Landing at Zanzibar after flight from Dar es Salaam. Sadly, planned schedules never really got started and the aircraft rarely flew after this. It remained abandoned at ZNZ and is still present in a derelict condition in a compound at the northern end of the airfield in 2023.

sitting on the ramp in wonderful winter-light

Delivered to the USAAF as 42-23719 in 1943. To NC47573 in 1946, N47573 after 1948 then to ZS-GPL in 1971 and 5H-DAK in 2009.

Delivered to the USAAF as 42-23719 in 1943. To NC47573 in 1946, N47573 after 1948 then to ZS-GPL in 1971 and 5H-DAK in 2009.

Ex A2-ACH, registered 13th March 1980 to Wonderair and operated as Springbok Flying Safaris from around 2001, to 5H-DAK 24th Apr 2009

Ex A2-ACH, registered 13th March 1980 to Wonderair and operated as Springbok Flying Safaris from around 2001, to 5H-DAK 24th Apr 2009

A trip to Tanzania, to fly the Indigo Aviation DC-3. But they never really started operating their two DC-3s between Zanzibar and the mainland. I was only able to make some distant photos of the two aircraft. This one was taken from a Cessna 208 taking off from Zanzibar en route to Dar es Salaam. The airplane was not visible from the terminal, but was parked infront of a hangar along the main runway of the airport.