Both FIE and FIA were QC versions, therefor both would have the cargo door.

But you sure have some treasures up your sleeve. Do you have any more? 😀 😀

I’ve just found a few ICE 727’s at GLA, I’ll start another thread when I scan them 😉

That’s a good one! Any idea which one it is? Icelandair had two -100’s. TF-FIE ‘Gullfaxi III’, the first Icelandic jet airliner, and TF-FIA ‘Sólfaxi’, the one you have in black and white above.

For some reason I’m thinking this is Gullfaxi. Can you confirm?

In fact………

That’s a good one! Any idea which one it is? Icelandair had two -100’s. TF-FIE ‘Gullfaxi III’, the first Icelandic jet airliner, and TF-FIA ‘Sólfaxi’, the one you have in black and white above.

For some reason I’m thinking this is Gullfaxi. Can you confirm?

I’m not sure but I’ll have another look, in the meantime note the ‘in flight’ one has a cargo door, did both have this?

Ok here goes! 😀

Yes the old Icelandair logo is a horse’s head. It is from the old ‘viking’ (not using the word ‘Norse’ :diablo: ) mythology.

All of Icelandair’s aircraft at the time of the 727 picture were carrying names, all of which ended with -FAXI. The approximate meaning of Faxi is horse. This goes right back to about 1946, and some names were used again and again. For example, the name Gullfaxi was used for for the ‘flagship’ of the fleet from 1947, up until 1978. Aircraft in the picture, TF-FIA, had the name Sólfaxi (Sun horse!) and served from 1971 until 1989 or there abouts.

The Icelandair you are looking at in this old picture is not the Icelandair of today. Icelandair of today was formed in 1973 when the old Flugfélag Íslands (Icelandair) and Loftleiðir (Loftleidir Icelandic) merged to become Flugleiðir, however they decided to keep the english name as Icelandair! And the irony of it all that Icelandair (the new one) Has renamed it’s domestic division Flugfélag Íslands and it’s Charter buisness is now Loftleidir Icelandic!

Ok, here’s pic of one in flight 😀

Ok here goes! 😀

Yes the old Icelandair logo is a horse’s head. It is from the old ‘viking’ (not using the word ‘Norse’ :diablo: ) mythology.

All of Icelandair’s aircraft at the time of the 727 picture were carrying names, all of which ended with -FAXI. The approximate meaning of Faxi is horse. This goes right back to about 1946, and some names were used again and again. For example, the name Gullfaxi was used for for the ‘flagship’ of the fleet from 1947, up until 1978. Aircraft in the picture, TF-FIA, had the name Sólfaxi (Sun horse!) and served from 1971 until 1989 or there abouts.

The Icelandair you are looking at in this old picture is not the Icelandair of today. Icelandair of today was formed in 1973 when the old Flugfélag Íslands (Icelandair) and Loftleiðir (Loftleidir Icelandic) merged to become Flugleiðir, however they decided to keep the english name as Icelandair! And the irony of it all that Icelandair (the new one) Has renamed it’s domestic division Flugfélag Íslands and it’s Charter buisness is now Loftleidir Icelandic!

Excellent reply! 😀

Yep!

“Gullfaxi” was Prince Sigurd’s horse. Dunno about “Solfaxi”, though.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/410147/L/ Either do I 🙂