Aircraft Photo of PZ-TAG | Aero 520 Commander

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):	520-64

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) This photo was added on 16 May 2023, and has since been viewed 274 times.

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)

This photo was added on 16 May 2023, and has since been viewed 274 times.

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