This time I hope they land on the weekend
Aircraft is formally donated to SAA Museum; To be ferried to Rand by years end.
ZS-SPC (msn 21134) was officially donated to the SAA Museum on November 1 and plans are proceeding to prepare the aircraft for a ferry flight to Rand Airport.
"The technical section will begin working on the aircraft next week," says Richard Hunt, Vice Chairman of the SAA Historical Society. "Once they start we should get a better idea on the time they will need to fix the few small snags that have crept in over the last two years."
The plane has been maintained in a flyable condition since being retired, and the mechanical review should proceed quickly according to Hunt.
"I have initially planned the crew training flight to take place on the 26th November," says Hunt. "We are hoping to do the ferry to Rand a few days later."
The plane was delivered new to SAA in June, 1976, and was one six SPs purchased by the airline. Over it's lifetime it was leased to Air Mauritius, Avia, and Air Namibia.
ZS-SPC was retired from the SAA fleet in late 2003 and has been parked at Jan Smuts Airport since that time.
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