Ex PH-TEE Jan Steen of KLM and HB-IRY Luzern of Swissair. Photo taken at Ithaca. Mohawk moved its base to Utica - Oneida County Airport reportedly in 1958. N1012C was in the fleet until 1967. Photo by: Hadley Smith / Smithsonian Institution

Paulus Potter did not gain altitude after take-off from Rwy 05, now short Rwy 04, and crashed through the airport perimeter fence at Schipholweg, near today's police aviation base. It was a sunny Whit Monday and two girls among the specators were killed. Photo by: Harry Pot / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Built 1948. To KLM -5 Nov.1948, initially as PH-TED, later PH-CED. To Deutsche Flugdienst as D-BESI -9 Dec.1957, to Condor Flugdienst -1 Nov.1961. Sold 30 Oct.1962, later as N2403Z to Ozark Airlines and as N8329C with Mohawk Airlines and several subsequent operators, the last being Asiatic International Airways, operating out of Singapore-Seletar. While flying a local test flight out of there on 17 Sept.1975, it suffered engine failure and ditched in the water of the Straits of Johore, some 400m short of the Seletar runway, to which it was trying to return. Marks N8329C cancelled 19 Dec.1975.

This Convair remained active until the early 90s. Delivered to KLM February 28, 1949 as PH-TEK, it was re-registered PH-CEK and named "Johannes Vermeer" in 1954. It later flew with LOT Polish Airlines from 1959-1968.

Location perhaps Naples (Florida), however any help on the location is appreciated.

Two farm-like hangars stood towards the north side of old Schiphol - now the East apron - for some time. Ralf Manteufel's photo 378018 shows them in more detail and colour. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

A newspaper in Curaçao printed this photo in 1955 and of course claimed that the KLM airliner had to wait for the train; however, a railway spur of German military origin skirts around the western perimeter at Hörsching. It seems odd, though, that this is a passenger train. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Built in 1949 as PH-TEF then later re-registered as above. Sold to Deutsche Flugdienst as D-BATA in December 1958 and withdrawn when XA-DUY post-1968.

K25 slide scan. Delivered to KLM as PH-TEL February 1949. To Swissair as HB-IMA July 1954. To Mohawk as N1020C September 1956, Nathaniel Hawthorn College November 1968. Trans Florida March 1976. Stored by 1994, scrapped November 2007.

Build in 1948 and delivered to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in 1949, where she has flown until 1953. (Former PH-TEM). She has also flown for Condor until 1961, but since the sixties flying in the USA. Last operator was Eagle Wings. scrapped November, 1995

Originally delivered to KLM in Feb 1949 as PH-TEM (later re-reg PH-CEM), Last operator was Agro Caribbean Air. Retired Dec 1997.

Delivered to KLM as PH-TEL in 1949, Reregistered as PH-CEL then to Swissair as HB-IMA in 1954. To Mohawk Airlines as N1020C in 1956, to other operators from 1966 then to Trans Florida in 1976. Scrapped at Daytona Beach in 2007. Nose to Mojave.

Six days after the photo, N8329C ditched into the Straits of Johore 400m short of Seletar after one engine failed and the other started cutting out. It was on a test flight.

Taken shortly after delivery to KLM and before application of the name "Albert Cuyp" - after the painter. "De Vliegende Hollander" titles on starboard side - English version on the port side. From KLM 60 years ago.