Aircraft Photo of PZ-TAG | Aero 520 Commander | AirHistory.net #572128
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:PZ-TAG
Aircraft Original Type:Aero 520 Commander
Aircraft Generic Type:Aero 500/520/560/680/720 Commander
Aircraft Version:Aero 520 Commander
C/n (msn):64
Location
City / Airport:Paramaribo - Zorg en HoopMap
Country:Suriname
Airport Codes:ICAO: SMZO   IATA: ORG   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1 January 1958 to 6 October 1959
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 572128
Photo Comment

Paramaribo's smaller airport, Zorg en Hoop opened in 1952. PZ-TAG was registered in January 1958. It was one of two Aero Commanders registered to the Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (SLM). Both crashed in 1959. PZ-TAG flew into a hill near the indigenous village of Paloemeu on 6 October due to engine trouble in fog. The two fatalities were SLM co-founder Ronald Kappel and Vincent Fajks, a Polish pilot who married a Surinamese woman. The Paloemeu airstrip (SMPA) which they helped constructing was named after Fajks. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

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