LN-FOR (right)_1971-06-30_MUC_1290_KH
Photo taken by Klaus Held, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
1971-06-30 (30 June 1971)
LN-FOR (on the right)
Riddle C-46R Commando Super 46C
30252
ex-Fred. Olsen Lines
The aircraft on the left is either LN-FOP or LN-FOS. LN-FOP had been noted at Riem with Fred Olsen Lines on 18 January 1970.
Three ex-Fred Olsen Lines C-46s acquired by Continental Air Services, LN-FOP, LN-FOR and LN-FOS, came through Riem on their delivery flight from Oslo to Laos. The aircraft wore basic Fred Olsen colours with the titles and logos removed and the rudder painted uniformly red. All three arrived back-to-back in the late afternoon of 29 June 1971 and left the following morning in heavy rain (next stop Brindisi). This was probably the last visit of the type at Riem.
Fred Olsen's C-46s registrations were applied in light blue lettering on the mustard background of the cabin roof and are not discernible in the black-and-white shots here (except for LN-FOR‘s).
LN-FOR was built as Curtiss C-46A-45-CU 42-96590 for the USAAF and modified to C-46R by Riddle in 1956. (Source: Bob Garrard on flickr)
:
Fred Olsen Lines Curtiss C-46R LN-FOR initially joined the USAAF in 1944, being acquired by the Norwegian carrier in 1957 after stints with Sanday and Company, and Boreas Corporation, following the end of the war. One of three Commandos purchased by Fred Olsen, it was sold to Continental Air Services of Laos in June 1971 as XW-PHM. It spent eight years in Asia before being broken up at Singapore/Seletar in 1979.
Detailed histories of the three airframes (including photos):
LN-FOP:
curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/pages/aircraft/s-n/commando...
LN-FOR:
curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/pages/aircraft/s-n-42-96529...
LN-FOS:
curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/pages/aircraft/s-n-42-96529...
Beautiful colour shot of LN-FOR with Fred Olsen at FBU in February 1970:
www.flickr.com/photos/23032926@N05/8260428977
This airframe as XW-PHM with Continental Air Services at Sayaboury, Laos, ca. early 1970s:
curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/medias/images/42-96590-5.png
This airframe as N336CA with Continental Air Services ca. mid-1970s:
www.aerialvisuals.ca/Airframe/Gallery/0/70/0000070351.jpg
N336CA with its two sisterships N335CA & N337CA, for sale at Seletar AB, Singapore in 1977 (with Tri-9’s seahorse logo on the tail):
www.aerialvisuals.ca/Airframe/Gallery/0/54/0000054961.jpg
Scan from black-and-white print.
LN-FOR (right)_1971-06-30_MUC_1290_KH
Photo taken by Klaus Held, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
1971-06-30 (30 June 1971)
LN-FOR (on the right)
Riddle C-46R Commando Super 46C
30252
ex-Fred. Olsen Lines
The aircraft on the left is either LN-FOP or LN-FOS. LN-FOP had been noted at Riem with Fred Olsen Lines on 18 January 1970.
Three ex-Fred Olsen Lines C-46s acquired by Continental Air Services, LN-FOP, LN-FOR and LN-FOS, came through Riem on their delivery flight from Oslo to Laos. The aircraft wore basic Fred Olsen colours with the titles and logos removed and the rudder painted uniformly red. All three arrived back-to-back in the late afternoon of 29 June 1971 and left the following morning in heavy rain (next stop Brindisi). This was probably the last visit of the type at Riem.
Fred Olsen's C-46s registrations were applied in light blue lettering on the mustard background of the cabin roof and are not discernible in the black-and-white shots here (except for LN-FOR‘s).
LN-FOR was built as Curtiss C-46A-45-CU 42-96590 for the USAAF and modified to C-46R by Riddle in 1956. (Source: Bob Garrard on flickr)
:
Fred Olsen Lines Curtiss C-46R LN-FOR initially joined the USAAF in 1944, being acquired by the Norwegian carrier in 1957 after stints with Sanday and Company, and Boreas Corporation, following the end of the war. One of three Commandos purchased by Fred Olsen, it was sold to Continental Air Services of Laos in June 1971 as XW-PHM. It spent eight years in Asia before being broken up at Singapore/Seletar in 1979.
Detailed histories of the three airframes (including photos):
LN-FOP:
curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/pages/aircraft/s-n/commando...
LN-FOR:
curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/pages/aircraft/s-n-42-96529...
LN-FOS:
curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/pages/aircraft/s-n-42-96529...
Beautiful colour shot of LN-FOR with Fred Olsen at FBU in February 1970:
www.flickr.com/photos/23032926@N05/8260428977
This airframe as XW-PHM with Continental Air Services at Sayaboury, Laos, ca. early 1970s:
curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/medias/images/42-96590-5.png
This airframe as N336CA with Continental Air Services ca. mid-1970s:
www.aerialvisuals.ca/Airframe/Gallery/0/70/0000070351.jpg
N336CA with its two sisterships N335CA & N337CA, for sale at Seletar AB, Singapore in 1977 (with Tri-9’s seahorse logo on the tail):
www.aerialvisuals.ca/Airframe/Gallery/0/54/0000054961.jpg
Scan from black-and-white print.