VP-YIR  Vickers 714 Viking 1B                                       (c/n 141)

                              

                                     Here are two stunning CAA shots of one of the ex-BEA Vikings.  Top, "Luangwa" in front of the
                                     rather imposing Salisbury air terminal building in April 1957, and lower about to depart from the
                                     same airport with DC-3 VP-YKM "Angoni" in the background.     This Viking was formerly
                                     G-AHPH, although, when acquired by CAA, had been owned by Suidair International as ZS-BSB
                                     for a short time in early 1957.   Just why they off-loaded it to CAA almost immediately is not clear.
                                     After its stint with Central African it returned to South Africa in 1950 as ZS-DEP (The Union was
                                     one of those countries, like New Zealand, which did not revert a previously registered aircraft to its
                                     former registration) before being repatriated back to the UK, where, of course, it reverted to
                                     G-AHPH, for Eagle Aviation.