OY-KPA Convair 440-75
(c/n 325)
Here's a nice cloud effect shot by
Jennifer Gradidge at London Airport in the late 1950s. SAS
acquired a fleet of Metropolitans
to service the European capitals routes from Copenhagen, Oslo
and Stockholm just
prior to acquiring their Caravelles. Interestingly, SAS
were one of the few
airlines which did not acquire prop-jet aircraft, prefering to wait for
the short-range pure jets
instead. They did, it must be noted, lease a couple of Viscounts
from Fred Olsen in the early
1960s as
a stop-gap measure.