Altair Airlines   Aerospatiale (Nord Aviation) 262A   N481A                        (c/n  25)

                              

                                   In 1976 Altair acquired seven Nord 262s from Cimber Air in Europe (some were Danish registered,
                                   some German).  N481A above, seen here in this nice shot by Howard Chaloner at Liberty International
                                   Airport, Newark, NJ in April 1979, was formerly D-CIMB (and OY-BDL, I-SARL before that).
                                   Of the 110 machines of this type built at Bourges, France some 40 or so wound up in service in the
                                   U.S., the most notable customer being Lake Central.