| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | OK-AIA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-2 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-2-115K |
| C/n (msn): | 1581 |
| Operator Titles: | Československá Letecká Společnost - ČLS |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Santa Monica - MunicipalMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KSMO IATA: SMO Local: SMO Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 1936 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 762633 |
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The first DC-2 for Czechoslovak airline ČLS, photographed on its day of acceptance. Flown to New York, shipped to Cherbourg and reassembled at Querqueville airfield by Fokker technicians. Crews were trained by KLM. On 20 April 1936, OK-AIA flew the first commercial service by a ČLS DC-2 from Prague to Vienna and back, and then departed to Amsterdam in the late afternoon. This schedule was perhaps too optimistic and headwind, low fuel, a failing radio, and upcoming darkness caused the captain to come down in a wheat field near Doornspijk, Netherlands. The brand new DC-2 was a write-off. Photo from: Douglas This photo was added on 27 December 2024, and has since been viewed 157 times. |