IAI DC-6

International Airlines DC-6 HP-361 at Atarot Airport, Jerusalem - JRS. Flight JN 501 to Cairo. Operated by Jordan Airlines in Amman-Jerusalem-Cairo service in 1963. Built in 1946 for American Airlines as Flagship California, N90702. To Air Jordan in 1960 as JY-ACE. To IAI in 1962 as HP-361. The aircraft is currently used as a cafe in Germany. IMG00648p

Jerusalem

August 9th 1963
The Middle Eastern Airlines flight from Beirut landed at Jerusalem's Atarot Airport at 8:30 a.m. This allowed for a full day of sightseeing before pushing on to Cairo. Jerusalem was the ninth stop on the Around the World trip. In 1963 East Jerusalem and the West Bank were governed by Jordan. (It was before the six Day War in 1967.) A series of private cars, mostly American models, transported the ... read more

Middle East » Israel » West Bank » East Jerusalem

Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more

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