TAP Africa Imperial Line DC-3

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Aircraft: DC-3
Airline: TAP
Intro:
On 31 December 1946, TAP began its Linha Aérea Imperial, a twelve-stop colonial service including Luanda, Angola and Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique.
It covered 24.450 km within 15 days (round trip), making it the longest air service operated with twin-engine airliners at that time.
To suit the tropical conditions at most of these destinations, a special tropical uniform was adopted, comprising khaki shirts with either skirts or shorts.


Source: Timetable Images/TAP 1948 Summer Schedule

Origin: Lisbon
Destination 1: Luanda, Angola
Destination 2: Maputo, Mozambique (fka Lourenco Marques)

Leg 1: Lisbon, Portugal---Casablanca, Morocco
Leg 2: Casablanca, Morocco---Dakhla, Western Sahara (fka Villa Cisneros)
Leg 3: Dakhla, Western Sahara (fka Villa Cisneros)---Dakar, Senegal
Leg 4: Dakar, Senegal---Monrovia, Liberia (aka Robertsfield)
Leg 5: Monrovia, Liberia (aka Robertsfield---Accra, Ghana
Leg 6: Accra, Ghana---Libreville, Gabon
Leg 7: Libreville, Gabon---Luanda, Angola
Leg 8: Luanda, Angola---Kinshasa, Congo DRC (fka Leopoldville)
Leg 9: Kinshasa, Congo DRC---Kananga, Congo DRC
Leg 10: Kananga, Congo DRC---Lubumbashi, Congo DRC
Leg 11: Lubumbashi, Congo DRC---Harare, Zimbabwe (fka Salisbury)
Leg 12: Harare, Zimbabwe---Maputo, Mozambique (fka Lourenco Marques)

Leg 1: Lisbon, Portugal---Casablanca, Morocco



Leg 2: Casablanca, Morocco---Dakhla, Western Sahara (fka Villa Cisneros)



Leg 3: Dakhla, Western Sahara (fka Villa Cisneros)---Dakar, Senegal



Leg 4: Dakar, Senegal---Monrovia, Liberia (aka Robertsfield)



Leg 5: Monrovia, Liberia (aka Robertsfield---Accra, Ghana



Leg 6: Accra, Ghana---Libreville, Gabon



Leg 7: Libreville, Gabon---Luanda, Angola



Leg 8: Luanda, Angola---Kinshasa, Congo DRC (fka Leopoldville)



Leg 9: Kinshasa, Congo DRC---Kananga, Congo DRC



Leg 10: Kananga, Congo DRC---Lubumbashi, Congo DRC



Leg 11: Lubumbashi, Congo DRC---Harare, Zimbabwe (fka Salisbury)



Leg 12: Harare, Zimbabwe---Maputo, Mozambique (fka Lourenco Marques)

[aharon]

Very interesting and very educational!!

Welcome to the CalClassic forums

Regards,

Aharon

[Tom/CalClassic]

Thanks, TAP is only rarely mentioned.

[darrenvox]

hi mike, you might have seen me on fb as darren elliott on one of the many fs2004 fb groups..thats me...great series...are you doing a world tour or just africa??

ttyl and welcome to the forum

[Al]

Looks interesting. Must find some time to watch all of it.

[bbb747]

Feb 24, 2024 18:33:57 GMT -5 darrenvox said:

hi mike, you might have seen me on fb as darren elliott on one of the many fs2004 fb groups..thats me...great series...are you doing a world tour or just africa??

ttyl and welcome to the forum

I'm just doing TAP and SATA destinations based on their flight schedules before 1965 when they received their first B707s.

[darrenvox]

ok cool good to know
have fun...

[nmlw]

A good series of videos. Thanks!

[joscyriacv2]

Good collection of videos. May I ask how did you record these videos?

[darrenvox]

im not him but im guessing fsrecorder or fraps or something..

[bbb747]

Mar 10, 2024 21:58:48 GMT -5 joscyriacv2 said:

Good collection of videos. May I ask how did you record these videos?

I use NVIDIA in-game overlay to record gameplay and Microsoft Clipchamp to edit and assemble multiple videos into one before uploading to You Tube.
I don't recommend recording entire flight into a single video.
The game may crash once you reach your destination airport.
Simply record short 10-15 minutes videos throughout the flight.