Aircraft Photo of ZS-EKV | Boeing 707-344B | South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens | AirHistory.net #423494
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:ZS-EKV
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 707
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 707-300
Aircraft Version:Boeing 707-344B
C/n (msn):19133 / 538
Operator Titles:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
Aircraft Name:Windhoek
Location
City / Airport:London - HeathrowMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGLL   IATA: LHR   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:February 1967
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 423494
Photo Comment

SAA named its 707 fleet after the main cities in the Republic of South Africa. South West Africa was under South African administration between 1915 and 1990 and for all practical purposes a fifth province. Naming ZS-EKV Windhoek is in line with that principle.

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