548
Anonymous
Officieele Opening van het Schitterende
Luchtvaartterrein Twente KLM
67x90 incl. frame, 1929 (design)
B+
€
650
-1000
549
Emmanuel Louis Joseph Gaillard (1902-?)
KLM Weekly service The Amsterdam-Batavia
Air Line "De Snip"
57x79,5 incl. frame, 1933/1934,
A-
€
350
-700 (2)
550
Anonymous
KLM Kerstpostvlucht naar Nederlandsch
West-Indië
29x46 incl. frame, 1934
B+
€
160
-300
551
Anonymous
KLM London-Melbourne race
80x63,5 incl. frame, 1934, puzzle, rare
A-/B+
€
350
-700
548
550
549
551
101
The puzzle
On this framed puzzle we see the foreseen participants of the 1934 London-
Melbourne race: the Pelikaan (Fokker F-XVIII, PH-AIP), the Snip, (Fokker F-
XVIII, PH-AIS), the Arend, the biggest KLM aircraft, (Fokker F-36, PH-AJA)
and the one which eventually did take part: the Uiver, (DC-2, PH-AJU), a com-
pletely metal aircraft.
The crew consisted of: Parmentier, Moll, Prins and Van Brugge.
The Director of KLM Mr Plesman is standing in the middle.
The route from London to Melbourne is depicted on the globe.
The puzzle was designed by the well-known Dutch department store V&D.
© R. Hopman, Schoorl, 2017
De Snip
In 1934 KLM made its first transatlantic flight with the PH-AIS De Snip; from
Amsterdam to Paramaribo/Curaçao.
In view of the long distances the aircraft needed to be modified; extra fuel
and oil tanks were added as well as more powerful engines with 550 horse-
power each.
En route over the Atlantic Ocean the Fokker F-XVIII encountered a subma-
rine of the Royal Navy the HR. MS. K XVIII, (see detail lot nbr. 550), which
was making a voyage around the world to Surabaya, Indonesia.
On 15 December 1934 the aircraft departed from Amsterdam, with a crew
consisting of captain Jan Hondong, first officer Jan van Balkom, radio ope-
rator Simon van der Molen and flight engineer Leo Stolk. Via Paramaribo it
arrived on 22 December in Curaçao. The total distance of 12,200 kms had
been covered in 54 hours and 27 minutes.
In Curaçao De Snip became the first aircraft of KLM’s West Indian
Operation.
