Trafik-Turist-Transportflyg
| Trafik-Turist-Transportflyg | |
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.jpg) A Bristol 170 of the same type
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| IATA code : | (without) |
| ICAO code : | (without) |
| Call sign : | (unknown) |
| Founding: | 1946 |
| Operation stopped: | circa 1951 |
| Seat: | Stockholm , Ostersund |
| Home airport : | Stockholm / Bromma Airport |
| Company form: | Aktiebolag |
| Fleet size: | 3 |
| Aims: | |
| Trafik-Turist-Transportflyg ceased operations around 1951. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Trafik-Tourist-Transportflyg ( also AB TTT or AB T-Flyg) was a Swedish charter airline with headquarters in Stockholm and Östersund .
history
Trafik-Turist-Transportflyg (TTT) was founded in 1946 and was geared towards charter flights. She bought a brand new Bristol 170 Freighter Mk XI (serial number 12792), which was delivered on August 4, 1947 from the Bristol-Filton factory airfield via Copenhagen-Kastrup to Stockholm / Bromma , the home airport of TTT. On August 14, 1947, she was registered in Sweden with the aircraft registration SE-BNG . The machine had special equipment for de-icing in very cold weather. The aircraft did not have any color design. The only external features were its baptismal name Mercurius on the bow, which was later replaced by Flagship Ethiopia , and its registration number.
This machine was one of only three manufactured Mk XI, which compared to the basic type Mk I had an enlarged span of 32.92 meters with rounded wing tips and a larger tank capacity. It was also equipped with additional heating in the hold. One of the other two Mk XI was delivered to the South African Suidair International Airways ( ZS-BVI , Mk XIA). The other (G-AIFF) was used by the manufacturer Bristol Airplane Company for further development and test flights. After conversion to the Mk 31, it crashed on May 6, 1949 due to structural failure, killing all seven crew members.
The plane was then leased to the Ethiopian government by TTT. On September 30, 1947, the machine flew from Hässlö military airfield to Ängelholm Airport and then with several stopovers to Addis Ababa . The flight was in connection with the supply of Swedish dive bombers of the type 17 Saab to being established Ethiopian air forces . These deliveries were carried out by Carl Gustaf von Rosen and exempt personnel from the Swedish Air Force (Kungliga Flygvapen).
On the way home from Ethiopia, the plane had an accident in Italy after only three months of operation. Almost all people on board were killed (see incidents) .
Around 1951, Trafik-Turist-Transportflyg was dissolved.
fleet
Fleet at the end of operations
Noorduyn Norseman (USAAF UC-64A):
- SE-ASI , serial number 643, ex USAAF 44-70378 : US Military Defense Aid, to Sweden on April 17, 1946
- registered on September 23, 1946 for AB Trafik-Turist-Transportflyg (T-Flyg), Stockholm / Östersund; Use as a tow plane for five gliders of the type AB Flygindustri Fi 3 (military designation Lg 105) for the route from the airport Halmstad to Malmo Airport / Bulltofta in November 1946
- damaged on October 25, 1949 in Östersund during a night storm; repaired
- Certificate of Airworthiness expired June 20, 1951 to January 21, 1952
- registered for H. Faurschou, Strängnäs & S. Andersson, Fjärdhundra on November 6, 1951; Test flight in Vängsö on December 27, 1951, temporary approval until January 1, 1952
- deleted from register on February 23, 1952, sold to France, registered as F-OALR (Laos), later F-LAAD (Laos), N3099 (Air America ?, deleted on January 8, 1985)
- SE-ASK , serial number 728, ex USAAF 44-70463 : US Military Defense Aid, to Sweden April 26, 1946
- registered on June 20 or September 30, 1946 for AB Trafik-Turist-Transportflyg (T-Flyg), Stockholm / Östersund;
- parked from July 30, 1948 to January 5, 1949
- Certificate of Airworthiness expired from January 5, 1949 to October 4, 1951
- suspended from March 21, 1951 to October 4, 1951;
- registered for H. Faurschou, Strängnäs & S. Andersson, Fjärdhundra on November 6, 1951
- sold to Widerøe's Flyveselskap og Polarfly A / S , Narvik, Norway, registered as LN-SUW on May 15, 1953
- Totally destroyed in a fire at Narvik Airport on October 3, 1953.
- SE-ATB , serial number 559, ex USAAF ex: US Military Defense Aid, to Sweden April 18, 1946
- registered on July 29, 1946 for Ahrenbergsflyg i Stockholm as SE-ATB
- leased to Industridiesel and Aeroskandia, Stockholm on August 29, 1946;
- to AB Arosflyg, Stockholm in July 1948;
- acquired by AB Trafik-Turist-Transportflyg (AB TTT-flyg or T-Flyg), Östersund on June 22, 1949, registered on July 30, 1949;
- damaged in Furuvik on July 7, 1950, left float broken
- on December 14, 1951 (or November 19), the aircraft went into the ownership of the Swedish Air Force (Kungliga Flygvapen) as Tp 78, registration number Fv 78003, and was stationed with Squadron F 2 at the Hägernäs seaplane base
- Completely destroyed in a fire on the Östersund-Frösön military airfield (F 4) on September 13, 1956 and deleted from the inventory.
Previously deployed aircraft
Bristol 170 Freighter Mk XI : SE-BNG , serial number 12792: see above
Incidents
- On November 18, 1947, the Bristol 170 Mk XI of the Trafik-Turist-Transportflyg ( aircraft registration SE-BNG ) was flown in a CFIT ( Controlled flight into terrain ) in the Monte Carro mountain near Santa Maria del Monte. On the way from Ethiopia to Sweden, the plane flew on the section from Catania to Rome-Ciampino Airport about 14 kilometers south-southeast of Naples in the mountains. Of the 25 inmates, 21 were killed.
See also
literature
- Derek A. King: The Bristol 170 . Air-Britain (Historians), Staplefield, 2011, ISBN 978 0 85 130 405 2 .
- Lennart Andersson, Lars E. Lundin: Svenskt Civilregister till och med SE-AZZ . Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening, Stockholm 2010, ISSN 0345-3413.
Individual evidence
- ↑ King 2011, p. 99.
- ↑ a b King 2011, p. 215.
- ↑ King 2011, p. 14.
- ↑ King 2011, pp. 205-206.
- ↑ Svenskt Flyghistoriskt Forum , accessed on March 29, 2017.
- ↑ Joe Baugher, USAAF Serials , accessed April 9, 2017.
- ↑ a b Andersson / Lundin, p. 142
- ↑ langshyttan.nu: Noorduyn Norseman , accessed March 29, 2017.
- ↑ Andersson / Lundin, p. 148
- ↑ Pennan & Svärdet: transportflygplan , accessed on March 29, 2017.
- ^ Accident report Bristol 170 SE-BNG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 27, 2020.
- ↑ Vestkusten, November 27, 1947 (Swedish), accessed on 29 March 2017th
- ↑ Svenskt Flyghistoriskt Forum, 3rd photo (Swedish), accessed on February 27, 2020.
- ↑ King 2011, p. 214.
