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gerard
PostPosted: 07 Jul 2010, 22:28 
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PostPosted: 07 Jul 2010, 22:52 
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Great pics Gerard - I've never seen inside a SAAF B707... interesting coloured seat covers used in some areas! :shock:

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W407594F
PostPosted: 07 Jul 2010, 23:33 

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Interestingly two of her sister aircraft from her SAA days are still flying in the Israeli Air Force.

These two were known as Durban (ZS-FKT later changed to ZS-SAG) and Pretoria (ZS-SAH) in SAA service both B707-344C models.

The first SAA B707 (ZS-EUW) known as Pretoria crashed in 1968
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Dean
PostPosted: 08 Jul 2010, 08:07 
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Nice Gerard, you certainly get around. =D>

Thanks for posting.
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DELTAWING
PostPosted: 08 Jul 2010, 12:18 

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Nice pics, that interior really gives the aircraft's age away.
W407594F wrote:
The first SAA B707 (ZS-EUW) known as Pretoria crashed in 1968

I think it was around two weeks old at the time.
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DELTAWING
PostPosted: 08 Jul 2010, 12:55 

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W407594F wrote:
Interestingly two of her sister aircraft from her SAA days are still flying in the Israeli Air Force.


1415, 1417 and 1419 were from Air France, 1421 and 1423 were from SAA.
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Kremlin
PostPosted: 08 Jul 2010, 19:04 
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Sweet photos Gerard :D

I'm curious as to which of the SAAF 707's flew the crew of Shackleton 1716 back to SA :?:

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W407594F
PostPosted: 09 Jul 2010, 00:55 

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My Stats on the B707 fleet
Type Name SAA Registration Delivery date C/N Disposal Date SAAF #
B707 - 320C East London * ZS-SAI 18.12.1969 20283/831 To SAAF 621 1421
B707 - 344A Johannesburg ZS-CKC ZS-SAA ? 17928/134 Broken up 1984
B707 - 344A Cape Town ZS-CKD ZS-SAB 0.07.1960 17929/154 UK
B707 - 344A Durban ZS-CKE ZS-SAC ? ? Sold May.1969
B707 - 344B Bloemfontein ZS-DYL ZS-SAD 01.11.1965 18891/441 Air Mauritius
B707 - 344B Windhoek ZS-EKV ZS-SAE 14.01.1967 19133/538 ?
B707 - 344C Port Elizabeth ZS-EUX ZS-SAF 02.04.1968 19706/691 To SAAF 623 1423
B707 - 344C Durban ZS-FKT ZS-SAG 0.04.1969 20110/800 Israel
B707 - 344C Pretoria ZS-EUW * ? 19705/675 Crashed 20.04.1968
B707 - 344C Pretoria ZS-EUW ZS-SAH ? 20230/819 Israel

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Kremlin
PostPosted: 09 Jul 2010, 01:41 
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For the serial counters who haven't seen this yet :D

http://www.planelist.net/types.html

This site has got lots of xls files, for the registration, first flight, delivery date & history on MANY types of aircraft. I think you can fill in some of those blanks W407594F.

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Foxtrot
PostPosted: 09 Jul 2010, 21:35 

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was this the old presidential aircraft?
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W407594F
PostPosted: 09 Jul 2010, 21:45 

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Nope,

The previous SAAF aircraft used were a

Vickers Viscount named Casteel

SAA aircraft

and some of the aircraft now still in use.
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Foxtrot
PostPosted: 10 Jul 2010, 14:21 

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So what was this aircraft used for?
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DELTAWING
PostPosted: 10 Jul 2010, 22:18 

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1415, 1417 & 1419: Tanker/transport/electronic warfare.
1421: EW.
1423: Transport.
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