Post by chasensfo on Aug 5, 2020 19:33:45 GMT -5
Hey guys,
For a very short period of time in 1998, which included September from which most of my flightplans for the 1998 project are based, LAM of Mozambique operated a 747SP leaded from South African Airways with the registration of ZS-SPF. The aircraft was flown by Air Namibia for several years until very early 1998, returned to SAA, then leased to LAM where it was written off a few months later due to an engine explosion departing MPM. It was then stored in MPM until 2000 when it was broken up. However, myself and eth72s have been unable to find a good photograph of the aircraft after being returned to SAA and, of course, leased to LAM.
This web page documents the accident with photos, which shows the aircraft in a white livery, and appears to show the belly was white. However, this resource says it had a silver belly.
Since mikeblaze is currently painting the 747SP variations of SAA, I figure now is the best chance to get this aircraft painted and into our skies, as it was very rare and will appear in Lisbon in your sims!
This page shows photos of the aircraft in it's lifetime, but none after the mid 1990s, and the latest photo I've found elsewhere was 1997 with Air Namibia still. Maybe it wore a variation of it's previous white SAA colors, with LAM titles maybe?
I am particularly interest in this bird as it was a very rare and short lived 747SP, maybe it is in the background of a rare 1998-2000 photo at MPM? Either way, I am reaching out to you good people to see if we can figure this out!
For a very short period of time in 1998, which included September from which most of my flightplans for the 1998 project are based, LAM of Mozambique operated a 747SP leaded from South African Airways with the registration of ZS-SPF. The aircraft was flown by Air Namibia for several years until very early 1998, returned to SAA, then leased to LAM where it was written off a few months later due to an engine explosion departing MPM. It was then stored in MPM until 2000 when it was broken up. However, myself and eth72s have been unable to find a good photograph of the aircraft after being returned to SAA and, of course, leased to LAM.
This web page documents the accident with photos, which shows the aircraft in a white livery, and appears to show the belly was white. However, this resource says it had a silver belly.
Since mikeblaze is currently painting the 747SP variations of SAA, I figure now is the best chance to get this aircraft painted and into our skies, as it was very rare and will appear in Lisbon in your sims!
This page shows photos of the aircraft in it's lifetime, but none after the mid 1990s, and the latest photo I've found elsewhere was 1997 with Air Namibia still. Maybe it wore a variation of it's previous white SAA colors, with LAM titles maybe?
I am particularly interest in this bird as it was a very rare and short lived 747SP, maybe it is in the background of a rare 1998-2000 photo at MPM? Either way, I am reaching out to you good people to see if we can figure this out!
