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1929. Union Airways de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth coupe ZS-ABK 'Piet Retief' being fuelled by Allister Mackintosh Miller.

Union Airways de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth Coupe ZS-ABK 'Piet Retief' in flight.

1934. Junkers JU-52 ZS-AJI 'Major Warden'.

Johannesburg. Apprentice School at Jan Smuts airport. Junkers Ju-52 aircraft Radial Engine.

Johannesburg. Apprentice School at Jan Smuts airport.

Johannesburg. Jan Smuts Airport. Apprentices working on Lockheed Ventura.

Johannesburg. Rand airort. Technicians working on aircraft radial engine. Improvised engine test bench.

Passengers leaving SAA Douglas DC-7B ZS-DKE 'Reiger'.

Johannesburg. SAA Douglas DC-7B on ground at Jan Smuts airport seen from the front..

Johannesburg. SAA Douglas DC-7B on ground at Jan Smuts airport.

Johannesburg. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Douglas DC-7B ZS-DKE 'Reiger' taking off.

Johannesburg. Technicians inspecting DC-7B aircraft engine from below.

Johannesburg. SAA Douglas DC-7B ZS-DKE 'Reiger' in flight over city centre. See N64618. (See C9778 series for colour images).

Johannesburg. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Douglas DC-7B ZS-DKD Dromedaris and behind it an SAA Douglas DC-4.

SAA Douglas DC-3 ZS-AVJ 'Paardeberg' at airport. See N54910 and PB1739.

Johannesburg. Palmietfontein Airport. August 1950. SAA Lockheed Constellation name christening ceremony. Four SAA Lockheed Constellation aircraft parked on apron with guests seated in the open. From left to right: ZS-DBT 'Pretoria'; ZS-DBU 'Durban'; ZS-DBS 'Johannesburg' and ZS-DBR 'Cape Town'.

Port Elizabeth. Allister Mackintosh Miller and Union Airways Fokker Super Universal ZS-ABR lands at Fairview. First passenger carrying machine used on regular services. Photograph with handwritten instructions for colour scheme.

Port Elizabeth, 29 January 1930. Maiden flight from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth of Fokker Super Universal, ZS-ABR, first passenger carrying machine used on regular services, landing at Fairview. With Allister Mackintosh Miller.

Mr Charles Mitchell Hoffe, second from the left, General Manager Railways from 1941 to 1945, and three senior officers on arrival at airport. Aircraft is a Lockheed Lodestar.

SAA Lockheed Constellation interior. Cutaway drawing. Layout of passenger accomodation. LOPA. ZS-DBR.

Johannesburg. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBU. See N63061.

Passengers boarding SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBU 'Durban'.

SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBR 'Cape Town' in flight along California coast. See P3511_13 and N57027. Note: The original is a Lockheed factory photo reference number M-567. The SAA Museum at Rand Airport has an excellent quality original photo.

Douglas DC-4 aircraft. Note this is a mockup i.e. artist's impression. The real 'Jan van Riebeeck' was SAA Lockheed Lodestar ZS-ATL. See M1722.

Group of people posing at SAA Douglas DC-4 ZS-AUA 'Tafelberg'.

Group of men posing at SAA Douglas DC-4 ZS-AUA 'Tafelberg'.

Johannesburg. SAA Douglas DC-4 ZS-AUB in flight. See N50570.

East London, 1954. Ben Schoeman airport. SAA Douglas DC-4 ZS-BWN 'Swartberg'.

SAA Douglas DC-4 at airport.

Johannesburg, February 1910. Albert Kimmerling in his Voisin biplane.

SAA Lockheed Lodestar ZS-ASP 'Richard King' on runway, used for internal flights. Aircraft construction number is 2030.

1940. SAA Lockheed Lodestar ZS-ATE 'Ryk Tulbagh'. See N50622.

Johannesburg. SAA Douglas DC-4 ZS-AUB 'Outeniqua' in flight. Note flying springbok roundel. See LS_05_098.

Durban. Stamford Hill aerodrome. SAA Lockheed Lodestar ZS-ATI 'General JW Janssens' in front of airport control tower. First SAA aircraft at the new airport. See N52113.

SAA Junkers JU-86 ZS-AGG 'Ryk Tulbagh' on runway. Note Rolls-Royce Kestrel engines.

SAA Junkers JU-86 ZS-AGJ 'General David Baird' without wings being transported.

