Aircraft Photo of ZS-CDT | Vickers 813 Viscount | South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens | AirHistory.net #299319
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:ZS-CDT
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 813 Viscount
C/n (msn):346
Operator Titles:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
Aircraft Name:Blesbok
Location
City / Airport:Port ElizabethMap
Country:South Africa
Airport Codes:ICAO: FAPE   IATA: PLZ   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:16 March 1969
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 299319
Photo Comment

First flown at Hurn 17 September 1958, delivered to SAA as ZS-CDT 26 October. Ca 1962 repainted in the first orange tail livery first introduced with the 707s in 1960. September 1971 retired and stored at JNB. To British Midland January 1972 as G-AZLP, leased to Air Anglia 1973. To BAE in part exchange for BMA's ATP fleet May 1986, to Dowty and Technical Aeroparts the following month. Donated to the CAA Fire Training School June 1986. To North East Aircraft Museum June 2008, November 2013 to Brooklands Museum. Photographer unknown

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