D-CASE. De Havilland Heron 2D, flew with Südflug from August 1961 until February 1966. Eventually ended up with Prinair where it served from July 1967 until the airline's demise in 1985, after which it was withdrawn from service and ended up lingering at San Juan's airport until the mid-1990s.
Unknown Pan Am DC-8, either a series -32 or -33, registration range N800PA to N818PA. Pan Am used the DC-8-32/33 between February of 1960 and May of 1970, although the majority of the fleet was already gone by December of 1968. This aircraft would have operated on the JFK - Frankfurt - Stuttgart route as Pan Am didn't operate any other Trans-Atlantic flights into Stuttgart (it did operate the Berlin shuttle, which at this time would still have been flown by DC-6Bs although the airline was about to switch to 727s).
Hawker Sea Fury T.20 of the Deutsche Luftfahrt Beratungsdienst. One of eight purchased in 1959-1960 for target towing duties for the Luftwaffe, but operated under a civilian contract.
Again, Pan Am DC-8, but this time a clearer view of the Südflug DC-7C in the foreground. Sadly the registration doesn't show, so we don't really have an idea which aircraft it is - Südflug had 6 Seven Seas, three being ex-KLM, one ex-Overseas National Airways (in turn, ex-Northwest Airlines), and the remaining two being ex-Caledonian (in turn, ex-SABENA). Südflug acquired its first DC-7C in March of 1963 and would retire its last DC-7C's in August of 1968. They would allow the airline to grow exponentially; however their replacement by jets would inadvertently end up sounding the deathknell for the airline.
Interocean Airways Air Traders Limited Carvair. Sadly the registration doesn't show on either picture, but since Interocean only operated two, we know it's either LX-IOG or LX-IOH. Interocean operated the Carvair - the fourth and fifth built respectively - from 1962 until the airline's demise in 1966.
Sadly, at that time DC-3 and C-47s would have been 'as common as muck', so we might never know for sure.
The white top, reasonably high division line between the white and rest of the fuselage colour, and the lack of a discernible cheatline does make me pivot towards it being a US Air Force C-47. After all, Stuttgart was and remains an important USAREUR base, so it wouldn't have been odd for a US Air Force C-47 to make an appearance at Stuttgart.
DutchBlob@reddit
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Kanyiko@reddit
D-CASE. De Havilland Heron 2D, flew with Südflug from August 1961 until February 1966. Eventually ended up with Prinair where it served from July 1967 until the airline's demise in 1985, after which it was withdrawn from service and ended up lingering at San Juan's airport until the mid-1990s.
Unknown Pan Am DC-8, either a series -32 or -33, registration range N800PA to N818PA. Pan Am used the DC-8-32/33 between February of 1960 and May of 1970, although the majority of the fleet was already gone by December of 1968. This aircraft would have operated on the JFK - Frankfurt - Stuttgart route as Pan Am didn't operate any other Trans-Atlantic flights into Stuttgart (it did operate the Berlin shuttle, which at this time would still have been flown by DC-6Bs although the airline was about to switch to 727s).
Hawker Sea Fury T.20 of the Deutsche Luftfahrt Beratungsdienst. One of eight purchased in 1959-1960 for target towing duties for the Luftwaffe, but operated under a civilian contract.
Again, Pan Am DC-8, but this time a clearer view of the Südflug DC-7C in the foreground. Sadly the registration doesn't show, so we don't really have an idea which aircraft it is - Südflug had 6 Seven Seas, three being ex-KLM, one ex-Overseas National Airways (in turn, ex-Northwest Airlines), and the remaining two being ex-Caledonian (in turn, ex-SABENA). Südflug acquired its first DC-7C in March of 1963 and would retire its last DC-7C's in August of 1968. They would allow the airline to grow exponentially; however their replacement by jets would inadvertently end up sounding the deathknell for the airline.
Interocean Airways Air Traders Limited Carvair. Sadly the registration doesn't show on either picture, but since Interocean only operated two, we know it's either LX-IOG or LX-IOH. Interocean operated the Carvair - the fourth and fifth built respectively - from 1962 until the airline's demise in 1966.
Junior_Guarantee7003@reddit (OP)
would be cool knowing what DC-3/C-47 that could be right to the Mighty 8
Kanyiko@reddit
Sadly, at that time DC-3 and C-47s would have been 'as common as muck', so we might never know for sure.
The white top, reasonably high division line between the white and rest of the fuselage colour, and the lack of a discernible cheatline does make me pivot towards it being a US Air Force C-47. After all, Stuttgart was and remains an important USAREUR base, so it wouldn't have been odd for a US Air Force C-47 to make an appearance at Stuttgart.
Junior_Guarantee7003@reddit (OP)
I can't ask the guy who took the photos anymore and his wife has no real clue from aviation