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17th Sep 2012, 16:05

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A Swiss machine 1968

In this article, there is a photo of Sherlock Holmes fans making an expedition to the land of the Swiss.
BBC News - Sherlock Holmes and his fight to the death

The windows of the a/c have a MOST unusual shape. What is the machine??

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Convair Coronado?

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Caravelle III, SR's standard intra-European type, fleet of 8, 1960-70.

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I agree with tornadoken. Caravelle.

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Most definitely a Caravelle with those windows. A glimpse of the landing gear confirms this.

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Thank you. I knew that the Caravelle was the standard at that time but the windows were not something I had ever seen, hence my doubt. Quote from the Wikipedia entry:

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A distinctive design feature were the cabin windows in the shape of a curved triangle which were smaller than conventional windows but gave the same field of view downwards.