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Photo By: Saudi Aramco
The Flying Camel
Group of people looking to the airplane "The Flying Camel" after landing in Dhahran 1950's.
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Photo By: Saudi Aramco
Interior of Airplane
Airplane interior on it's way to Dhahran in 1947.
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Photo By: Saudi Aramco
New "Flying Camel"
New "Flying Camel", Aramco airplane arrives in Dhahran, 1952.
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Photo By: Saudi Aramco
KLM DC-4 Plane Crash
From left: Herman Westerhuis, KLM section chief; Chuck Mead, (crane & rigging); Dexter Carpenter, Douglas Aircraft Rep.; K.R. Webster, Dhahran District Manager; Bob Lugten, KLM technician. Three Aramco cranes lift the giant KLM DC-4 onto a truck bed near Qatif where the plane crashed on January 2,1953.
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Photo By: Saudi Aramco
Aramco's Kenworth
Aramco's Kenworth tops the first sand dune on the way to Dhahran with its unique load of airplane. KLM technicians and Aramco riggers keep a weather eye out for any signs of trouble. This low angle shot shows the slight damage apart from bent props and flaps suffered by the plane when it was set down in the desert at 2 a.m. on January 2, 1953.
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Photo By: Saudi Aramco
KLM DC-4
Saudi soldiers guard wreckage of KLM DC-4 commercial flight near Qatif on Friday morning, January 2nd, before any hoisting operations. None of the 66 passengers were injured. Qatif, December 1952.
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Photo By: Saudi Aramco
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts preparing to board an Aramco plane, 1949.