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sumantra
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 Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 10:13 am Post subject: Palam-Willingdon/Safdarjung: DEL: Tintin in Tibet |
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With regard to the Palam-Willingdon/Safdarjung topic, I was going
through my favourite Tinitin title, `Tintin in Tibet'. This was
the closest Titntin got to India, and Georges Remi (Herge) was
known for his attention to detail. Since regular passenger
flights at Willingdon/Safdarjung stopped around 1953, the story
would have been set sometime during this period. Tintin lands at
Palam in an Air India Connie with the fictional registration
VT-DAO. He has to board a flight from Kathmandu from Willingdon,
leaving at 02:35 pm, when they explore the city. Tintin, Captian
Haddock and Snowy just manage to board an Air India DC-3, VT-DAR
(which ironically, was the registration of a Connie L-749A
`Maratha Princess'!). They are looking for Tintin's friend Chang,
who is rescued (by a Yeti) from the crash of an `Indian Airways' DC-3 Patna
to Kathmandu flight, VT-DRO/D. The Wikipedia entry says something
different about a fictional `Sari airlines', but this is what I
have in my edition of the same. Does anyone have any interesting
information someone to share on this issue?
Cheers, Sumantra. |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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| sumantra wrote: | | The Wikipedia entry says something different about a fictional `Sari airlines', but this is what I have in my edition of the same. Does anyone have any interesting information someone to share on this issue? |
In the original French edition (according to the facsimile), the plane belonged to Indian Airways (p2); the wreckage shows the Sagittarius symbol (p28) and the same symbol plus "Air India" is present on p58.
In a 1996 English printing, it's Indian Airways on p2, the new logo on p28 (laid over the original's grey tones), and the Sagittarius & Air India on p58.
In the current French edition, it's Sari Airways p2, new-logo-covering-old on p28 and Sagittarius & Air India on p58.
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So, it was changed to Sari Airways everywhere in the French edition, except for on page 58, and the text on page 2 was never altered for the English edition (including the new one).
http://www.tintinologist.org/forums/index.php?action=vthread&forum=1&topic=1288
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Sumantra, check out my latest post in my Air India models thread - I'm sure you'll enjoy it !
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sumantra
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747-237: the post above, and the models you have shown on the Air India models-II thread: are an absolute eye-opener for me. Thank you!
Further, I had basically asked this question concerning services which Delhi's two airports catered to, prior to 1953, which is the era this story seeks to be aligned to.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| sumantra wrote: | 747-237: the post above, and the models you have shown on the Air India models-II thread: are an absolute eye-opener for me. Thank you!
Further, I had basically asked this question concerning services which Delhi's two airports catered to, prior to 1953, which is the era this story seeks to be aligned to.
Cheers, Sumantra. |
The wkipedia entry on Safdarjung airport actually claims the following
Safdarjung Airport is the setting for part of The Adventures of Tintin comic, Tintin in Tibet, by Hergé. Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock have a stop-over in India, and they depart from Willingdon Airfield (now Safdarjung Airport).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safdarjung_Airport
This thread is quite nicely timed, Sumantraji, as Tintin the Reporter actually turned 86 last week.
I love the adventures of Tintin and have read the entire series multiple times.
One of the nicest things about the series is the accurate drawing and description of all the vehicles, including airplanes and ships.
The Tintin series also featured some great ideas for possible futuristic technological developments at that time. These include the nuclear motor powered rocket (Destination Moon/ Explorers on the Moon), a supersonic business jet (Flight 714) and a revolutionary, sound based weapon (Calculus Affair).
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sumantra
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| The_Goat wrote: | The wkipedia entry on Safdarjung airport actually claims the following
Safdarjung Airport is the setting for part of The Adventures of Tintin comic, Tintin in Tibet, by Hergé. Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock have a stop-over in India, and they depart from Willingdon Airfield (now Safdarjung Airport).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safdarjung_Airport |
Yes Sir: in fact, as a kid growing up in Delhi, and since this was the closest Tintin actually got to India, I loved this episode, specifically!
| The_Goat wrote: | | One of the nicest things about the series is the accurate drawing and description of all the vehicles, including airplanes and ships. |
...and to think that Remi was untrained in art!
| The_Goat wrote: | | The Tintin series also featured some great ideas for possible futuristic technological developments at that time. |
Yes Sir, a kind of a mini-Jules Verne. His rocket design though, was a aerodynamic nightmare, when there was a recreation of his design!
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sumantra
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747-237 and The_Goat: I am specifically interested in the two-airport services Air India may have had during this era: what were the aircraft, and what were the destinations, from these two airports. I am sure you would have access to time-tables of that era: both Air India, as well as Indian Airlines, since that was the era when thy were formed as corporations, from the vast multitude of airlines in India. The same airline operating from two airports in a city, in India: this sounds extremely interesting to me.
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Blistering barnacles !! Isnt it intriguing that we have still not changed out affection for the holy cows and they continue to block our streets in crowded localities ?
And that we have taxis being driven fast and rashly as shown in that episode ?
And that we have still not come any close to figuring out whether the Yeti really exists ?
Tintin & Haddock are timeless IMO..I hope future generations will preserve and respect this treasure. |
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