1937. SAA Junkers JU-86 ZS-AGJ 'General David Baird' in flight.

Johannesburg. SAA Junkers JU-86 ZS-AGJ 'General David Baird' in flight.

SAA Junkers Ju-86 'Commandant Louw Wepener' in flight.

Pretoria. SAA Junkers JU-86 ZS-AGJ 'General David Baird' in flight.

1934. SAA Junkers JU-86 ZS-AGJ 'General David Baird' in flight.

Johannesburg. Palmietfontein airport. BOAC Avro York G-AGNR.

Johannesburg. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Avro York ZS-ATP 'Springbok'. See M1713_04 and P4756.

SAA Airspeed Envoy ZS-AGA 'Gen JW Janssens' at airport.

SAA Airspeed Envoy ZS-AGB 'Sir Hercules Robinson'. See N44668.

Johannesburg. Rand airport. SAA Airspeed Envoy ZS-AGB 'Sir Hercules Robinson'.

SAA Airspeed Envoy ZS-AGB 'Sir Hercules Robinson' at airport.

Johannesburg, circa 1925. Baragwanath Airport. SAAF de Havilland DH.9 No 140 in flight during SAAF pageant.

SAA Junkers JU-52 ZS-AFA 'Jan van Riebeeck' on grassy surface.

SAA Junkers JU-52 ZS-AFA 'Jan van Riebeeck' on grassy surface. See also N42800.

Johannesburg. Rand airport. SAA Junkers JU-52 ZS-AFD 'Sir Benjamin D'Urban'. Note unfinished airman's clock.

Johannesburg, 1934.Rand Airport. SAA Junkers Ju 52 ZS-AFA 'Jan van Riebeeck' with three persons.

Johannesburg, 1939. Rand airport. SAA Junkers Ju-52 ZS-ALS 'Thomas Halstead' approaching landing. SEE N46604

Cape Town. SAA Junkers JU-52 ZS-AFD 'Sir Benjamin d'Urban' passing Lion's Head. See LS_05_081 and N43521.

Johannesburg. Rand airport. SAA Junkers JU-52 ZS-AFD 'Sir Benjamin D'Urban'. Note unfinished airman's clock. See N43586.

Cape Town. SAA Junkers JU-52 ZS-AFB 'Lord Charles Somerset' at Wingfield airport.

SAA Junkers JU-52 ZS-AJI 'Major Warden' with three people in the foreground.

SAA Junkers JU-52 ZS-AFD 'Sir Benjamin d'Urban' in flight.

Tanganyika (Now Tanzania). SAA Junkers Ju-52 taking on fuel from a Shell tanker at Moshi Airport, with snow-capped Kilimanjaro in the background. Text on the fuel bowser reads 'SHELL (87 ETHYL) AVIATION GASOLINE'. See M3807_04.

Junkers JU-52, CR-AAK, part of the DETA fleet. DETA (Divisão de Exploração dos Transportes Aéreos, later Direcção de Exploração dos Transportes Aéreos). Became LAM - Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique.

Arrival of air mail with SAA Junkers JU-52 ZS-AFB.

1934. SAA Junkers Ju 52 ZS-AFA 'Jan van Riebeeck'. At Rand Airport. With three persons.

Johannesburg, 1934. SAA Junkers JU-52 ZS-AFA 'Jan van Riebeeck' at Rand airport.

1938. SAA Junkers JU-52 interior. ZS-AFD 'Sir Benjamin d'Urban'.

Johannesburg, 1938. Arrival of SAA Junkers JU-52 ZS-AFD 'Sir Benjamin d'Urban' at Rand airport. Note unfinished airman's clock.

1980. SAA Boeing 747 interior. Cabin service. Steward.

1980. SAA Airbus A300 flight engineer's panel in cockpit.

Johannesburg, 1979. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Airbus A300 ZS-SCC 'Waterbok'.

Johannesburg, 1979. Jan Smuts airport. SAA.Boeing 747 ZS-SAN 'Lebombo'.

Johannesburg, 1979. Jan Smuts airport. SAA.Boeing 747.

1979. Captain at controls in SAA Boeing 747 cockpit.

1979. SAA Boeing 747. Captain at controls in Boeing 747 cockpit.

1979. Captain at controls in SAA Boeing 747 cockpit.

1979. SAA Boeing 747 ZS-SAN 'Lebombo' taking off.

London, England, 5 November 1971. Heathrow Airport. SAA Boeing 747 ZS-SAN 'Lebombo' at night. Push back for departure on delivery flight to Johannesburg. Note spare engine on 5th pod.