Aircraft Photo of TR-LNY | Douglas DC-7(F) | Air Gabon Cargo

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	TR-LNY
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-7
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-7
Aircraft Version:	Douglas DC-7(F)
C/n (msn):	42185 / 820
Operator Titles:	(Air Gabon Cargo)

Location
City / Airport:	Harare - Robert Gabriel Mugabe International / ManyameMap
Country:	Zimbabwe
Airport Codes:	ICAO: FVHA IATA: HRE Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	May 1981
Photo from:	Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:	867034

Photo Comment
Delivered to KLM as PH-DSF 3 June 1957 and named Arabische Zee. Converted to freighter November 1960. To Aer Turas as EI-ATU 25 February 1969. To Air Gabon Cargo as TR-LNY 1 April 1970. Used by Jack Malloch to circumvent sanctions against Rhodesia flying to Europe and the rest of Africa. Derelict at then Salisbury Airport by 1980 and in the early 1980s used by the Air Force of Zimbabwe as a ground trainer. Photographer unknown This photo was added on 14 November 2025, and has since been viewed 150 times.

Photo Comment

Delivered to KLM as PH-DSF 3 June 1957 and named Arabische Zee. Converted to freighter November 1960. To Aer Turas as EI-ATU 25 February 1969. To Air Gabon Cargo as TR-LNY 1 April 1970. Used by Jack Malloch to circumvent sanctions against Rhodesia flying to Europe and the rest of Africa. Derelict at then Salisbury Airport by 1980 and in the early 1980s used by the Air Force of Zimbabwe as a ground trainer. Photographer unknown

This photo was added on 14 November 2025, and has since been viewed 150 times.

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