Operated by Zimbabwe Express Airlines. Ex Iberia EC-BIG

This photo is at Bulawayo Airport in Rhodesia.

Bulawayo Airport in April 1972, note the Rhodesian green and white flag and the British South Africa Police officer

The original Air Rhodesia colour scheme was darker blue with the Zimbabwe bird in a white band on the tail. This was changed with the arrival of the Boeing 720s in 1973.

As the Rhodesian Bush War was in its final phases, the name of the country was changed to Zimbabwe Rhodesia in June 1979. Air Rhodesia changed its name to Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia still in Air Rhodesia's low visibility, anti-missile colour scheme with a dull green cheat line. This was changed back to blue, white and polished metal when the airline was renamed to Air Zimbabwe the following year.

Seen at Bulawayo Airport a little over a year after sister ship VP-WAS Hunyani was shot down by a heat-seeking missile on depature from Kariba operating RH825 on 3 September 1978. Following the second shoot down of an Air Rhodesia Viscount, VP-YND Umniati, on 12 February 1979, the airline painted their Viscounts in a drab grey anti-missile colour scheme and added exhaust deflectors to minimize the heat signature of the engine exhaust.

Seen at Bulawayo Airport twelve months after sister ship VP-WAS Hunyani was shot down by a heat-seeking missile on depature from Kariba operating RH825 on 3 September 1978. Following the second shoot down of an Air Rhodesia Viscount, VP-YND Umniati, on 12 February 1979, the airline painted their Viscounts in a drab grey anti-missile colour scheme and added exhaust deflectors to minimize the heat signature of the engine exhaust.