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PAXboy

17th Sep 2012 16:05

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??

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...1_1968_464.jpg

Tableview

17th Sep 2012 16:08

Convair Coronado?

tornadoken

17th Sep 2012 16:13

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

Rosevidney1

17th Sep 2012 19:39

I agree with tornadoken. Caravelle.

Retired Redcap

17th Sep 2012 19:59

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

PAXboy

18th Sep 2012 00:02

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:

Quote:

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.

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