Aircraft Photo of Z-YNB | Vickers 748D Viscount | Air Zimbabwe

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	Z-YNB
Aircraft Original Type:	Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:	Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:	Vickers 748D Viscount
C/n (msn):	99
Operator Titles:	Air Zimbabwe

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

Photo Date:	July 1992
Photo from:	Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:	878178

Photo Comment
First flown 5 May 1956 and delivered to Central African Airways 17 May. 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-YKO 1 January 1968, 1 January 1968 to Air Rhodesia as VP-YKB, to Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia June 1979, name changed to Air Zimbabwe February 1980. Re-registered Z-YNB October 1983. Seen here at Harare in use for ground training after she was retired. Photographer unknown This photo was added on 14 December 2025, and has since been viewed 61 times.

Photo Comment

First flown 5 May 1956 and delivered to Central African Airways 17 May. 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-YKO 1 January 1968, 1 January 1968 to Air Rhodesia as VP-YKB, to Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia June 1979, name changed to Air Zimbabwe February 1980. Re-registered Z-YNB October 1983. Seen here at Harare in use for ground training after she was retired. Photographer unknown

This photo was added on 14 December 2025, and has since been viewed 61 times.

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