1989 and was one of three subleased from Bavaria Flug. After the defunct of Air Atlantis the CS-TIG became part of the TAP-fleet. On December 16, 2001 the CS-TIG was registered PR-BRE with Brasil Rodo Aereo.

During the 1993 season the IT-charter program to Faro was operated by Air Columbus (BO/CNB). Air Columbus - Transporte Aéreo Nao Regular, S.A. was formed in 1989 and was based at Aeroporto do Funchal-Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal. Their Boeing 737 CS-TKC "Santa Maria" was photographed on July 12, 1993. Before entering service with Air Columbus this Boeing was registered LN-NOS with Norway Airlines Charter. After Air Columbus ceased their operations in 1994 the Boeing was returned to Norway Airlines Charter.

Transavia operates the bulk of the Eelde IT and charter program. Boeing 737 PH-HVV was served between two flights by Groundservice Groningen Airport when it was photographed on June 1, 1994. Boeing 737-3K2 PH-HVV flew first on April 27th 1990 and was delivered to Transavia Airlines on May 11th 1990. Since this Boeing was leased by Transavia to Air One (15/09/1996 - 03/06/1997 and 15/01/2001 - 28/03/2002). On November 14th 2002 the Boeing was leased to Norwegian Air Shuttle as LN-KKI.

Estonian Air was established as a state company on December 1, 1991, immediately after the re-establishment of Estonian independence. The airline is based at Tallinn Airport, Estonia. Their Yakovlev Yak-40 ES-AAT came in at Groningen Airport Eelde in the Netherlands on July 3rd 1994. A number of Dutch authorities should fly with this Estonian Yak to Riga in Latvia. When the aircraft left for Riga with a delay of over an hour it was fully loaded, not only with passengers but also with barrels herring. The passengers on this flight had really the feeling if they were packed like sardines. The ES-AAT was registered before as CCCP-87347.

Since 1992 rheumatic-patients out of the Northern part of Holland are flown to Slovakia to take a cure. The first years the Czechoslovak airliner CSA operated on these flights with their ATR-72. In 1994 the flights were taken over by Tatra Air. On September 25, 1994 their SAAB 340B OM-UGT was the first aircraft registered in the Slovakia republic to visit Eelde. Before this aeroplane entered the Slovak register it was flown as OK-UGT; OO-RXM; HB-AHY and SE-F71. Nowadays this 1989-built SAAB 340B is operated by Kenya Flamingo Airways as 5Y-KFB (ex SE-KCH).

The Swedish Air Force was a well seen guest at Eelde. The SAAB Sk 60 of F.5 Wing of the Royal Swedish Air Force (Kungliga Svenska Flygvapnet) visited Eelde not only on navigation flights: Team 60 came in when they needed fuel for the SAABs and the escorting Piper PA-31 and food for the crewmembers on route to the airshows in Europe. On September 6, 1993 "Team 60" was on the way back from an air show in Belgium when they were photographed. Forced by complaints of a small action group Groningen Airport Eelde decided early 2002 to close the field for military aircraft. October 2002 it was changed into "Prior Permission Required".

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