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Details
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1974/07/16
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16 July 1974 Order placed
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1976/01
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January 1976 registered to SAA
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1976/05/17
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17 May 1976 Registered N8297V and rolled out at Boeing Field
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1976/06/04
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04 June 1976 First flight, still registered N8297V
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1976/06/11
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11 June 1976 Handed over by Boeing to SAA.
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1976/06/17
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Delivery flight. Details from the logbook of Captain Willem Steytler, Captain Archy Nasmith
Crew:
Captain Archy Nasmith
Captain Jack Tindal
Captain Willem Steytler
Flight Engineer Anthony Watt
Flight Engineer Vernon du Toit
17 June 1976 Seattle-Ilha do Sal 10 hours 45 minutes.
17/18 June 1976 Ilha do Sal-Jan Smuts 8 hours 30 minutes.
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1976/06/18
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18 June arrived at the then Jan Smuts Airport at the end of its delivery flight
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1977/03/23
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ZS-SPC Flown to the Boeing factory for straight staircase, landing gear and other modifications on 23 March 1977
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1980/10/12
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The aircraft was used for a presidential flight from 12 to 17 October 1980. The route was Jan Smuts-Waterkloof-Mauritius-TSA-Taipei-Mauritius-Waterkloof-Jan Smuts. The operating crew were Captains Meyer Botha, Mickey Mitchell, first officer James de Wet and Flight Engineers Adrian den Haan and Bill Herbst.
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1982/12/09
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9 December 1982 ZS-SPC was the first SAA aircraft to land at Houston International Airport.
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1984/09/02
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2 September 1984 Rolled into hangar for repaint into Air Mauritius.
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1984/10/28
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Air Mauritius also signed a lease agreement for B747SP ZS-SPC from 28 October 1984; the aircraft was painted in Air Mauritius colours and registered 3B-NAG.
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1984/10/30
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30 October 1984 3B-NAG Air Mauritius Lease date according to SAA files.
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1994/11/10
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B747SP ZS-SPC was returned from Air Mauritius lease on 10 November 1994.
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1995/02/09
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9 February 1995 Rolled into hangar for repaint into Avia livery
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1995/04/24
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B747SP ZS-SPC was leased to new South African airline Avia from 24 April 1995 until 2 August 1995 when the company went out of business.
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1995/05/01
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1 May 1995 registered ZS-SPC to Avia and named “Gauteng”. Leased
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1995/09/10
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10 September 1995 returned to SAA.
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1995/10/25
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25 October 1995 leased to Air Namibia
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1995/10/29
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29 October V5-SPF on service with Air Namibia. Leased ZS-SPC for 1 flight only.
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1995/10/31
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31 October 1995 Returned to SAA
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1999/03/14
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14 March Rolled into hangar for repaint into Air Namibia colours
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1999/03/15
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15 March leased to Air Namibia
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1999/10/26
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26 October 1999 Arrived back at Johannesburg from last Air Namibia flight.
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1999/10/27
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27 October 1999 Returned to SAA
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1999/10/29
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29 October First flight for SAA after Namibia lease.
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2003/10/24
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The last flight of B747SP ZS-SPC was flown on 24 October 2003 when the aircraft operated flight SA 280/281 from Johannesburg-Perth-Johannesburg.
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2003/11/19
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Sold to Golden Tattoo TRD (Pty) Limited on the 19 November 2003. The operator did not take delivery of the aircraft and it was stored at Denel, JIA.
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2005/05/21
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21 May 2005 letter sent to SAA requesting donation of a B747SP
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2005/07/30
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30 July 2005. Maluti towed to the engine run-up bay. Engine runs performed, no major problems found.
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2005/10/20
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20 October 2005 SAA confirms that it will donate ZS-SPC to the SAA Museum Society. All that is required is the signature from treasury.
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2005/11/01
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Official notification received from SAA that the aircraft was now the property of the SAA Museum Society.
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2006/09/08
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Official notification received from SAA that the aircraft may now be ferried to Rand Airport after months of delays. SAA eventually agreed to pay the “Donations Tax”.
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2006/09/15
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Friday 15 September 2006. Engine runs completed on the aircraft and all seems to be in order, full power was achieved. Not bad considering the engines were last run for the first attempt to fly over one year ago. How does the saying go “Going like a Boeing”.
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2006/09/29
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ZS-SPC test flown at JIA and then practice approaches performed at Rand. Flight duration 1 hour 40 minutes
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2006/09/30
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ZS-SPC ferried to Rand Airport.
The flight crew were:
Dennis Spence – Captain
Joe Maartens – First Officer
John Froneman – Flight Engineer
Richard Hunt – Assistant Flight Engineer
Phil Parsons – Safety Officer
Chris Hancock – Civil Aviation Authority Inspector
ZS-SPC had completed 82,313.23 hours at the time of landing at Rand Airport
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