German leisure carrier Condor is currently in the process of retiring its legendary Boeing 757-300 aircraft. These stretched narrowbody twinjets have been amongst the most distinctive commercial planes in European skies in recent years, following the application of the airline's new striped livery. However, a notable exception, that was thus even more distinctive, was an example that bore the registration D-ABON.

Instead of stripes, this plane is known for having worn Condor's famous 'Wir lieben Fliegen' ('we love flying') livery, with colorful hearts adorned all the way along the lengthy aircraft's considerable white fuselage. D-ABON, which is nicknamed 'Willi' as a short form of the name of its livery, served the airline for more than 25 years, but it has now been flown to Wales

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