Thijs Postma - Poster - Boeing 40 Getting Aboard - Metal Frame Douglas DC-3 In September 1939 a KLM

In September 1939 a KLM DC-3 ‘Mees’ (the PH-ASM) en route from Copenhagen to Schiphol came under fire by a German patrol

See this ejection seat in action as the pilot is ejected from his General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (KLu)

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The Swedish aviation industry has produced a number of masterpieces

Thijs Postma - Poster - Boeing 40 Getting Aboard - Metal Frame Douglas DC-3 In September 1939 a KLMGet some history on your wall with this gouache of a Boeing 40B 4. Built in the 1920s and initially used as a mail plane and later as a passenger plane. Get aboard! This plane, the NC741K, was built in 1929 and a modified mail plane. Passengers were seated in a cargo hold with windows, chairs and a tiny door. The pilot sat in an open cockpit to preserve the feeling of flying. When the aircraft was on the ground, forward visibility was zero, but at low