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Franciscus Josephus IDG Imp Austria Rex Boh Gal ILL Etc Ap Rex Hun _ 1848-1908
Postcard stamped 30.8.1908
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria
German: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I.
C-GMXR DC-8-62 Nationair. Ex Swissair HB-IDG - last with Cargolion as LX-TLB
(scan from my collection - not my shot)
Swissair DC-8 HB-IDG taxies out at Heathrow in 1976, ready to depart on the northern runway. This was an example of the series 62 variant which had an increased range. But many European airlines used long-range aircraft on shorter runs, as they had the bigger capacity and also some intercontinental routes really needed to be operated only at certain times, resulting in lengthy down time.
As for Swissair, rather like Panam and TWA we thought they were going to last forever.....
London Heathrow
28th May 1976
Praktica LTL, Kodachrome
19760528 5323 HB-IDG LHR clean
Geneva Cointrin 1983-07-08
DC-8-62 c/n 45925
Registrations used by this airframe: HB-IDG, N922CL, C-GMXR, CX-BQN, N922BV, LX-TLB
VP-CMM - Boeing B-727-30 - AZERBAIJAN Gvmt. (operated by IDG Ltd)
in 1998
c/n 18.368 - built in 1965 for Lufthansa (operated as D-ABIM) -
transferred to CONDOR -
traded in to Boeing 01/1976 -
converted to VVIP-aircraft in 1987 -
became VR-CMM / VP-CMM with MME Farms (Qatar Ministry of Municipality and Environment) & IDG Ltd (operating for Congo Government & Azerbaijan Government) -
final user was Larvelon International as P4-MMG -
scrapped at Bournemouth-Hurn (BOH) in 2013 - Fuselage moved to Brislington, Bristol. Preserved for use as an entertainment space.
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
HB-IDG - McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 - Swissair
at Zuerich-Kloten (ZRH) in January 1976
- still in the real old Swissair-colours, named Neuchatel
c/n 45.925 - built in 1968 for Swissair - sold to TRATCO 1983
C-GMXR of Nationair between 1985 and 1991
conv. to freighter 1992 -
final operator was CargoLion -
retired 2005 - broken-up at Manston (MSE) in 2006
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
What a blast from the past - a smoker - I just wish you could hear it! Undercarriage already fully retracted.
By 1983, Swissair's DC-8s were on borrowed time. Despite this, some of the fleet did get painted into the new colour scheme, including HB-IDG here.
HB-IDG 'Neuchatel' c/n 45925 - Douglas DC-8-62 was delivered new to Swissair in February 1968 and flew with the airline until September 1983. The aircraft was sold back to the USA and became N922CL with Capitol Air, then C-GMXR with Nationair (Canada), and was then sold again in 1991 to Pluna (Uruguay) as CX-BQN. After a period of storage, the aircraft then became N922BV with Buffalo Airways, and finally LX-TLB with Cargo Lion. The aircraft ended up at RAF Manston in 2001 and was finally broken up in 2006. A varied flying career!
Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and 300mm lens. Scanned from the original negative.
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/