Aircraft Photo of PH-AIS | Fokker F.XVIII | KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	PH-AIS
Aircraft Original Type:	Fokker F.XVIII
Aircraft Generic Type:	Fokker F.XVIII
Aircraft Version:	Fokker F.XVIII
C/n (msn):	5312
Operator Titles:	KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij
Aircraft Name:	Snip

Location
City / Airport:	Amsterdam - SchipholMap
Country:	Netherlands
Airport Codes:	ICAO: EHAM IATA: AMS Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	6 October 1932 to 15 December 1934
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	291448

Photo Comment
Belly titles are not a modern invention - KLM aircraft on the East Indies route carried the legend 'Holland-Java'. A reliable but conservative type, the F.XVIII (F.18) was replaced on this route by the DC-2. Snip then made the first flight by a Dutch aircraft to the West Indies, crossing the Atlantic between Praia and Paramaribo. Ironically this was in fact a ferry flight, relegating the Fokker to KLM's West Indies branch as PJ-AIS. Photo from: Leiden Photo University Libraries This photo was added on 22 October 2020, and has since been viewed 1400 times.

Photo Comment

Belly titles are not a modern invention - KLM aircraft on the East Indies route carried the legend 'Holland-Java'. A reliable but conservative type, the F.XVIII (F.18) was replaced on this route by the DC-2. Snip then made the first flight by a Dutch aircraft to the West Indies, crossing the Atlantic between Praia and Paramaribo. Ironically this was in fact a ferry flight, relegating the Fokker to KLM's West Indies branch as PJ-AIS. Photo from: Leiden Photo University Libraries

This photo was added on 22 October 2020, and has since been viewed 1400 times.

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