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Johannesburg, 1960. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Boeing 707 ZS-CKC 'Kaapstad'. Note Intercontinental.

Johannesburg, 1960. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Boeing 707 ZS-CKC 'Kaapstad'. Note painted engines. With ZS-UAD 1959 Tipsy T-66 Nipper 1 C/N 10.

Johannesburg, 1960. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Boeing 707 ZS-CKC 'Kaapstad. Note painted engines. With ZS-UAD 1959 Tipsy T-66 Nipper 1 C/N 10.

Johannesburg, 1960. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Boeing 707 ZS-CKC 'Kaapstad'. Note painted engines. With ZS-UAD 1959 Tipsy T-66 Nipper 1 C/N 10.

Johannesburg, 1960. Jan Smuts airport. Passengers disembarking on stairs of SAA Boeing 707 ZS-CKC 'Kaapstad'.

Johannesburg, 1960. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Boeing 707 ZS-CKC 'Kaapstad'. Note painted engines.

Johannesburg, 1960. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Boeing 707 ZS-CKC 'Kaapstad'. Passengers boarding aircraft. Note painted engines.

Johannesburg, 1960. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Boeing 707 ZS-CKC 'Kaapstad' being towed. Nice shot of period aircraft tug.

Johannesburg, 1957. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Vickers Viscount ZS-CDU 'Bosbok'.

Johannesburg, 1957. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Vickers Viscounts lined up.

Johannesburg, 1957. Jan Smuts airport. Two SAA Vickers Viscounts.

Johannesburg, 1957. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Vickers Viscount ZS-CDY 'Gemsbok'.

Johannesburg, 1957. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Douglas DC-7B, loading mail bags.

Johannesburg, 1957. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Douglas DC-7B ZS-DKD 'Dromedaris', passengers boarding.

Johannesburg, 1957. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Daimler bus. SA Airways. SA Lugdiens.

Johannesburg, 1957. Jan Smuts airport. BOAC de Havilland DH.106 Comet G-ANLO in flight.

Johannesburg, 1957. Jan Smuts airport. de Havilland DH.106 Comet G-ANLO.

Johannesburg, 1957. Jan Smuts airport, interior of terminal building.

Johannesburg, 1957. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Douglas DC-7B propeller close up.

Johannesburg, 1957. Jan Smuts airport. Passengers boarding SAA Douglas DC-7B ZS-DKF 'Goede Hoop'.

Johannesburg, 1956. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Douglas DC-7B ZS-DKE 'Reiger'.

Johannesburg, 1956. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBU 'Durban'.

Johannesburg, 1955. SAA Douglas DC-7B ZS-DKD 'Drommedaris'.

Johannesburg, 1955. Jan Smuts airport. Interior of SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBU 'Durban', little boy and girl loooking out of window.

Johannesburg, 1955. Jan Smuts airport. Cockpit of SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBU 'Durban', little boy at the controls.

Johannesburg, 1955. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBU 'Durban'. Little boy touching propeller.

Johannesburg, 1955. Jan Smuts airport entrance arch.

Johannesburg, 1955. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBS 'Johannesburg' at night.

Johannesburg, 1954. Jan Smuts airport, Passengers boarding SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBS 'Johannesburg'.

Johannesburg, 1954. Jan Smuts airport, aerial view. Can see arch entrance.

Johannesburg, 1953. Jan Smuts airport, control tower interior.

Johannesburg, 1953. Jan Smuts airport, control tower.

Johannesburg, 1953. Jan Smuts airport, terminal buildings.

Johannesburg, 1952. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBS 'Johannesburg'.

Johannesburg, 1952. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBS 'Johannesburg' departing for London.

Johannesburg, 1950. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBR, disembarking. Note text on the stairs reads "AIRPORT PALMIETFONTEIN LUGHAWE".

Johannesburg, 1950. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBU 'Durban' passengers disembarking. ZS-DBR in the background. Note text on the stairs reads "PALMIETFONTEIN AIRPORT-LUGHAWE".

Johannesburg, 1950. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Lockheed Constellation, disembarking. Note text on stairs reads "AIRPORT PALMIETFONTEIN LUGHAWE".

Johannesburg, 1950. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Lockheed Constellation Interior. Hostess serving passengers. See N57008.

