Lockheed Constellation Survivors

ZS-DVJ c/n 1042

L1649A D-ALOL June 1962 L1649A ZS-DVJ October 9, 1971 L1649A ZS-DVJ February 13, 2004
In service with Lufthansa at Frankfurt Rhein-Main, Germany in June 1962 just prior to being leased to World Airways as N45520 (Peter Whalley) Arriving at Warmbaths, South Africa on October 9, 1971 after final flight. Plans for conversion to a cafe never materialized. (via Erik Eriksson) Just out of the SAA paint shop at Jan Smuts International Airport on February 13, 2004 in basic Trek Airways colors (Roy Blewett)
  • Current registration - ZS-DVJ
  • Delivered to Lufthansa January 1958 as L1649A D-ALOL
  • Leased to World Airways October 1962 to February 1964 as N45520
  • To Trek Airways April 24, 1964 as ZS-DVJ
  • Leased to South African Airways May to September 1965
  • To Safari Travel Ltd and leased to Luxair May 18, 1967 as LX-LGX
  • Returned to Trek Airways June 1968 as ZS-DVJ
  • Retired by Trek April 1969 and stored at Johannesburg, South Africa
  • To W.J. Pelser July 27, 1971 who planned to convert the aircraft into a cafe.
  • Certificate renewed for a one-time flight to the "Little Kariba Resort" which was located midway between Warmbaths and Pretoria, South Africa on the old N1 highway.
  • A short landing strip was prepared adjacent to the resort and the aircraft arrived on October 9, 1971--->See Photos of The Dusty Arrival on Ruud Leeuw's Website
  • Plans for cafe did not materialize
  • To Die Afrikaanse Taal-en Kultuurvereniging 1973 and displayed at Klein Kariba, near Warmbaths by April 1974
  • Later used as boardroom at factory near Klein Kariba
  • To South African Airways for preservation in 1978
  • Dismantled May 1979 and transported, by road, to Johannesburg Airport arriving on May 23, 1979
  • To allow for ground shipment, the one-piece wing was cut off the aircraft, which precludes it from flying again
  • Restoration began February 1984 and was completed in time for SAA's Open Day on April 30, 1988
  • On display at the SAA Museum at Jan Smuts International Airport, Johannesburg in Trek Airways color scheme
  • Painted by SAA in Trek Airways colors in February 2004
  • The museum plans to move the aircraft, by road, to Rand Airport in Germiston, South Africa


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