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Besides taking pictures of aircraft, I also collect the safety cards which you can find on board. You know those plastic or cardboard cards that say what to do in case of a crash-landing or ditching. Remember NEVER to panic ;-) And never to take them from the aircraft... OOPS!!

Safety cards A Safety cards B Safety cards C Safety cards D Safety cards E Safety cards F-K Safety cards L Safety cards M-R Safety cards S Safety cards T Safety cards U-Z

I will try to update the list once a week, unless no new cards have been added. The list is sorted alphabetically on the name of the company. For each company, the cards have been sorted on 'Type'. To avoid long loading times of the page, I had to split the list. To go to the thumbnails, click on one of the bars above. Then just click on a thumbnail to get a bigger picture. This list has been updated on 29/11/2005.

Latest additions: added on November 29, 2005

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Aer Lingus Boeing 737 - 400

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Air Malta AIRBUS A320

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Amiri Flight A340

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ArkeFly Boeing 767-300

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British Airways Airbus A321 -> new!

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Cirrus Airlines Do 328

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Contact Air ATR 42/72

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Crossair Europe Saab 340 Cityliner

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Emirates Airbus 330-200

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Etihad Airways A330-200 (version 2)

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Etihad Airways A330-202

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Free Bird Airlines Airbus A320

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KLM 737 - 800 737 - 900

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LOT ATR 72

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Playboy operated by Ozark Air Lines DC-9 Fan / Jet (front/back)

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Republic of Poland TU-154 M

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Sabena Boeing 747 / 200

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SAS Braathens 737-600/700

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United B767-300 2 Cabin

Earlier additions:

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Aer Lingus L-1011

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Aeroflot A 321

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Afriqiyah Airways A320

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Air Horizons BOEING 757-200

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Air Universal L1011

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ARAMCO 767-200ER

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Armenian International Airways A320-212

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Atlas-blue B 737 - 400

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Atlas-blue B737-400

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Axis Airways Boeing 757-200

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Blue Line FOKKER 100

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Bulgarian Air Charter Boeing MD - 82/83

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Corendon Boeing 737-300

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East African Airlines B737-200

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EgyptAir B747-300

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EirJet AIRBUS A320

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Fischer Air Boeing 737-300

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FlyMe 737-300

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FlyMe 737-300 QC

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Hellas Jet AIRBUS A320

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Hemus Air BAe146 AVRO RJ

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Hewa Bora Airways L-1011 Tristar 6 exits (blue print)

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Hewa Bora Airways L-1011 Tristar 8 exits

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Iraqi Airways B767M

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Luxor Air MD -83

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Motor Sich JSC Airlines JAK42

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NAS National Air Services A319CJ

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Novair L-1011-1 TriStar

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Novair L-1011-500 TriStar

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Novair TriStar 500

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PAN AM L-1011

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République du Sénégal BOEING 727

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Sabena Belgian World Airlines BOEING 747

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Saudi Arabian Airlines (VIP Flight) L 1011

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Slovak Airlines FOKKER 100

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SmartWings BOEING 737-500

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Tajik Air TU - 154

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TUI Airlines Belgium Fokker 100

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TUI Airlines Belgium Boeing 767-300

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VLM FOKKER 50 (front / back)    >>> NEW <<<

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Yes L-1011 TriStar 500

You know, sometimes those cards can be fun... Look for the humor in this image taken from the Air Finland 757-200 safety card.


It is also very interesting to see what the aircraft interior looks like. The next picture shows Berlusconi's A319CJ (Aeronautica Militare Italiana).

There is this awesome book about safety cards. It's called 'Design For Impact'. It takes you way back to the very beginning of the safety cards. It takes you back to an era in aviation where men wore high hats and their women fancy dresses. It turns out that the first 'real' safety cards were introduced on board airplanes in the Thirties. They mostly consisted of written words, where today's cards only contain pictures and drawings. Anyway, if any of you is looking for an interesting book to read with a lot of pictures of old safety cards, then this is a 'must have'.

My collection:
I have over 900 cards and I am rather proud of my 'little' collection. There are some

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Special / rare / nice examples

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Amiri Flight 737-700 & 747-400

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ARAMCO 767-200ER

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Canada 3000 A340-300

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BA & AF Concorde

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Iraqi Airways B767M

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République du Sénégal BOEING 727

What do I hope to accomplish?

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First of all, I hope one day to be able to give a complete overview of all the Belgian safety cards ever published. I know this is going to be a near impossible task. But, there is no rush, I have all the time. You could call it a life's work.

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Secondly, I want to have a safety card from every aircraft I have on photo.

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Thirdly, as the Lockheed TriStar is my favourite aircraft, the safety cards on board these gracious iron birds are dear to me as well.

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Last, but certainly not least: there has to be passion, but it should not become an obsession.

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If you are interested, I have some spare cards. Just send me an email and I'm sure we can work something out.

I would like to dedicate a special thanks to all the people who have helped me so far to build this collection. Thank you very much!!!

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