Avianca-scadta paper fleet

[yankeekilo]

Originally Posted by Rata

For sure they indeed are. Nice work.

glad you like it Rata!!

[yankeekilo]

SCADTA acquires two Dornier Merkur seaplane versions in 1927 for civil and commercial transport, they are transferred to the military aviation of the Colombian Army in 1932, serving as military transport during the Colombian-Peruvian War of 1932/33.

'Simón Bolivar' registration A-23, C-23 Dornier B Bal Merkur, first flight in 1921 s/n 124 Owned by Scadta in 1927. Crashed in 1932

‘Pedro nel Ospina’ registration c-27 Dornier B-Bal Merkur I, first flight in 1927 s/n 167 Withdrawn from service in 1934 due to being obsolete

[yankeekilo]

Dec. 5 1919. Foundation of the Colombian-German Air Transport Society (Scadta). In January 1920 Engineer Werner Kämmerer, as representative of Scadta, meets with the directors of the Junkers factory in order to negotiate the aircraft and in April .13 1920 scadta acquires a Junkers F13.
Scadta's Junkers F13 was initially painted in the Colombian national colours, bright yellow, blue and red.
The Junkers F13s were not fully conditioned for tropical weather, these had to be modified to withstand the conditions of the tropics

[yankeekilo]

Douglas C-39 (DC-2) Avianca

[Rata]

Fascinating subject this. Hardly an attractive type, the F.13 has an undeniable period charm.

Thanks for posting mate!

[yankeekilo]

Originally Posted by Rata

Fascinating subject this. Hardly an attractive type, the F.13 has an undeniable period charm.

Thanks for posting mate!

I´ll be posting more Rata!!!

[Butelczynski]

Originally Posted by Rata

Fascinating subject this. Hardly an attractive type, the F.13 has an undeniable period charm.

Thanks for posting mate!

Not to mention incredible feat of engineering for 1919.

[yankeekilo]

Originally Posted by Butelczynski

Not to mention incredible feat of engineering for 1919.

I totally agree with you, very persistent people

[yankeekilo]

Avianca initially placed an order for two Avro HS-748 twin-turboprops, which were delivered in September 1968. By mid-1973, AVIANCA finally withdrew the last DC-4s from service and put them up for sale. They were replaced by the two Avro 748 turboprops and the rest of the domestic routes in purely jet equipment.

[Rata]

Certainly a striking colour scheme for this period of Avianca.