PH-LLD_1961ca_MUC_1290_KHC
Photo taken by Michael Riedesser, scan kindly provided by Klaus Held for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
ca. 1961
PH-LLD
Lockheed L-188C Electra
2009
Air Ceylon (leased from KLM)
A very special and rare visitor: KLM's PH-LLD was the first L-188 Electra to land at Riem, on 15 January 1960, and also the only Air Ceylon aircraft ever seen at the airport:
From November 1960 to October 1961, the Electra was leased to Air Ceylon and photographed at Riem on one of the once-weekly scheduled flights KLM operated from here to the Far East in 1961. During the 1960s, PH-LLD frequently returned to Riem on scheduled flights, along with other KLM Electras. (Information from Klaus Held.)
First flight November 1959 and delivered to KLM as PH-LLD "Jupiter" on 16 December 1959. Leased to Air Ceylon from November 1960 to October 1961 and to Persian Air Services from January 1962 to March 1962. Sold to Universal Airlines as N854U in February 1969 and converted to freighter. Also operated for Saturn Airways, Trans International Airlines (TIA), Transamerica Airlines, Interstate Airlines and Galaxy Airlines. Written off after a belly landing at Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA, on 29 January 1985 (no fatalities). (Source: planelogger.com, rzjets.net)
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/PH-LLD/781766
PH-LLD with KLM ca. 1960 (initial colours):
www.flyingpioneers.com/pixlg/a05519.jpg
Colour shot of PH-LLD with Air Ceylon at LHR in 1961:
airliners-airlines.de/fotoserien2/air_ceylon/ph_lld.jpg
PH-LLD leased to Persian Air Services at AMS in 1965 (starboard side was painted in KLM colours):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/8/9/2/1299298.jpg
PH-LLD with KLM at MAN in April 1967:
www.airhistory.net/photo/49602/PH-LLD
This airframe as N854U with Saturn Airways at OAK in 1970 (basis Universal colours):
www.airlinefan.com/photos/memberdir203/watermarked/large_...
N854U with Universal Airlines at SJC in February 1971:
www.flickr.com/photos/34076827@N00/4426533228
N854U with Universal Airlines at PTK in August 1972 (no titles):
www.airhistory.net/photo/497689/N854U
N854U with Trans International ca. late 1970s:
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/37350779795
N856U with Transamerica at DAY in June 1982:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/0/6/6/0489660.jpg
N854U with Interstate Airlines at OAK in March 1984 (basic Transamerica colours):
aviation-safety.net/photos/aircraft/19850129-0-P-1.jpg
Scan from black-and-white print.
PH-LLD_1961ca_MUC_1290_KHC
Photo taken by Michael Riedesser, scan kindly provided by Klaus Held for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
ca. 1961
PH-LLD
Lockheed L-188C Electra
2009
Air Ceylon (leased from KLM)
A very special and rare visitor: KLM's PH-LLD was the first L-188 Electra to land at Riem, on 15 January 1960, and also the only Air Ceylon aircraft ever seen at the airport:
From November 1960 to October 1961, the Electra was leased to Air Ceylon and photographed at Riem on one of the once-weekly scheduled flights KLM operated from here to the Far East in 1961. During the 1960s, PH-LLD frequently returned to Riem on scheduled flights, along with other KLM Electras. (Information from Klaus Held.)
First flight November 1959 and delivered to KLM as PH-LLD "Jupiter" on 16 December 1959. Leased to Air Ceylon from November 1960 to October 1961 and to Persian Air Services from January 1962 to March 1962. Sold to Universal Airlines as N854U in February 1969 and converted to freighter. Also operated for Saturn Airways, Trans International Airlines (TIA), Transamerica Airlines, Interstate Airlines and Galaxy Airlines. Written off after a belly landing at Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA, on 29 January 1985 (no fatalities). (Source: planelogger.com, rzjets.net)
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/PH-LLD/781766
PH-LLD with KLM ca. 1960 (initial colours):
www.flyingpioneers.com/pixlg/a05519.jpg
Colour shot of PH-LLD with Air Ceylon at LHR in 1961:
airliners-airlines.de/fotoserien2/air_ceylon/ph_lld.jpg
PH-LLD leased to Persian Air Services at AMS in 1965 (starboard side was painted in KLM colours):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/8/9/2/1299298.jpg
PH-LLD with KLM at MAN in April 1967:
www.airhistory.net/photo/49602/PH-LLD
This airframe as N854U with Saturn Airways at OAK in 1970 (basis Universal colours):
www.airlinefan.com/photos/memberdir203/watermarked/large_...
N854U with Universal Airlines at SJC in February 1971:
www.flickr.com/photos/34076827@N00/4426533228
N854U with Universal Airlines at PTK in August 1972 (no titles):
www.airhistory.net/photo/497689/N854U
N854U with Trans International ca. late 1970s:
www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/37350779795
N856U with Transamerica at DAY in June 1982:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/0/6/6/0489660.jpg
N854U with Interstate Airlines at OAK in March 1984 (basic Transamerica colours):
aviation-safety.net/photos/aircraft/19850129-0-P-1.jpg
Scan from black-and-white print.