HB-ISM_1975-12_MUC_1600_MBC

 

Photo from the Michael Bernhard collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

December 1975

 

HB-ISM "Wettingen"

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51

47656 / 783

Swissair

 

Only five months old at the time of this photo, HB-ISM first visited Riem on 7 September 1975.

 

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Paul Seymour:

Delivered to Swissair as HB-ISM on 14 August 1975. Sold as EI-BWA then to North African Aviation as SU-BKK in 1988. To Spanair as EC-246 then EC-ENZ in 1989 then to Alisarda as I-SMEE in 1989 who were renamed to Meridiana in 1991. Sold as N148CA in 1999 then to Linea Aerea Venezolana as YV-42C in 2000. Reregistered as YV138T in 2006. Withdrawn from use at Caracas in 2007. Still there in 2011. Scrapped.

 

Registration details for this airframe:

www.scramble.nl/database/civil/details/DC9_774

 

HB-ISM with Swissair at FRA in June 1986 (later colours):

www.flickr.com/photos/23431353@N04/11800244646

 

HB-ISM ex-Swissair in May 1988 (basic colours, no titles, no white cross on tail):

www.flickr.com/photos/aero_icarus/5126674387

 

This airframe as SU-BKK with North African ca. 1988:

www.flickr.com/photos/154191970@N03/50622050171

 

This airframe as EC-246 at GVA in 1989:

www.flickr.com/photos/baettig/50786461311

 

This airframe as EC-ENZ with Spanair at ORY in June 1989:

www.flickr.com/photos/keith_bradley/50747128093

 

This airframe as I-SMEE with Alisarda at FRA in 1990:

www.flickr.com/photos/princeaviationimages/50850104118

 

I-SMEE with Meridiana at LGW in May 1993:

www.flickr.com/photos/158949556@N05/38477837315

 

This airframe as YV-42C with Aeropostal at SDQ in June 2005:

www.flickr.com/photos/127896132@N05/50849078022

 

This airframe as YV138T with Aeropostal at CUR in April 2006:

cdn.plnspttrs.net/22703/yv138t-aeropostal-mcdonnell-dougl...

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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