Aircraft Photo of ZS-AUB | Douglas DC-4-1009 | South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens | AirHistory.net #806580
Aircraft
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
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

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

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