The Douglas DC-4 Association
of South Africa
Individual Aircraft History
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TN-ADX, Aero Services,
1980
9Q-CTI, EclAir, March 1993
Transair Cargo, April 1995
WFU
& stored Kinshasa, Zaire
Broken up September 1995
It was parked for
many years at Brazzaville as TN-ADX. It was ferried from Brazzaville via
Lubumbashi and Bulawayo to Lanseria arriving in March 1993 where
it was overhauled and resprayed in the colours of EclAir.
On 4 May
1993 it departed from Lanseria to Lubumbashi.
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c/n 10382 |
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c/n 10382 |
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c/n 10382 |
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c/n 10382 |
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9Q-CTI Over the DRC - probably on
the way to Mbuji Mayi from Lubumbashi early one morning. The
aircraft was used extensively by Tabazaire until the plantations
were taken over by Rothmans. The Carvair, although proven reliable
and robust, was retired after it was seen that it was uneconomical
to transport tobacco in this way and the Kanyama farm was closed.
The Carvair was eventually and sadly broken up at Kinshasa.
(John Miller 30 december 2010)
c/n 10382 |
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c/n 10382 Carvair, 9Q-CTI, (undated but
mid 1990s) at Kanyama Airstrip loading a cargo of tobacco leaf bales
for Lubumbashi. The number 3 engine was running all the time
following a three-engine departure from Mbuji Mayi and an air-start.
It would not start on the ground at Mbuji Mayi and we couldn't get
airborne out of Kanyama with a load of tobacco and three engines if
we shut it down again!! (John Miller 30 december
2010) |
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