Famgus Aviation Postcards: SUD Aviation Caravelle

Last updated November 13 2015
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SAS operated 21 different Caravelle aircrafts between 1959 and 1974.
SAS only operated Caravelle version III aircrafts (or version I later converted to version III). Except for Orm Viking which unfortunately crashed shortly after delivery.

Aircrafts operated

C/N 3
C/N 4
C/N 6
C/N 7
C/N 11
C/N 14
C/N 24
C/N 25
C/N 29
C/N 30
C/N 34
C/N 47
C/N 49
C/N 56
C/N 112
C/N 170
C/N 172
C/N 191
C/N 193
C/N 209
C/N 210

I -> III
I -> III
I -> III
I -> III
I -> III
I
IA -> III
IA -> III
IA -> III
IA -> III
IA -> III
III
III
III
III
III
III
III
III
III
III

LN-KLH
SE-DAA
OY-KRA
LN-KLI
SE-DAB
OY-KRB
LN-KLP
SE-DAC
OY-KRC
LN-KLR
SE-DAD
OY-KRD
OY-KRE
SE-DAE
SE-DAF
OY-KRF
SE-DAG
OY-KRG
SE-DAH
LN-KLN
SE-DAI

Finn Viking
Eskil Viking
Vagn Viking
Einar Viking
Ingemar Viking
Orm Viking
Trond Viking
Arne Viking
Faste Viking
Hall Viking
Torolf Viking
Ulf Viking
Knud/Gaut Viking
Alrik/Amund Viking
Sven Viking
Torkil Viking
Dag Viking
Alf Viking
Torgny Viking
Trygve Viking
Alrik Viking

1959-1974
1959-1974
1959-1974
1959-1974
1959-1974
1959-1960
1960-1974
1960-1967
1960-1974
1960-1974
1960-1967
1960-1974
1960-1974
1960-1974
1962-1974
1964-1974
1964-1971
1965-1969
1965-1969
1966-1969
1966-1971

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In the collection 11 of the 21 aircrafts are represented.

Finn Viking

First flight with Sud Aviation March 23 1959.
Named Finn Viking, registration LN-KLH. Delivered April 13 1959 to SAS. In service from April 26 1959. Last flight with SAS September 26 1974. Donated to the Norwegian Air Museum at Gardemoen, Oslo, Norway, September 27 1974. [Source: Åke Hall: Luftens Vikingar - en bok om SAS alla flyplan. ISBN 91-973892-3-4]

C/N 3
LN-KLH
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

In flight

M. Munthe, Copenhagen
No: 752

C/N 3
LN-KLH
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

In flight

Airline issued
Unnumbered

C/N 3
LN-KLH
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

In flight

Editions Jaeger, Genève
No: 7696

C/N 3
LN-KLH
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

In flight

SAS Flight Academy
No: 8512-4

C/N 3
LN-KLH
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

In flight

Airline issued
No: SDSTO 791-1

C/N 3
LN-KLH
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

In flight

Grafisk Konst, Stockholm
No: 130/42

C/N 3
LN-KLH
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Düsseldorf (DUS)
Germany

Hubert Knappe, Düsseldorf
Unnumbered

C/N 3
LN-KLH
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Zürich-Kloten (ZRH)
Switzerland

Beringer & Pampaluchi, Zürich
No: SR 907

C/N 3
LN-KLH
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Paris-Le Bourget (LBG)
France

Darryl Wickham Collection
[May 1967]

C/N 3
LN-KLH
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Flight Log
Milan-Copenhagen

Airline issued

Eskil Viking
Model SUD SE-210 Caravelle I,
converted to Caravelle III April 3 1960

First flight with Sud Aviation April 15 1959.
Named Eskil Viking, registration SE-DAA. In service from May 15 1959. In service until 1974. Last flight with SAS July 28 1974 from Copenhagen to Stockholm-Arlanda. Donated to Luftfartsverket in August 1974 and used for fire training at Stockholm-Arlanda. [Source: Åke Hall: Luftens Vikingar - en bok om SAS alla flyplan. ISBN 91-973892-3-4]

SE-DAA
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Copenhagen (CPH)
Denmark

