Travel back in time with the Viscount
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South Africa
ZS-CDX - South African Airways (SAA) - December 1958 to January 1972
Delivered new to South African Airways (SAA) named 'Wildebees'. A publicity photo taken in the SAA Hangar 8 technical area at Jan Smuts International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa circa March 1959.
Photo source - Brian R Burrage collection (gallery 1)
Aircraft Summary
South African Airways (SAA)
This aircraft c/n 350, a V.813, was built for South African Airways (SAA) as ZS-CDX and first flew on Sunday, 7 December 1958 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
During its life it was also owned and/or operated by British Midland Airways (BMA), Manx Airlines, British Aerospace PLC (BAe), STH Sales Ltd, Hot Air, Ligacoes Aereas Regionais (LAR), Gambia Air Shuttle and British Air Ferries (BAF)
Its final owner/operator was N9 Dancing Kokoriko as G-AZNA.Its fate:-
Withdrawn from service by British Air Ferries (BAF) and stored at Southend Airport, Rochford, Essex, England in October 1990. Registered to STH Sales Ltd. in January 1991.
Sold to Roger Kerremans, the owner of N9 Dancing 'Kokoriko' discotheque / night club 15 September 1992. Transferred by road to his facility near Zomergem, Belgium, next to the N9 road between Eeklo and Ghent and mounted on poles with its undercarriage lowered in an all white livery still with the name 'Viscount Banjul' on the port side of the nose. Fitted with poorly shaped dummy propellers. Two delivery trucks damaged the aircraft, with one punching a hole in the weather radar nose dome and another breaking off one of the wooden propeller blades on the No.3 engine 7 February 2023.