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Johannesburg. Rand airport. SAA Junkers JU-52 ZS-AFD 'Sir Benjamin D'Urban'. Note unfinished airman's clock.
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Vaal Dam, May 1948. Arrival of BOAC Solent flying boat G-AHIN 'Southampton'. Passengers being transferred to landing boat.
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Johannesburg, July 1951. Palmietfontein. BOAC de Havilland Comet G-ALZK. Note this is the Comet prototype, see single wheel main gear.
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Johannesburg, April 1952. Jan Smuts Airport. Ceremony for SAA Douglas DC-4 ZS-AUA 'Tafelberg' the first aircraft to land at Jan Smuts Airport.
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October 1960. Arrival of Sir Arthur Vincent on first East African Airways de Havilland Comet VP-KPJ. Aircraft viewed from airport observation deck.
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Johannesburg, April 1963. Arrival of Qantas Lockheed Electra MK II VH-ECD at Jan Smuts Airport. Aircraft on runway.
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Johannesburg, 1936. Rand airport. Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta G-ABTG 'Amalthea' parked in front of control tower, arrival of airmail.
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Johannesburg, 1936. Rand airport. SAA Junkers Ju-52 ZS-AFD 'Sir Benjamin d'Urban' and SAA Airspeed Envoy ZS-AGA 'General JW Janssens' on tarmac. Note airman's clock.
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Johannesburg, 1938. Rand airport. Looking down on many aircraft, Junkers Ju-52, JU-86, de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, Miles Magister. Rand Flying Club, later Transvaal Aviation Club (TAC) building and radio masts in the distance.
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Johannesburg, circa 1979. Jan Smuts Airport. Aerial view. SAA Boeing 747 ZS-SAR 'Waterberg'. Combi.
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Johannesburg, 1948. Palmietfontein airport. CAA (Central African Airways) Vickers Viking VP-YEX on apron.
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Johannesburg, 1950. Palmietfontein airport. Four SAA Lockheed Constellation aircraft lined up for name christening ceremony. From left to right ZS-DBT 'Pretoria'; ZS-DBU 'Durban'; ZS-DBR 'Cape Town' and ZS-DBS 'Johannesburg'.
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Johannesburg, 1948. Palmietfontein airport. BOAC Avro Lancastrian freighter G-AKRB arriving.
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Johannesburg, 1960. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Boeing 707 ZS-CKC 'Kaapstad. Note painted engines. With ZS-UAD 1959 Tipsy T-66 Nipper 1 CN 10. Note Esso Jet Fuel Tanker.
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Johannesburg, 1969. Jan Smuts airport. SAA Boeing 727 ZS-EKX 'Swakop'. Cargo door open for cargo handling.
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1971. SAA Boeing 747 ZS-SAN 'Lebombo'. The old and the new. Boeing 747 parked next to SAA Boeing 707 ZS-SAF 'Port Elizabeth'
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Johannesburg, circa 1946. Rand Airport. SAA Douglas DC-3 Dakota ZS-AVJ 'Paardeberg'. Note the straight up and down passenger door and the early Flying Springbok roundel emblem.
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SAR MAN-Bussing Transtate passenger bus. Note BUSAF.
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SAR MAN Translux bus. Road registration MJN846W.