Aircraft Photo of VP-YNA | Vickers 748D Viscount | Central African Airways - CAA

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VP-YNA
Aircraft Original Type:	Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:	Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:	Vickers 748D Viscount
C/n (msn):	98
Operator Titles:	Central African Airways - CAA
Aircraft Name:	RMA Malvern

Location
City / Airport:	London - HeathrowMap
Region / Country:	England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:	ICAO: EGLL IATA: LHR Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	1957
Photo from:	Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:	878028

Photo Comment
First flown 28 March 1956 and delivered to Central African Airways 24 April. When the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved and Malawi and Zambia gained independence, CAA became a holding company and the Viscounts operated with nameplates for the new airlines; Air Malawi, Air Rhodesia, and Zambia Airways. To Air Malawi as 7Q-YDK 1 January 1968, June 1979 to Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia, name changed to Air Zimbabwe February 1980. Reregistered Z-YNA October 1983. Retired 31 May 1985 and displayed at the National Aviation Museum, Gweru. Photographer unknown This photo was added on 13 December 2025, and has since been viewed 60 times.

Photo Comment

First flown 28 March 1956 and delivered to Central African Airways 24 April. When the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved and Malawi and Zambia gained independence, CAA became a holding company and the Viscounts operated with nameplates for the new airlines; Air Malawi, Air Rhodesia, and Zambia Airways. To Air Malawi as 7Q-YDK 1 January 1968, June 1979 to Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia, name changed to Air Zimbabwe February 1980. Reregistered Z-YNA October 1983. Retired 31 May 1985 and displayed at the National Aviation Museum, Gweru. Photographer unknown

This photo was added on 13 December 2025, and has since been viewed 60 times.

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