Originally Posted by
airsmiles
Re; the german viscounts. These were never as reliable or corrosion free as the S.African ones and they appear to have less successful overall.
As Lufthansa maintenance was doubtless as faultless then as it is now, this is presumably a commentary on a prior 15 year life in a dry, tropical climate, compared to one that included 15 Central European winters.
Do they ever de-ice in South Africa ?