Registration / Serial:ZS-ADX
Aircraft Original Type:Koolhoven F.K.41
Aircraft Generic Type:Koolhoven F.K.41
Aircraft Version:Desoutter Dolphin
Manufacturers:Koolhoven / Desoutter
C/n (msn):4102
Promotional Titles:Castle Beers
Location:Not known
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:SAA Museum Society CollectionContact
Photo ID:318842Submit Correction
View count: 270
The first Koolhoven aircraft to reach the Union of South Africa was a model FK.41, modified by Desoutter in the UK to a Desoutter Dolphin. It was the second production aircraft built by the Koolhoven factory in Holland and was purchased by Marcel Desoutter and registered G-AAGC. It was sold to the Air Taxi Company (Pty) Ltd. of Wingfield in Cape Town and was registered ZS-ADX. The aircraft featured prominently in the search for the famous Swiss pilot Carl Nauer, who went missing along the West coast of Africa in August 1933.
Registration / Serial:ZS-ADX
Aircraft Version:Desoutter Dolphin
C/n (msn):4102
Location:Not known
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:SAA Museum Society CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:ZS-ADX
Aircraft Original Type:Koolhoven F.K.41
Aircraft Generic Type:Koolhoven F.K.41
Aircraft Version:Desoutter Dolphin
Manufacturers:Koolhoven / Desoutter
C/n (msn):4102
Promotional Titles:Castle Beers
Location:Not known
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:SAA Museum Society CollectionContact
Photo ID:318842Submit Correction
View count: 270
The first Koolhoven aircraft to reach the Union of South Africa was a model FK.41, modified by Desoutter in the UK to a Desoutter Dolphin. It was the second production aircraft built by the Koolhoven factory in Holland and was purchased by Marcel Desoutter and registered G-AAGC. It was sold to the Air Taxi Company (Pty) Ltd. of Wingfield in Cape Town and was registered ZS-ADX. The aircraft featured prominently in the search for the famous Swiss pilot Carl Nauer, who went missing along the West coast of Africa in August 1933.
Registration / Serial:ZS-ADX
Aircraft Version:Desoutter Dolphin
C/n (msn):4102
Location:Not known
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:1933
Photo from:SAA Museum Society CollectionContact