Boeing 707
“Flight 714” opens with a jetliner landing in Djakarta. Captain Haddock and Tintin were onboard this aircraft. They were allowed to de-board as the plane was being refuelled on its […]
Short Sunderland
“The Seven Crystal Balls” was a mystery in which scientists involved in studying Inca mummies were attacked by a substance which would lead to a mysterious disease leading to hallucinations. […]
deHavilland DHC-1 Chipmunk
“The Black Island” openes with Tintin taking a walk with Snowy when he sees an aircraft in emergency. The aircraft landed in a field, however, when Tintin approached it, the […]
Carriedas 160 (TU-134?)
Tintin, Captain Haddock and professor Calculus accompanied by Snowy were flying to Sydney to attend the International Astronautical Congress aboard Qantas Flight 714. This is how the penultimate Tintin book […]
Macchi MC 94
Tintin had saved the state of Syldavia from a coup against the King Ottokar in “King Ottokar’s Sceptre”. He had flown in in a Ju 52. At the end of […]
Junker Ju52
Tintin had started his adventures in the Eastern Europe in “Tintin in the Land of the Soviets”, after travelling through Africa, North and South America, Brirain and the Orient he […]
Tintin’s Shark Submarine
Professor Calculus, the hard of hearing genius created by Herge built several innovative products and gadgets in various books of Tintin. His biggest achievement was the nuclear powered rocket in […]
Baldwin 2-8-0
Herge published the first Tintin, “Tintin in the Land of Soviets” in 1930 and the last “Tintin and the Picaros” in 1976. How people travelled across the world changed a […]
LNER Peppercorn Class A1
“The Seven Crystal Balls”, a Tintin adventure about the scientists who studied the pyramids of South America and the curse on these people. When I read it for the first […]
British Rail Class 42
Tintin is on his adventure to the British Isle. He had somehow escaped from Dr Muller and a burning house. In my last post Tintin had boarded a train – […]
Class 27 Diesel Locomotive
We were with “The Black Island”. Tintin had taken a train pulled by an SNCF 2D2 9100 electric locomotive. He was attacked and arrested and finally escaped. His adventure took […]
SNCF 2D2 9100
After his adventures in South America, Tintin went for his next adventure in Europe, Scotland to be specific in “The Black Island”. This was one of my favourites as a […]
North British 2-8-0
Tintin must be the most widely travelled person on Earth. He has visited nearly every continent on Earth. Though most widely travelled in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and […]
AM2 Class
After solving the mystery of “Cigars of the Pharaoh” and spending a few relaxing days at the palace of the King of Gaipajama in India, Tintin started off on his […]
XB Class
Tintin was seen riding; rather driving; the Pacific 4-6-2 locomotive in “Tintin in America”. His next adventure took him across the globe to the Egypt, the Middle East and India […]
