Photographic Memories ...
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Shannon Aerospace was founded with the Irish Government, Lufthansa and Swissair Technical Services. The goal was to start an overhaul line there for MD-80 and B-737/57 aircraft, but first the local workforce needed basic and type rated training for these airframes and therefore technical training set out to SNN for MD-80 theory courses. 1991 the first of Swissair’s MD-11-HB-IWA landed in Zurich. In Amsterdam the last maintenance training on Fokker-100’s took place. The Fokker's are all delivered by now, replacing the noisy DC-9-51’s.
In 1995 the first batch of the small Airbuses: A-321 were delivered to SR & OS. 1997 the 50th anniversary Year of Swissair’s first transatlantic flight was celebrated with a leased DC-4 from SAA, dubbed as HB-ILI and flying the GVA-JFK route once again via Shannon and Gander this summer. The company was also split into independent cost centers forming a holding and christened: SairGroup! Technical services now: SRTechnics; a name that later survived the core of the Group. 1998 Zurich Airport had an air display weekend, where the newest aircraft of Swissair’s fleet was introduced : the Airbus A-330-200. Later this Year an MD-11 (HB-IWF) crashed near Halifax-CDN with 229 fatalities. Austrian airlines ended the cooperation with the increasingly aggressive partner Swissair.
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1990...	...	Swissair's technical Training as a part of Shannon Aerospace gives MD-80 type rating courses to the maintenance crew in Shannon. Peter Zosso being the practical instructor there.
1991...		Swissair takes delivery of its first MD-11 – arrival in ZRH. Fokker-100 maintenance training is given to more customers, also SAS in CPH and STO. ( With Andy Strebel in CPH)
1992...		Shannon Aerospace Hangar finalised and in action soon, after all training is completed, the overhaul starts.
1993...		Fokker-100 flight training in Malta in full swing, while I am taking type rating courses at the Fokker factory (with Air Ivoire Engineers.)
1994...		Our longtime, devoted training manager Sepp Pfister is retiring with a great farewell party.
1995...		Airbus A-321/320/319 are being delivered to SR & OS. Swissair and Sabena agree on a takeover of a major part of the Belgian carrier by Swissair. Our MD-11 fleet is complete.
1996...		First presentation of the B-777 with RR-Trent-900 engines by Malaysian Airlines in ZRH. Dr. H.R. Beyeler becomes president (CEO) of Swissair technical Services
1997...		Anniversary of the first transatlantic flight is celebrated with a special chartered DC-4 from SAA flying as HB-ILI during the summer months. Our company name changes to SairGroup!
1998...		Following Swissair's Name change into a Group, we become “SRTechnics” including  the logo. ZRH airport celebrates, after training in TLS we arrived with HB-IQA on a testflt in ZRH.
1999...		Views over the tarmac: Toni Kaelin next to an RB-211-900 and the massive MLG of a 777. Airbuses in action, here an A-319 and an A-330-200 taking off.

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