Taxying past the Terminal building.These aircraft were crammed full of cargo,baggage at the time of the Vietnam war.The worst offenders were the crew....an active blackmarket in Laos!
Date picture taken
1 Jul 1962
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Nice Shot
Looks like taken under the wing of a Thai Airways Convair 990.
Aircraft shot
Moddsey , yes its a Thai Convair.
HS-TGE
Model: CV-990-30A-6 Coronado, Year built: 1962, Construction Number: 30-10-17
A plane owned by Swissair, leased to SAS as SE_DAZ, and then Thai Airlines as HS_TGE. Later renumbered as HB-ICH for Swissair.
The registration HS-TGE was also used for a DC10 and 747.