Posted on 08/05/2018 7:40:00 AM PDT by EdnaMode
All 20 passengers and crew onboard a vintage plane that crashed in the Swiss Alps on Saturday were killed, police have confirmed.
The authorities also confirmed that the aircraft involved was a JU-52 HB-HOT aircraft, which was flying from Locarno, near Switzerland’s southern border, to the airline’s base in Dübendorf, a suburb of Zurich.
Local media and aviation sites had earlier reported that the plane, which seated 17 passengers along with two pilots and a flight attendant, was fully booked.
“The JU-Air team is deeply saddened and is thinking of the passengers, the crew and families and friends of the victims,” JU-Air said on its website on Sunday.
The airline was established in 1982 and offers sightseeing, charter and adventure flights with its three mid-century Junkers Ju-52 aircraft, which were decommissioned by the Swiss air force and are known affectionately as Auntie Ju planes.
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We stayed in the Pink Zone for a few days in Mexico City. Our host got us a car and driver for the day and drove us to the pyramids and a silver shop. We were entertained by a beer drinking donkey. Pop the cap and the donkey would drain the bottle in a couple of gulps..
Backing up to 1966, I was a junior in high school. Dad had just passed and my mom wanted me out of her hair while everything was settled.
The Monterrey Tech class was offered though the university at Kirksville, MO. We took a bus through the border.
I remember after we climbed the Pyramid of the Moon we went to a silver shop. And saw a donkey drink a beer, too. Lol
I remember something about pepper trees around the pyramids.
I lived in a big house with other students that a lady owned in Monterrey. I remember one or two students who attended Monterrey Tech.
I attended El Colegio Franco-Americano. I don’t think it is still in existence.
I think I got by on about $25.00 a month. A week long trip to Puerta Villarta was about $80.00, all inclusive. Lol
The Beaver! I LOVE those things...built like a Brick Sh**house...land anywhere, and roomy as all get out!
When I first saw one, I was surprised at how big it was!
You are a lucky man...
I knew a guy, he passed away about ten years ago, who used to be a bush pilot in Alaska back in the Thirties. There is something to have on your resume! That must have been a wild ride.
He was really interesting (his best friend used to be the CEO of Standard and Poor many years ago). When he was an Army officer in WWII, he was assigned to be the Provost Marshal for the Hiroshima Prefecture after the invasion. When they dropped the bomb, they sent him to manage the situation in Korea.
It was his job to get the surrendered Japanese out of Korea before the Koreans turned on them and tried to kill them.
This guy hated the Japanese. He wouldn’t even discuss them if the subject came up, but would turn his back and walk away.
When I asked his friend why, he said that the guy had confided in him many of the awful things he had seen actual evidence of under the Japanese rule there.
The red plane looks badass.
Polish Wilga with a PT6 600 HP turbo prop added to front. Wilga original had 9 cylinder radial with about 260 HP. Designed to pull gliders and for short takeoff and landings. Outrageous bush plane can take off and land in under 120 feet.
That flight,Boston to Edgartown made TWO stops en route,Hyannis and Nantucket-—seems insane but it was fun.
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Thanks for the information. It’s a very cool airplane. I can see why bush pilots would like it.
I just looked at YouTube and as you probably know, there are a lot of neat, informative videos on this plane.
LOL, probably had to be sure to fill the seats!
that goes way, way back ... airline code was TT, which was affectionately called Tree-Top airlines ... eventually added a route to mexico and changed its moniker to Texas International (TI), purchased by Continental, and finally sucked into United.
That’s right. We also called it “Tinker Toy Airlines”. Lol
As a teenager, I always got a kick out of walking up hill to my seat on a DC 3.
And in those days if there was a cancelled flight or other problem, the airline would put you up at a nice hotel.
the good old days WERE good old days
Yes they were.
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