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Photo from the Wilhelm Hell collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

München-Riem
July 1965

HB-IMP "Thurgau"
Convair 440-11 Metropolitan
414
Swissair

Swissair Metropolitan HB-IMP seen from Riem’s old viewing terrace that stretched from the "Wappenhalle" domestic departures building all along the red terminal and administration building facing the apron and up to the tower (see the photo in the comments below). The terrace was closed sometime in the late 1960s.

This photo is interesting for the Canadian Pacific Britannia in the background - I hadn’t known the carrier actually came to Riem in the 1960s, using Britannias to boot. The Capitol Airways Constellation is not as surprising in contrast.

According to Klaus Held's Riem Chronicle, Canadian Pacific Britannia CF-CZW was noted at Riem on 16 June 1965 and Britannia CF-CZX on 31 July 1965, along with Capitol L-1049G N1927H. So this photo was probably taken on 31 July 1965.

Information from flickr - thanks to Heathrow Junkie:
HB-IMP c/n 414 Convair CV-440-11 Metropolitan was delivered new to Swissair in 1957, and flew with the airline until withdrawal in 1968, superseded by the much more modern Douglas DC-9 jets. The aircraft was bought by Pan Adria Airways of Yugoslavia and registered YU-ADT. In January 1978, it returned to the USA registered N47095, for onward sale to Cargo Aerea Transportada of Bolivia, registered as CP-1358. Unfortunately, the aircraft only lasted another couple of years before being written off in a crash landing.

Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/HB-IMP/764855

Another shot of HB-IMP at Riem, in July 1963:
www.planelogger.com/Sighting/View/1082093

This airframe as YU-ADT with Pan Adria at ZRH in July 1970:
cdn.aviation-safety.net/photos/aircraft/19800111-1-P-1.jpg

This airframe as N47095 ex-Pan Adria at LTN in October 1977:
www.flickr.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/49158641591

This airframe as CP-1358 with Carga Aereo Transportada ca. late 1970s (still in basic Swissair colours):
www.aussieairliners.org/convair-os/bolivia/1030.157l.jpg

Scan from a duplicate slide (unknown brand) on Kodak Photo CD.

Taken on: December 12, 2022

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