Chr. Olsen, Copenhagen
No: 172

Einar Viking

First flight with Sud Aviation April 24 1959.
Named Einar Viking, registration LN-KLI. Delivered to SAS June 17 1959. In service from June 25 1959. Last flight with SAS June 30 1974 on the route CPH-ARN. Was damaged in a hangar fire at Arlanda in February 1968. Repaired and back in traffic in June the same year. Leased to Thai International Airways from October 17 1968 to January 27 1969. [Source: Åke Hall: Luftens Vikingar - en bok om SAS alla flyplan. ISBN 91-973892-3-4]

C/N 7
LN-KLI
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Stuttgart (STR)
Germany

Konrad Wittwer, Stuttgart
No: 4892/15

Trygve Viking

First flight with Sud Aviation December 6 1965.
Named Trygve Viking, registration LN-KLN. Leased from SUD Aviation. In service from January 17 1966. Last flight with SAS November 19 1969. Returned to SUD Aviation and de-registered December 19 1969. [Source: Åke Hall: Luftens Vikingar - en bok om SAS alla flyplan. ISBN 91-973892-3-4]

LN-KLN
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

In flight over
Geneva-Cointrin (GVA)
Switzerland

Editions Jaeger, Genève
No: 7071

LN-KLN
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Paris-Le Bourget (LBG)
France
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Edicões Aeronáuticas
No: EA01

LN-KLP
Construction number 24, model SUD SE-210 Caravelle III.
Delivered in March 1960, named Trond Viking.
In service until August 1974.

LN-KLP
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Hamburg (HAM)
Germany

Conwa, Hamburg
No: G 425

LN-KLR
Construction number 30, model SUD SE-210 Caravelle III.
Delivered in April 1960, named Hall Viking.
In service until October 1974.
During almost three years (1967-70) it was leased to Thai International Airways with registration HS-TGL.

LN-KLR
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Manchester (MAN)
England

Flight Path
No: FP 42

OY-KRA
Construction number 6, model SUD SE-210 Caravelle III.
Delivered in May 1959, named Vagn Viking.
In service until January 1974.

OY-KRA
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Copenhagen (CPH)
Denmark

F. Munthe-Österbye, Copenhagen
No: 1190

OY-KRA
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Düsseldorf (DUS)
Germany

Jos. Kessel, Bonn
No: 2087

OY-KRA
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Düsseldorf (DUS)
Germany

Jos. Kessel, Bonn
No: 2088

OY-KRA
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Düsseldorf (DUS)
Germany

Flight Path
No: FP125

OY-KRA
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Wien-Schwechat (VIE)
Austria

Flughafenbilddienst
Unnumbered

OY-KRF
Construction number 170, model SUD SE-210 Caravelle III.
Delivered in March 1964, named Torkil Viking.
In service until February 1974.

OY-KRF
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Unknown airport

Sky Cards of Europe
No: S126

SE-DAB
Construction number 11, model SUD SE-210 Caravelle III.
Delivered in 1959, named Ingmar Viking.
In service until May 1974.

SE-DAB
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Düsseldorf (DUS)
Germany

Walter Bales, Köln
No: 180b

SE-DAD
Construction number 34, model SUD SE-210 Caravelle III.
Delivered in May 1959, named Torolf Viking.
In service until November 1967 when sold to Thai Airways International. New registration became HS-TGK.

SE-DAD
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Oslo-Fornebu (OSL)
Norway

Mittet
No: 1168

SE-DAD
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Oslo-Fornebu (OSL)
Norway

Mittet
No: 1329/3

SE-DAD
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle III

Oslo-Fornebu (OSL)
Norway

Mittet
No: 1329/10

F-BHHH
Prototype construction number 1, model SUD SE-210 Caravelle I.
This postcard is a bit confusing. I thought that F-BHHH was the Air France registration for the first Caravelle prototype. Here it is the SAS colours with the same registration ... Hmm?!

F-BHHH
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle I

In flight

Unknown Japanese publisher
Unnumbered

F-BHHH
Scandinavian Airlines System
SUD SE-210 Caravelle I

In flight