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vt-ala Member
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:53 pm Post subject: Classic Scans |
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A few years ago, I was part of a research team putting together a project on the history of Civil Aviation in India. I recently found some of the material I had managed to lay my hands on then - mostly scans from the now defunct 'Indian Airliner' magazine of Indian Airlines.
Over the next few weeks, I will be uploading some material from this cache, starting with these classic pics of AI/IC aircraft. Hope you like them
B747-237B Rajendra Chola - VT-EBN
Cargo Loading on a DC3
A300 at Srinagar for the first time
Indian Airlines A300 VT-EGD and B732 VT-EFE
IA DC-3
DeHavilland DH-114 Heron 2
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747-237 Member
Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11363 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent - love the old pic of the AI 747-200. Hopefully you can find some of the 707s too.
Here's one from my collection.
_________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India.
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sumantra Member
Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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Wow - lovely. Thanks for sharing these lovely memories with us! What year did the SXR A300 flights start? I seem to remember being on an SXR-DEL flight running very high fever: was it in 1976 itself?
Cheers, Sumantra. |
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HamiltonAir Member
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 937 Location: Bangalore
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:51 am Post subject: |
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Very nice collection there. How long did IC use the DC3s? and where did they fly them to? _________________ HamiltonAir |
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himmat01 Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 1392 Location: DEL
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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Great pictures. Thanks for posting. _________________ Save Maharashtra! |
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The_Goat Member
Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 3260 Location: South of France
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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HamiltonAir wrote: | Very nice collection there. How long did IC use the DC3s? and where did they fly them to? |
IC operated DC-3s right from its formation in 1953. While passenger services ceased sometime in the late 1960s, one aircraft continued operating as a freighter right up to the mid-1980s. This airplane was mainly used for government and internal IC cargo.
Where did they fly them to? Almost wherever they operated! The DC-3 was IC's workhorse during the 1950s and 1960s. Even after the Caravelle, Vickers Viscount and Fokker F27 were inducted, the DC-3 continued operating to smaller destinations. It was only just before the arrival of the 737 that it was removed from scheduled services.
The DC-3 was the backbone of Indian Civil Aviation during its formative years of the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. In fact, IC was formed in 1953 after merging the numerous smaller airlines that existed in India during the British rule, and most of these flew the DC-3. As a result, the merged entity had nearly 50 DC-3s, in additon to Herons, Skymasters and Doves. So actually, the saga of the DC-3 in Indian Civil Aviation goes back to the 1930s, right from the time the first DC-3s was made. Just like it did wherever it flew, the DC-3 served India too in an exemplary fashion.
Great Airplane! _________________ I don't know which is the more pampered bunch : AI's widebodies (the aunties) or Jet's widebodies (the planes).
-Jasepl |
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HamiltonAir Member
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 937 Location: Bangalore
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:31 am Post subject: |
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The_Goat, thank you very much for the detailed input, much appreciated!
Couldn't agree more, DC3 is a great airplane! _________________ HamiltonAir |
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747-237 Member
Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11363 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:52 am Post subject: |
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The_Goat wrote: | Great Airplane! |
HamiltonAir wrote: | Couldn't agree more, DC3 is a great airplane! |
Indeed. _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India.
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HAWK21M Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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Nice Vintage pictures..... _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! |
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