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By: 18th August 2014 at 22:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-No idea if its still there, but put "19 1st Ave, Soweto 2013, South Africa" into Google maps for its location in December 2010, or the link below might help:
By: 19th August 2014 at 04:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Is their still a SAAF Shackleton on the roof of a petrol station in Johannesburg ?
If so does anybody have an address, street name ?
She was june 7 2014 according to GE...
By: 19th August 2014 at 07:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-SAAF 1723. Has changed colour over the years!
By: 19th August 2014 at 10:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Do they still run the one in SA that used to be a flyer until relatively recently?
By: 19th August 2014 at 11:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-They still run up 1722, on a monthly basis. The next run is on the 30th August.
By: 19th August 2014 at 11:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-http://www.airliners.net/photo/Coca-Cola/Avro-716-Shackleton/0666080/L/&sid=bf2a1c1bd71036aa6ba15e4621c8c1fSAAF 1723. Has changed colour over the years!
1987 http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1060242.jpg
2012 http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/576/MG_7292m_800_copy.jpg
By: 20th August 2014 at 16:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Yes, was still there a couple of weeks back. Coords. are 594324.14 m E 7093251.01 m S. Used to be called Vic's Viking Garage (might well still be?) - and had a Vickers Viking on top when I first arrived here in the 1980's, which was traded to SAA in exchange for the present SAAF Shackleton.
By: 20th August 2014 at 18:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Yes, was still there a couple of weeks back. Coords. are 594324.14 m E 7093251.01 m S. Used to be called Vic's Viking Garage (might well still be?) - and had a Vickers Viking on top when I first arrived here in the 1980's, which was traded to SAA in exchange for the present SAAF Shackleton.
Vickers Viking - http://aircraftnut.blogspot.de/2013/02/of-shackletons-and-vikings.html
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TF7od_pASHo/USrBGMQyZRI/AAAAAAAABz0/isMZjlca_X4/s1600/ZS-DKH+Viking+on+top+of+Vics+Viking+garage.jpg
Martin
By: 20th August 2014 at 18:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The Viking looks sad.
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By: CADman - 18th August 2014 at 22:11
Is their still a SAAF Shackleton on the roof of a petrol station in Johannesburg ?
If so does anybody have an address, street name ?