1950\'s Vintage Sabena Belgian World Airlines Helicopter Service Porcelain Sign
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1950\'s Vintage Sabena Belgian World Airlines Helicopter Service Porcelain Sign :
$340.00
This sale is for a 1950\'s Era Vintage Porcelain Sign advertising Sabena:The First International Helicopter Service of Belgian World Airlines...The Sign measures 13 by 20 inches approx....The Sign shows an Image of a Sikorsky S-58 Helicopter......Very Good Condition but with some wear and chipping around the mounting holes often see in old porcelain signs....
SABENA operated helicopter services from 21 August 1950 when it used Bell 47D aircraft on an experimental postal service between Brussels and extending domestically to cities like Antwerp, Liege and Turnhout. It was begun in co-operation with the Belgian Post Office.
The Bell 47s were replaced with the larger Sikorsky S.55 allowing the service to extend to internationally to Maastricht. This was the world\'s first international helicopter service.
SABENA intended using helicopters on an international rotary-wing passenger service as a feeder service for it\'s fixed-wing international/European services. This was started on 1 September 1953 using the Sikorsky S.55 aircraft, which could carry eight passengers....By October 1956 the service had new helicopters, the twelve-seat Sikorsky S.58 and SABENA\'s fleet of eight S.58 helicopters inauguated the service to Paris in 1957!...By 1960 this international passenger helicopter service from Brussels flew to Rotterdam, Antwerp, Lille, Eindhoven, Maastricht, Liege, Paris, Dortmund, Duisburg, Cologne and Bonn. It served Holland, France, Germany and Luxembourg internationally.
1950\'s Vintage Sabena Belgian World Airlines Helicopter Service Porcelain Sign :
$340.00