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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-49/L-649/L-749/L-1049/L-1649/C-69 Constellation / C-121 Super Constellation / WV Warning Star / Starliner
    Latest Model:L-1649A-98 Starliner
    Construction Number:1042
    Last Civil Registration:ZS-DVJ
    Compressed ID:Lockheed L-1649A-98 cn 1042 cr ZS-D...
    Latest Owner or Location:South African Airways Museum Society, Rand Airport, Johannesburg, Gauteng

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    Dates

    Event

    1958

    Constructed as a L-1649A-98.

    1958

    To Lufthansa with new c/r D-ALOL.

    From 1962 to 1964

    To World Airways Inc, Oakland, CA with new c/r N45520.

    16 March 1964

    Civil registration, N45520, cancelled.
    Exported to South Africa.

    24 April 1964

    To Trek Airways with new c/r ZS-DVJ.

    1965

    Leased to South African Airways.

    May 1967

    To Luxair with new c/r LX-LGX.

    1969

    To Trek Airways with new c/r ZS-DVJ.

    1969

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    From 1984 to 1988

    Restored.

    1988

    To South African Airways Museum Society, Rand Airport, Johannesburg, Gauteng.
    On display at the SAA Museum at Jan Smuts International Airport, Johannesburg in Trek Airways color scheme.
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    Circa 1989


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: photo at Johannesburg Airport (JNB)

    2009

    In early 2009 SAA is exerting strong pressure to move the aircraft from Jan Smuts International Airport to Rand Airport under threat of scrapping the aircraft.

    By September 2018

    Restoration started.
    The restoration was started at the SAA Musueum.
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    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Rod Bearden
    Terry Fletcher
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