Aircraft Photo of ZS-CDU | Vickers 813 Viscount | South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens | AirHistory.net #846500
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:ZS-CDU
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 813 Viscount
C/n (msn):347
Operator Titles:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
Aircraft Name:Bosbok
Location
City / Airport:Cape Town - InternationalMap
Country:South Africa
Airport Codes:ICAO: FACT   IATA: CPT   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:12 June 1960
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 846500
Photo Comment

First flown at Hurn 14 October 1958, delivered to SAA as ZS-CDU 28 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-AZLR, leased to Cyprus Airways 1975. Retired June 1982 at EMA where it became a fire trainer, scrapped by 1997. Photographer unknown

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