In 1956, with the arrival of ZS-DKD, South African Airways became the first non-American airline to put the Douglas DC-7 into service, thereby replacing the Lockheed Constellation on its European routes. The DC-7B was the first SAA aircraft to cross the Indian Ocean and fly to Perth. To cover the distances with fewer refuelling stops and ultimately reduce stopovers to just two ? in Mauritius and the Cocos Islands ? the airline, bearing the famous Springbok logo, fitted the four engines with additional ?saddle tanks?. Each of these additional tanks could hold up to 832 litres of fuel and helped to increase the range of a standard DC-7 from 7,400 to around 9,000 kilometres. A display stand is included.
A scale model, faithful to the original, for adult collectors.
Group
Model Construction
Scale
Scale 1:200
Material
Plastic
State
new
Not a toy! Not suitable for children under the age of 14!
HERPA Miniaturmodelle GmbH Leonrodstr. 46-47 90599 Dietenhofen Deutschland
