Comments: The first flight from
Amsterdam to Batavia; Jakarta, Indonesia, took place on the 1st
October 1924 and it arrived in the Dutch East Indies on the 25th
November. The plane used was a "Fokker F.VII" with the
registration "H-NACC". It was the longest airline route in
the 1920's and 1930's, becoming a regular "KLM"
flight in September 1929 and it took place twice weekly with the
flight lasting 5 and 1/2 days!
This large candy tin commemorates the historical event, the lid
shows the plane taking off from the Schiphol airport in Holland with
a large crowd watching dressed in heavy winter coats, the two side panels
show the plane on the ground in Bulgaria and the front and back
panels show the plane on the ground after reaching its final
destination in Batavia surrounded by a small
crowd of white folk in their all white lightweight tropical clothes.To view other images of this item, please click here:
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