Aircraft Photo of ZS-CDY | Vickers 813 Viscount | South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	ZS-CDY
Aircraft Original Type:	Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:	Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:	Vickers 813 Viscount
C/n (msn):	351
Operator Titles:	South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
Aircraft Name:	Gemsbok

Location
City / Airport:	Port ElizabethMap
Country:	South Africa
Airport Codes:	ICAO: FAPE IATA: PLZ Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	March 1968
Photo from:	Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:	420645

Photo Comment
First flown at Hurn 22 Dec 1958, delivered to SAA as ZS-CDV 10 Jan 1959. Ca 1962 repainted in the first orange tail livery first introduced with the 707s in 1960. Sept 1971 retired and stored at JNB. To British Midland Jan 1972 as G-AZLV, leased to Cyprus Airways 1975. To BAE in part exchange for BMA's ATP fleet May 1986, scrapped by 1987. Photographer unknown This photo was added on 12 December 2021, and has since been viewed 2501 times.

Photo Comment

First flown at Hurn 22 Dec 1958, delivered to SAA as ZS-CDV 10 Jan 1959. Ca 1962 repainted in the first orange tail livery first introduced with the 707s in 1960. Sept 1971 retired and stored at JNB. To British Midland Jan 1972 as G-AZLV, leased to Cyprus Airways 1975. To BAE in part exchange for BMA's ATP fleet May 1986, scrapped by 1987. Photographer unknown

This photo was added on 12 December 2021, and has since been viewed 2501 times.

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