Cinerama Holiday
Documentary (1955)
Directed by:
Robert L. Bendick
Philippe De Lacy
Travelogue featuring an American couple traveling in Europe and a European couple traveling in the U.S, with the emphasis on the cinematography which was viewed on a special curved screen with three projectors.
Grumman F9F-6 Cougar
Aboard USS Lake Champlain (CV-39).
Douglas DC-6B
Registration HB-IBA, c/n 43274/189 built in 1951. Initially named Zürich as seen here, later renamed Aargau. Passed to Sterling Airways in 1962 and went through a number of operators, being reregistered OY-EAO, N515AO, N515EA, and finally N999SQ, ending its service with Everts Air Fuel of Alaska as a parts donor. Its nose section is preserved at a restaurant in Fairbanks.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Zürich Airport
- 1: Lockheed Constellation of TWA-Trans World Airlines
- 2: Douglas DC-6B of Swiss Air Lines (maybe HB-IBA listed above?)
- 3: Douglas DC-6B of Swiss Air Lines
- 4: Douglas DC-3 of Swiss Air Lines
Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing
Partial registration N1877. Could be N18777 or N18779.
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