The original crew and a representative from the SA Diplomatic Corp(Paris) along with an unamed man(for this post) met with us in Lancashire with the purpose of purchasing new engines and many spares (that we then owned) for their remaining Pelican(s) but sadly the new Mandela Gov would not allow any funds to be spent for preserving old A/c, even doing a swop for other A/c was deemed not acceptable to the new regime.
Its a shame Pelican 16 was trashed for it did contain some interesting things in the bomb bay (allegedly).
Thank you all for the updated info!!
Peter R-B
Lancashire