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The first SAS aircraft to operate was a DC-4 belonging to DNL, which landed at Bromma on 5 August. The DC-4s had a theoretic capacity of 44, but SAS chose to install 28 seats to increase comfort. The first flight with the SAS livery was flown on 17 September, and included a large delegation from SAS's management.
SAS has been the launch customer of the Saab Scandia, [4] the Sud Aviation Caravelle, [5] the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-20 and -40 [6] and the Boeing 737-600. [7] SAS was the sole customer of the DC-9-20; [8] the DC-9-40 served SAS for 34 years—longer than any other model. [9]
This list includes notable individuals who served in the Special Air Service (SAS) – (Regular or TA). Michael Asher – author, historian and desert explorer; Sir Peter de la Billière – Commander-in-Chief British Forces in the Gulf War; Julian Brazier TD – MP for Canterbury; Charles "Nish" Bruce QGM – freefall expert; Charles R. Burton ...
A privately preserved Douglas DC-3 wearing SAS' late 1940s-style markings. The airline was founded on 1 August 1946, when Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik AB (an airline owned by the Swedish Wallenberg family), Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, and Det Norske Luftfartselskap AS (the flag carriers of Denmark and Norway) formed a partnership to handle the combined air traffic of the three ...
The SAS alongside the SBS carried out numerous reconnaissance missions and diversionary raids in East and West Falkland to support the campaign. SAS forward observers also directed British artillery and aircraft. [9] [10] Operation Paraquet, 25 April 1982, successful recapture of the Island of South Georgia.
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SAS flight 901 overran runway 04R at KJFK: Site: 650 ft (200 m) from Runway 04R at John F. Kennedy Airport: Aircraft; Aircraft type: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30: Aircraft name: Haakon Viking: Operator: Scandinavian Airlines: IATA flight No. SK901: ICAO flight No. SAS901: Call sign: SCANDINAVIAN 901: Registration: LN-RKB: Flight origin: Stockholm ...
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling, DSO, OBE (15 November 1915 – 4 November 1990) was a Scottish officer in the British Army and the founder and creator of the Special Air Service (SAS). Under his leadership, the SAS carried out hit-and-run raids behind the Axis lines of the North African campaign.