I was born in 1972, a car maniac kid, and then I got my hands on “The Black Island”. This was the second version, reprinted in the 1960s. It had cars, especially the Triumph Herald, which I could identify on the car starved roads of India. It was sold as the Standard Herald, by the… Read More Hawker Siddeley HS 121 Trident
“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 way to Australia. The aircraft was a Qantas Boeing 707. It was not surprising that Herge depicted the Boeing 707 in this book as “Flight… Read More Boeing 707
“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. Tintin and Captain Haddock decided to unravel the mystery and the book ends with both of them leaving for Peru in a Sea-plane. Why sea-plane?… Read More Short Sunderland
In the “The Red Sea Sharks” Emir Bin Kalish Ezar had sent his son Abdullah to Marlinspike as he wanted Tintin to help Abdullah with his English. He also stated in his letter to Tintin that the situation in the emirate was grim. Later there was a coup in the emirate of Khemed and Tintin… Read More Douglas DC 3
“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 two men who de-boarded from the aircraft shot at him and escaped. The aircraft in question was a red and cream twin-seat plan with a… Read More deHavilland DHC-1 Chipmunk
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 got its name – “Flight 714”. At Jakarta airport they were introduced to Mr Carriedas, the billionaire who never laughed. Mr Carriedas developed a fancy… Read More Carriedas 160 (TU-134?)
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 his adventure he was given a state farewell and left for his home with Thomson and Thompson in a yellow flying boat. As happens with… Read More Macchi MC 94
