Registration / Serial:PK-AFC
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F.VII
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F.VII
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.VIIb-3m
C/n (msn):5071
Operator Titles:KNILM - Royal Netherlands Indies Airways
Aircraft Name:Abel Tasman
City / Airport:Wyndham (YWYM / WYN)Map
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:14 May 1931
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PK-AFC arrives in Australia on an experimental air mail service from the Netherlands. PK-AFC flew the legs after Batavia. The success of the flight prompted Imperial Airways to start a joint UK-Australia service with Qantas although it took over three years to get going . Under pressure from the UK, KNILM was barred from operating regular services into Australia until 1938. The Dutch were unable to retaliate by barring the Imperial/Qantas from the Dutch East Indies because KLM needed to transit India and other British possessions. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia
Registration / Serial:PK-AFC
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.VIIb-3m
C/n (msn):5071
Operator Titles:KNILM - Royal Netherlands Indies Airways
City / Airport:Wyndham (YWYM / WYN)Map
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:14 May 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:PK-AFC
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F.VII
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F.VII
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.VIIb-3m
C/n (msn):5071
Operator Titles:KNILM - Royal Netherlands Indies Airways
Aircraft Name:Abel Tasman
City / Airport:Wyndham (YWYM / WYN)Map
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:14 May 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:568921Submit Correction
View count: 215
PK-AFC arrives in Australia on an experimental air mail service from the Netherlands. PK-AFC flew the legs after Batavia. The success of the flight prompted Imperial Airways to start a joint UK-Australia service with Qantas although it took over three years to get going . Under pressure from the UK, KNILM was barred from operating regular services into Australia until 1938. The Dutch were unable to retaliate by barring the Imperial/Qantas from the Dutch East Indies because KLM needed to transit India and other British possessions. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia
Registration / Serial:PK-AFC
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.VIIb-3m
C/n (msn):5071
Operator Titles:KNILM - Royal Netherlands Indies Airways
City / Airport:Wyndham (YWYM / WYN)Map
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:14 May 1931
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive