Aircraft Photo of 7Q-YDL | Vickers 754D Viscount | Air Malawi | AirHistory.net #436772
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:7Q-YDL
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viscount
Aircraft Version:Vickers 754D Viscount
C/n (msn):241
Operator Titles:Air Malawi
Location
City / Airport:Lusaka - Kenneth KaundaMap
Country:Zambia
Airport Codes:ICAO: FLKK   IATA: LUN   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1969
Photo from:John Coupland Collection (via Paul Seymour)
Photo ID: 436772
Photo Comment

Probably taken on a Saturday as the Air Malawi flight to Blantyre used to be on the ground at the same time as BA052, the Standard VC10 to Entebbe-Frankfurt-London. Delivered to MEA as OD-ACV in 1957. To Central African Airways as VP-YTE in 1961, Air Malawi as 7Q-YDL in 1968, Aviation Equipment, Spares and Service as ZS-KJG in 1979 and Air Zimbabwe as VP-WJI in 1980. Reregistered as Z-WJI in 1983. Withdrawn from use at Harare in 1984 and scrapped around 1992.

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