Aircraft Photo of HB-LAV | Piaggio P-136L-2

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	HB-LAV
Aircraft Original Type:	Piaggio P-136
Aircraft Generic Type:	Piaggio P-136
Aircraft Version:	Piaggio P-136L-2
C/n (msn):	242

Location
City / Area:	Barking / Thames [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:	England, United Kingdom
Event:	Bleriot Anniversary Race 1959

Photo Date:	13 July 1959 to 23 July 1959
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	713715

Photo Comment
Aircraft took part in London to Paris race. Photo probably taken at the Thames in Barking from where it flew to the Seine in Paris. Ex G-APNY which was operated by Onassis Shipping Line and flew to Croydon from the yacht of Aristotle Onassis in 1958. Registered HB-LAV just before the race. To SX-BDB in 1960 which was nominally in the fleet of Onassis' Olympic Aviation, but it and SX-BDC (c/n 246) were used privately by Onassis. The crash of SX-BDC on 22 January 1973 killed Onassis' son Alexander. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands) This photo was added on 6 August 2024, and has since been viewed 400 times.

Photo Comment

Aircraft took part in London to Paris race. Photo probably taken at the Thames in Barking from where it flew to the Seine in Paris. Ex G-APNY which was operated by Onassis Shipping Line and flew to Croydon from the yacht of Aristotle Onassis in 1958. Registered HB-LAV just before the race. To SX-BDB in 1960 which was nominally in the fleet of Onassis' Olympic Aviation, but it and SX-BDC (c/n 246) were used privately by Onassis. The crash of SX-BDC on 22 January 1973 killed Onassis' son Alexander. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

This photo was added on 6 August 2024, and has since been viewed 400 times.

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