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leading edge
 Post subject: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 20 Jan 2012, 12:49 

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Serial number 1415 is now at the SAAF museum, correct?

Does anyone know what happened to the other 4 airframes?

What models were the various 5 aircraft?
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 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 20 Jan 2012, 13:19 

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Okay, I see they were a mix of 328 and 344 series aircraft.
1415 - 328C
1417 - 328C
1419 - 328C
1421 - 344C
1423 - 344B

Does anyone know what happened to the airframes?
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Dean
 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 20 Jan 2012, 13:29 
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1415  AF-615  Boeing B707-328C (EW) To Star Dynamics Aviation (N707SE).
1417  AF-617  Boeing B707-328C (EW?) Nose at Swk Museum
1419  AF-619 Boeing B707-328C (EW, Comint?) Display at Swartkop
1421  AF-621  Boeing B707-344C (EW) Nose at SAA Museum, Rand
1423  AF-623 Boeing B707-344C (Transport/trainer) Reusable items stripped.

(Edited to add 1421)
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 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 20 Jan 2012, 14:11 
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Hi,

i have some pictures of 1421 being cut into pieces and deliverd to SAA somewhere.

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 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 20 Jan 2012, 14:33 
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Ah, looks like the nose of 1421 went to the SAA Museum at Rand. :smt023
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 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 20 Jan 2012, 15:57 
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Is there not one standing on the hardstand at AFB Makhado?
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 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 20 Jan 2012, 20:36 

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 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 20 Jan 2012, 20:37 

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 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 20 Jan 2012, 20:54 
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Hey Scooter65. :smt006

Welcome to the forum & thanks for sharing these :smt023

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 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 20 Jan 2012, 22:07 

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The fate of the SAAF B707s:

1415 - to the USA (as far as I know this was the one stored at AFB Makhado for a while
1417 - forward section to SAAF Museum, remainder scrapped
1419 - to SAAF Museum
1421 - forward section to SAA Museum, remainder scrapped
1423 - scrapped at AFB Waterkloof at same time as the other two (shortly before Waterkloof Airshow)

I know of only 1417 and 1419 that had the mounting lugs for the EW cheeks (as far as I can recall 1421 and 1423 did not have them). Incidentally it was only 1415 and 1419 that were painted in the final colour scheme, 1417 and 1421 still carried the old colour scheme while 1423 was all white with no national insignia.
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 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 20 Jan 2012, 22:50 

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Anyone know who scrapped the aircraft, or when they were scrapped?
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 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 21 Jan 2012, 08:32 

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They were cut up by a civilian company who was awarded the tender (by Armscor I believe) around the end of September/beginning of October 2011. As I understand it one of the conditions was that it all had to be removed and the site cleaned prior to the preparations for the Waterkloof Airshow held later in October.
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Scooter65
 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 21 Jan 2012, 09:09 

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Thank you Kremlin,

I saw these one day, are these engines from the 707's?

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 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 21 Jan 2012, 09:44 

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Yes they are. After 1419 had flown into Swartkop the serviceable engines were removed for disposal/sale and time-expired ones were fitted.
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 Post subject: Re: SAAF Boeing 707's.
PostPosted: 21 Jan 2012, 11:13 
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flyingspringbok wrote:
The fate of the SAAF B707s:

1415 - to the USA (as far as I know this was the one stored at AFB Makhado for a while
1417 - forward section to SAAF Museum, remainder scrapped
1419 - to SAAF Museum
1421 - forward section to SAA Museum, remainder scrapped
1423 - scrapped at AFB Waterkloof at same time as the other two (shortly before Waterkloof Airshow)

I know of only 1417 and 1419 that had the mounting lugs for the EW cheeks (as far as I can recall 1421 and 1423 did not have them). Incidentally it was only 1415 and 1419 that were painted in the final colour scheme, 1417 and 1421 still carried the old colour scheme while 1423 was all white with no national insignia.


Hiya flyingspringbok :smt006

A hearty welcome to the forum :D :smt023

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