Johannesburg, August 1950. Palmietfontein Airport. 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'.

Johannesburg, 1950. Palmietfontein airport. Four SAA Lockheed Constellation aircraft lined up for name christening ceremony. From left to right: ZS-DBT 'Pretoria'; ZS-DBU 'Durban'; ZS-DBR 'Cape Town' and ZS-DBS 'Johannesburg'.

Johannesburg, 1950. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBR 'Cape Town'. Loading goods and cargo into hold.

Johannesburg, 1950. Palmietfontein airport. Passengers boarding SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBR 'Cape Town'.

Johannesburg, 1950. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Lockheed Constellation ZS-DBR 'Cape Town'.

Johannesburg, 1950. SAA L794A Lockheed Constellation. Artist's impression

Johannesburg, 1949. Palmietfontein airport. View of control tower from apron, with SAA Vickers Viking ZS-BNI 'Devil's Peak' in front.

Johannesburg, 1949. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Vickers Viking ZS-BNE 'Simonsberg' with ZS-BNI 'Devil's Peak' in the background.

Johannesburg, 1949. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Vickers Viking ZS-BNE 'Simonsberg'.

Johannesburg, 1949. Palmietfontein airport. Control tower.

Johannesburg, 1948. Palmietfontein airport. BOAC Avro Lancastrian freighter G-AKRB arriving.

Johannesburg, 1948. Palmietfontein airport. KLM Lockheed Constellation PH-TAU arriving.

Johannesburg, 1948. Palmietfontein airport. BOAC Avro Lancastrian freighter G-AKRB arriving.

Johannesburg, 1948. Palmietfontein airport. Dining room.

Johannesburg, 1948. Palmietfontein airport. CAA (Central African Airways) Vickers Viking VP-YEX on apron.

Johannesburg, 1948. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Commer Commando bus outside entrance airport terminal building.

Johannesburg, 1948. Palmietfontein airport. SAA Vickers Viking ZS-BNH 'Gulakop' and SAA Lockheed Lodestar ZS-ASP 'Richard King'.

Johannesburg, 1947. Rand airport. Lockheed Lodestar ZS-ATI. Checking baggage with aircraft (mockup model) overhead. Note 'ZS-ASY' on suitcase luggage.

Johannesburg, 1947. Rand airport. SAA Commer Commando buses.

Johannesburg, 1947. Rand airport. SAA Commer Commando bus.

Johannesburg, 1947. Rand airport. SAA Commer Commando buses.

Johannesburg, 1947. Palmietfontein airport. Interior of lounge.

Johannesburg, 1947. Palmietfontein airport. Interior of dining room.

Johannesburg, 1946. Rand airport. SAA Junkers Ju-86. Note airman's clock.

Johannesburg, 1945. Rand airport. Lady passenger being weighed on scale. 56 kilograms = 123 pounds.

Johannesburg, 1945. Rand airport. SAA Lockheed Lodestar ZS-ATI, passengers boarding.

Johannesburg, 1945. Rand airport. SAA Lockheed Lodestar ZS-ATI 'General JW Janssens'. Aircraft construction number is 2055.

Johannesburg, 1945. Rand airport. SAA Lockheed Lodestar ZS-ATI 'General JW Janssens', passengers disembarking.

Johannesburg, 24 May 1940. Grand Central airport. Parade to mark to official establishment of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force of South Africa. ZS-APK.

Johannesburg, 24 May 1940. Grand Central airport. Parade to mark to official establishment of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force of South Africa.

Johannesburg, 24 May 1940. Grand Central airport. Parade to mark to official establishment of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force of South Africa. ZS-APK.

Johannesburg, 24 May 1940. Grand Central airport. Parade to mark to official establishment of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force of South Africa. Note aircraft ZS-APK, a Taylorcraft, c/n 1166, SAAF1563.

Johannesburg, 24 May 1940. Grand Central airport. Parade to mark to official establishment of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force of South Africa.

Johannesburg, 24 May 1940. Grand Central airport. Parade to mark to official establishment of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force of South Africa. Note aircraft ZS-APK, a Taylorcraft, c/n 1166, SAAF1563. Note banner 'Help Smuts win the war' towed behind de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth.