| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | VP-WAT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viscount |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 782D Viscount |
| C/n (msn): | 298 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Rhodesia |
| Aircraft Name: | Lundi |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Bulawayo - Joshua Mqabuko NkomoMap |
| Country: | Zimbabwe |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: FVJN IATA: BUQ Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | September 1979 |
| Photo from: | Kjell O Granlund Collection |
| Photo ID: | 386248 |
| Photo Comment |
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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. This photo was added on 25 August 2021, and has since been viewed 1023 times. |