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South African Shackleton on Garage roof

Is their still a SAAF Shackleton on the roof of a petrol station in Johannesburg ?
If so does anybody have an address, street name ?

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By: D1566 - 20th August 2014 at 18:51

The Viking looks sad.

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By: wieesso - 20th August 2014 at 18:36

Yes, was still there a couple of weeks back. Coords. are 594324.14 m E 7093251.01 m S. Used to be called Vic’s Viking Garage (might well still be?) – and had a Vickers Viking on top when I first arrived here in the 1980’s, which was traded to SAA in exchange for the present SAAF Shackleton.

Vickers Viking – http://aircraftnut.blogspot.de/2013/02/of-shackletons-and-vikings.html
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TF7od_pASHo/USrBGMQyZRI/AAAAAAAABz0/isMZjlca_X4/s1600/ZS-DKH+Viking+on+top+of+Vics+Viking+garage.jpg

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By: TonyL1962 - 20th August 2014 at 16:26

Yes, was still there a couple of weeks back. Coords. are 594324.14 m E 7093251.01 m S. Used to be called Vic’s Viking Garage (might well still be?) – and had a Vickers Viking on top when I first arrived here in the 1980’s, which was traded to SAA in exchange for the present SAAF Shackleton.

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By: richw_82 - 19th August 2014 at 11:18

They still run up 1722, on a monthly basis. The next run is on the 30th August.

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By: Mike J - 19th August 2014 at 10:01

Do they still run the one in SA that used to be a flyer until relatively recently?

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By: Newforest - 19th August 2014 at 07:48

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Coca-Cola/Avro-716-Shackleton/0666080/L/&sid=bf2a1c1bd71036aa6ba15e4621c8c1f

SAAF 1723. Has changed colour over the years!

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By: wieesso - 19th August 2014 at 04:25

Is their still a SAAF Shackleton on the roof of a petrol station in Johannesburg ?
If so does anybody have an address, street name ?

She was june 7 2014 according to GE…

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By: Peter D Evans - 18th August 2014 at 22:31

No idea if its still there, but put “19 1st Ave, Soweto 2013, South Africa” into Google maps for its location in December 2010, or the link below might help:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/19+1st+Ave,+Soweto+2013,+South+Africa/@-26.277155,27.944591,3a,75y,120.76h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sOEMm3326T1AjFLn3iVH_9Q!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x1e9508391bdfc793:0x9149e7aa049bc49f

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