vanishing point Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 For the nostalgia fans out there…. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 That Swiss Air DC3 is probably still flying,...somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 The DC3 has had a long history and your comment prompted me to look into the registration of the aircraft in the video. I also thought it was a DC3 but the only registration that I could copy from the film was for a DC2. The film was released in 1934 which predated the DC3. The Douglas D.C. 2 is the principal type of twin-engined aeroplane used by Swissair on its main air routes. It was used to inaugurate the Zurich-Basle-London air service, the 450-miles stage from Basle to London being probably the longest regular non-stop schedule in Europe. The D.C. 2 has accommodation for fourteen passengers and is provided with facilities for serving refreshments, etc., in the air. The crew includes a stewardess. Swissair owned 6 DC-2 in the period from 1934 to 1952. Swissair's models were Douglas-Fokker DC-2's, meaning they were built under licence at the Fokker plant near Amsterdam, NL. built 1. Nov. 1934 as PH-AKF. Then delivered to Austria, where it was presidential aircraft under the reg. A-500. After Austria became 'german', the plane was sold to switzerland for CHF 180'000, and became Swissair's HB-ISA in april 1936. It was later sold to spain, where it flew with Iberia as EC-EBB. It was later re-registered EC-AGA for the spanish air force, and was destroyed in WWII in Stuttgart in August 1944. http://www.sr692.com/history/history-Dateien/image003.gif 1935 · Operations extended from summer season to all-year. · Douglas DC-2 aircraft enter service. 1936 · First two DC-3 aircraft acquired. http://www.sr692.com/history/history-Dateien/image004.gif 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanishing point Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 I was curious to find out…….on the slim chance….if any H.P. 42’s survive today but sadly none made it past 1940. That had to one huge biplane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_H.P.42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W5 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Radial engines and white lab coats; strange sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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