Swissair Fleet 1994
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Documentary (1994)
Presentation of main part of the Swissair's fleet since the origin of the company, with archive footage. Each presentation dates the period of operations by the airplane for the company.
Fokker F.VIIb/3m
Registration CH-192, c/n 5225. Delivered first to Ad Astra Aero on 01.05.30, converted to Swissair in 1931 when the company was founded by the merge of Ad Astra and Air Basel (Balair). Sold to Ethiopia in 1936.
Departure at Flughafen Zürich-Dübendorf (--/LSMD).
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Flight over Zürich.
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Lockheed 9B Orion
Registration CH-168, c/n 190. Delivered in US as X12232, to Swissair on 29.03.32 as CH-168 then HB-LAJ.
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General Aviation Clark GA-43
Registration CH-169, c/n 2202. Delivered in US as X82Y, to Swissair on 16.03.34 as CH-169 then HB-LAM.
Notice the Curtiss T-32 Condor II in the background. Listed below in the page.
Curtiss T-32C Condor II
Registration CH-170, c/n 53. Delivered to Swissair the 28.03.34 but crashed few month later the 27.07.34 in a forest near Tuttlingen, Germany. Should have became HB-LAP.
Gounded beside the Clark GA-43 listed above, at Flughafen Zürich-Dübendorf (--/LSMD).
Aged 22, Nelly Hedwig Diener was Europe’s first airline hostess.
Flughafen Zürich-Dübendorf (--/LSMD).
Douglas DC-2-115
Maintenance hall at Flughafen Zürich-Dübendorf (--/LSMD).
Douglas DC-2-115B
Registration HB-ITO, c/n 1332.10. Built in USA but delivered by Fokker, parnership of Douglas, as PH-AFK and entered service with Swissair as HB-ITO the 15.02.35. Sold to South African postwar as ZS-DFX for Phoenix Airlines and finally in France as F-BJHR for Airnautic, removed from French register in 1964.
When it was correct to smoke a cigarette in the cabin, even in Switzerland ... those were the times!
Fokker F.VIIb/3m & Junkers Ju 52/3m
On the left, a Fokker F.VII/3m probably from Swissair and on the right a Deutsche Luft Hansa Junkers Ju 52/3m. Might be D-ABAQ or D-ABIK Manfred Von Richthofen used by Georing as travelling aircraft.
Various Airliners
At Flughafen Zürich-Dübendorf (--/LSMD).
1- Douglas DC-2.
2- Junkers Ju 52/3m.
3- Douglas DC-2.
4- Junkers Ju 52/3m.
5- Fokker F.VIIb/3m.
Douglas DC-3-227A
Registration HB-IRO, c/n 2054. Delivered on 31.10.38. Sold to US in 1955 as N2817D, re-registered N143D with Ozark Airlines then to Academy Airlines in 1967.
Douglas DC-3-216
Rgistration HB-IRI, c/n 1946. Delivered on 22.06.37. Sold to US in 1955 as N2816D, re-registered N142D with Ozark Airlines.
Douglas DC-4-1009A
Registration HB-ILA, c/n 43072. Delivered to Swissair the 24.11.1946, then went to Balair in 1959.It crashed into a 7000' high mountain after a series of navigational errors by the crew on May 15th, 1960 in Sudan killing all 12 on board.
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