Fleet of day Société Anonyme Air Bleu (1935-1937) By: Rob Mulder For: www.europeanairlines.no Under the leadership of Beppo de Massini the Société Anonyme Air Bleu was founded in Paris on May 23, 1935 with a stock capital of 5 million French Francs. He became the manager director of the company and found Didier Daurat prepared to accept the function of Director of Exploitation. The reason for use of the company name Société Air Bleu was that airmail letters were on blue paper, popularly called les petits bleus (the small blue ones). The company operated with success a number of airmail...
Fleet list of Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG (1923-1938)
Fleet list of Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG - ÖLAG (1923-1938) By: Rob Mulder For: www.europeanairlines.no Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed beyond repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration wfu = Withdrawn from use Junkers Flugzeugwerk AG formed this Austrian airline company in 1923. It owned 85 % of the company’s shares.ÖLAG was formed as an Austrian partner on a route to Germany, but soon turned its attention towards other air services. Especially after the merger...
Fleet list of Società Anonima di Navigazione Aerea – SANA (1925-1934)
Fleet list of Società Anonima di Navigazione Aerea - SANA (1925-1934) Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed beyond repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration wfu = Withdrawn from use The company was formed on January 19, 1925 as a subsidiary of the Società Anonima Italiana Constrizioni Meccaniche - SAICM and the Banca Commerciale Italiano. Operated air service by Dornier flying boats across the Mediterranean and along the Italian coast. Taken over by the State-owned...
Fleet list of Liniile Aeriene Romane Exploatate de Statul
Liniile Aeriene Romane Exploatate de Statul - LARES (1930-1937) Liniile Aeriene Romane Exploatate cu Statul - LARES (1937-1945) By: Rob Mulder For: www.europeanairlines.no We would like to receive information from the reader about the mistakes in this list. Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed beyond repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration One of the largest airline companies in the Balkan prior to the Second World War was the Romanian airline company LARES. It was...
Fleet list of Drustvo za Vazdrisni Saobracaj A.D. – Aeroput (1927-1941)
Fleet list of Drustvo za Vazdrisni Saobracaj A.D. - Aeroput (1927-1941) Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed beyond repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration wfu = Withdrawn from use The company was formed in 1927 in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and operated mainly domestic air services with French constructed aircraft. In the mid-thirties the fleet was modernized with American Lockheed L.10A Electra’s. After the German occupation of Yugoslavia the company was...
Nordbayerischer Verkehrsflug GmbH (1926-1931) and Deutscher Verkehrsflug AG (1931-1934)
Fleet list of Nordbayerischer Verkehrsflug GmbH (1926-1931) Abbreviations: b/u = Broken up Canx = cancelled from the register c/n = Constructor’s Number dbr = Destroyed beyond repair f.u. = Fate unknown In = Date aircraft was taken in use / or registered Regn = Registration The Nordbayerischer Verkehrsflug GmbH was formed to operate regional air service not interesting for the national carrier Deutsche Luft Hansa AG-DLH. Soon the company became a popular sight around the regional airports in mainly eastern parts of Germany. The company was reconstructed in 1931 as the Deutscher Verkehrsflug AG as...
An Englishman’s dream:
The North Sea Air Mail Express Newcastle – Stavanger By: Rob Mulder For: www.europeanairlines.no It has taken many years and numerous attempts to realise the opening of an air service between Norway and the United Kingdom. Both Norwegians and Englishmen have throughout the twenties and thirties of the last Century tried, but it was an Englishmen pursuing his dream that would follow in the footsteps of the Norwegian aviator Tryggve Gran and inaugurate an air service across the North Sea. The first attempts from the Norwegian side At the formation of Det Norske Luftfartrederi AS – DNL in 1918, the...
Handley Page O/400, G-EAKE in Norway
By: Rob Mulder For: www.europeanairlines.no In this article we highlight the history of the Handley Page O/400, G-EAKE. It was one of many Handley Page O/400s that spread its wings across Europe in order to establish political influence in the aviation of neutral states. The particular aircraft was involved in the race for the first flight between Kristiania (Oslo) and Stockholm. It was important for the young nation (as Norway was) to show its flag abroad. What an aircraft! The aircraft I talk about here was the Handley Page O/400. What an aircraft! Personally, I regard this huge twin-engined biplane...
British Aerial Transport F.K.26 ‘Commercial’
World's first aircraft specifically designed for commercial aviation, 1919 By: Henri Kaper For: www.europeanairlines.no Introduction by Rob Mulder, webmaster: The BAT F.K.26 Commercial is the world’s first aircraft sepcifically designed for commercial aviation. Henri Kaper wrote an article for the webiste of the Koolhoven Aeroplane Foundation and we would like to let as many as possible get to know about this achievment. With the permission of Henri Kaper we have published the article on our website as well. World's first aircraft specifically designed for commercial aviation, 1919 When the end of World War I was in sight, aircraft builders saw...
Alpar, Flugplatzgenossenschaft, Bern (1929-1936)
By: Rob Mulder For: www.europeanairlines.no This small Swiss airlines company was formed in 1929 and managed to survive the turbulent Second World War. Its fleet consisted of many smaller type of aircraft, but its history is enjoyable reading. It was to connect the city of Bern won the international network and to organise joy ride flights and other flying activities from the airport of Bern – Belpmoos. Its history can be divided into two periods: 1929-1936, when it was called Alpar, Flugplatzgenossenschaft and 1936 – 1947 Alpar, Schweizerische Luftverkehrs AG. On March 5, 1929 the Alpar, Flugplatzgenossenschaft - Bern, Alpar-Bern...