Two Planes, One Building and BLOG 1500

 ***************** BLOG # 1500 *********************

Hello again. Well it's another bitterly cold day here in Airdrie.  It's sunny but the temperature is -26 C and the windchill is -39C. So it's another good day to be inside. 

Hey , you're reading Blog # 1500 of Gem's World Postcards - Enjoy.  A lot of people have contributed to getting to #1500. Everyone who has ever sent me a postcard, thank you. There would be no blog if not for all of you  -- you know who you are . Thanks to My Lovely Teena for putting up with me and also proofreading many of my blog updates. 

My first two cards today are Airline / Aircraft cards , one of my favourite theme, but not everybody's I'm sure. So bear with me please. 

This first card shows an Air France Airbus A310 on the ground in Paris in May of 1998. It is painted in a special livery for the World Cup 98. Air France also had this livery on B747s, A340s and A320s. 

This aircraft F-GEMD first flew in Nov of 1984. It was part of the Air France fleet from Jan 1985 until Apr 2002. After leaving Air France it entered service with Federal Express and was then converted into a freighter in May 2009. F-GEMD is now stored at Victorville, Calif. 

Jean Pierre used 2 copies of the latest Marianne definitives. The bird stamp on the right was 1 of 4 in a minisheet issued  in 2021. It highlighted Fauna - Birds. 

The second aircraft card gives us a look at an AeroGal A319, registered as HC-CKL. AeroGal was founded in Nov 1985 and operated as such until Oct 2009. Now known as Avianca Ecuador , it is based in Quito, Ecuador.  It operates within Ecuador, between the mainland and the Galapagos Islands and between Ecuador and Colombia. 

The aircraft HC-CKL first flew in Nov of 2002. From Dec 2002 until Aug 2010 it was in service with Mexicana Airlines. It then flew with AeroGal between Jan 2011 and Jun 2014. Stored for a couple of years it then saw service with Flynas from 2016 until 2020 when it was returned to its original lessor. 

On this one Jean Pierre used 1 of 2 stamps issued in 2021 , commemorating the 100th Anniversary of CHANEL No 5. 

My next card is from Germany and is a look at Der Oderturm, a 24 storey office building in Frankfurt. On the 24th floor is a restaurant called Turm 24.

Carsten used 2 Flower definitives along with another stamp from 2018. This one commemorated the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Peter Behrens.  Behrens was a German architect and inventor. He was responsible for one amazing invention which most of us use everyday - the electric kettle.  Thank you Mr Behrens. 

  That's a wrap for today and so ends Blog #1500.  Thanks for today's cards go to Jean Pierre and Carsten.  

One more time now - wash your hands, wear a mask and keep your distance.