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Old 21-12-2009, 01:43   #1
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Default DC-4 LN-MOB med FAO Airlift titler

Hei,

Jeg kjøpte akkurat dette orginale Agfa lysbildet av LN-MOB
med FAO Airlift titler. Bildet er tatt 26 August 1973 på
ukjent sted. Er det noen som vet noe om hva FAO Airlift
var for noe ??

Happy collecting,
Ruben

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Old 21-12-2009, 18:44   #2
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Fint bilde. Jeg tror FAO står for FNs Food and Agriculture Organization, et byrå som ble dannet for å bekjempe hungersnød i verden. Min gjetning er at Norwegian Overseas Airways ble hyret inn for å frakte landbruksutstyr, såkorn, plantevernmidler eller rett og slett ferdig mat i forbindelse med den første store etiopiske sultkatastrofen i 1973.

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Old 21-12-2009, 19:01   #3
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Default Re: DC-4 LN-MOB med FAO Airlift titler

Fant denne historien om maskinen .. Tror Falcon har rett med forkortelsen ..

Quote:
44-9146/9150 Douglas C-54E-20-DO Skymaster

9147 (c/n 27373/DO319) Was transferred to US Navy Jul 19, 1945 as R5D-5
listed as BuNo 90417 but entire bloc of registration was cancelled. Reported going to US Coast Guard in 1958 as EC-54U 9147.
Bought by Bergen Air Transport Aug 20, 1967, ferried as N316A. To civil registry Sep 20, 1967 as LN-MOB with Bergen Air Transport.
To Nordic Air Dec 15, 1970, rebought by Bergen Air Transport Apr 4, 1973 and named "Moby Dick" . Leasted to Fao Airlift Zaire Aero Services and bought Jun 3, 1977 and registered as 9Q-CFB
WFU and stored N'Dolo, Kinshasa, Zaire Apr 1981 and broken up.
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Old 25-12-2009, 22:50   #4
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Flott !

Tusen takk for hjelpen.

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