
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | ZS-AUB |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
C/n (msn): | 42984 |
Display Paint: | South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens |
Aircraft Name: | Outeniqua |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Johannesburg - OR Tambo InternationalMap |
Country: | South Africa |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: FAOR IATA: JNB Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | February 1997 |
Photo from: | Kjell O Granlund Collection |
Photo ID: | 806580 |
Photo Comment |
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Delivered new to South African 10 May 1946 remaining with the airline until transferred to the SAAF's 44 Sqd 29 September 1967 as 6905. To the SAA Historical Flight as ZS-AUB December 1995. Leased to Swissair as ZU-ILI and painted in period colours and the fake registration HB-ILI celebrating 50 years of trans-Atlantic service by Swissair during the summer of 1997. Preserved at the SAA Museum at Rand. Seen here in the livery in which she was delivered in 1946. Photographer unknown This photo was added on 8 May 2025, and has since been viewed 78 times. |