Aircraft Photo of ZS-DBR | Lockheed L-749A Constellation | South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens | AirHistory.net #765041
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:ZS-DBR
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749A Constellation
C/n (msn):749A-2623
Operator Titles:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
Aircraft Name:Cape Town / Kaapstad
Location
City / Airport:Johannesburg - OR Tambo InternationalMap
Country:South Africa
Airport Codes:ICAO: FAOR   IATA: JNB   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:February 1955
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 765041
Photo Comment

ZS-DBR was the first of four Constellation delivered to South African in 1950 replacing DC-4s on some routes. The fleet was relegated to domestic and regional tourist class flights fitted with 84 seats from the mid-1950s. Stored from January 1959 at the then Jan Smuts International Airport in Johannesburg where it seen here. To ACE Freighters as G-ASYS in early 1965 and later broken up at Coventry. Photographer unknown

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