“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 Aircraft of Tintin – 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 Aircraft of Tintin – Short Sunderland
“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 Aircraft of Tintin – 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 Aircraft of Tintin – 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 Aircraft of Tintin – Macchi MC 94
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 returned to East Europe in “King Ottokar’s Sceptre”. He had to travel to Klow, the capital of the imaginary kingdom of Syldavia with Professor Alembick.… Read More Aircraft of Tintin – Junker Ju52
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 “Destination Moon” and “Explorers on the Moon” which took Tintin, Captain Haddock and other characters to the Moon and back. A very ingenious invention of… Read More Tintin’s Shark Submarine
