| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 7Q-YDK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 748D Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 98 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Malawi |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Blantyre - ChilekaMap |
| Country: | Malawi |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: FWCL IATA: BLZ Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | September 1977 |
| Photo from: | Kjell O Granlund Collection |
| Photo ID: | 299180 |
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First flown 28 March 1956 and delivered to Central African Airways 24 April. When the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved and Malawi and Zambia gained independence, CAA became a holding company and the Viscounts operated with nameplates for the new airlines; Air Malawi, Air Rhodesia, and Zambia Airways. To Air Malawi as 7Q-YDK 1 January 1968, June 1979 to Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia, name changed to Air Zimbabwe February 1980. Re-registered Z-YNA October 1983. Retired 31 May 1985 and displayed at the National Aviation Museum, Gweru. Seen here at Blantyre during her lease to Air Malawi. Photographer unknown This photo was added on 11 November 2020, and has since been viewed 2737 times. |