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Chronological order of events for airframe: 21132
Dates in Black are considered exact and dates in Red are approximate.

Date	Reg	Airline	Livery	Name	Event	Airport	Notes
1974-07-16	ZS-SPA	South African Airways			Other		Order placed for the aircraft.
1976-01-27	ZS-SPA	South African Airways			Roll Out	PAE	New aircraft rolled out
1976-02-17	ZS-SPA	South African Airways			First Flight
1976-03-19	ZS-SPA	SAA - South African Airways			Other	PAE	Acceptance by SAA at Paine Field
1976-03-23	ZS-SPA	South African Airways			Delivered	CPT	World Record
1976-05-01	ZS-SPA	South African Airways	Original	Matroosberg	Seen	JNB	Photo
1976-06-01	ZS-SPA	South African Airways	Original	Matroosberg	Seen	LHR
1977-04-02	ZS-SPA	South African Airways			Flight	CPT	Non-stop flight from LHR to CPT with Captain G. van Renen and FEO Jurg Luthi. Dep. LHR 19:10 Arr. CPT 08:20 = 13:10 Hrs
1977-07-01	ZS-SPA	South African Airways	Original	Matroosberg	Seen	FRA
1980-03-01	ZS-SPA	South African Airways	Original	Matroosberg	Seen
1980-10-13	ZS-SPA	South African Airways			Other	JNB	Aircraft returned from flight
1980-10-14	ZS-SPA	SAA-South African Airways			Rolled In	JNB	Aircraft rolled into hangar
1980-10-21	ZS-SPA	SAA-South African Airways			Other	JNB	Aircraft in hangar between 14-21 october.
1980-10-21	ZS-SPA	SAA-South African Airways			Other	JNB	Rolled into hangar to be repainted into Luxair livery. Document
1980-10-22	LX-LTM	Luxair	Full c/s		Seen	JNB	Aircraft seen outside hangars in full Luxair colours. Photo
1980-10-22	LX-LTM	Luxair			Other	JNB	Quickly rolled in hangar again after exposure in British press.
1980-10-29	ZS-SPA	No Titles	Luxair livery		Other	JNB	Departed at 22:00 as flight 184
1980-10-31	ZS-SPA	No Titles	Luxair livery		Flight	ZRH	Operated SA272/273
1980-11-01	ZS-SPA	Luxair			Leased
1981-01-01	ZS-SPA	SAA-South African Airways			Returned
1981-03-14	ZS-SPA	No Titles	Basic Luxair c/s		Seen	ZRH	Photo
1981-03-21	ZS-SPA	No Titles	Basic Luxair c/s		Seen	ZRH
1981-04-15	ZS-SPA				Other	JNB	Rolled into hangar for repaint into: SAA titles, luxair fuselage.
1981-05-30	ZS-SPA	SAA-South African Airways	Basic Luxair c/s		Seen	ZRH
1981-06-12	ZS-SPA	SAA-South African Airways	Basic Luxair c/s		Seen	ZRH
1981-07-01	ZS-SPA	SAA - South African Airways	Basic Luxair c/s		Seen	ZRH	Photo
1981-09-09	ZS-SPA	SAA - South African Airways	Old, old flag	Matroosberg	Seen	JNB	Photo
1983-09-04	ZS-SPA				Maintenance	JNB	Added decal on sleeperette tables to identify table operation
1984-01-04	ZS-SPA	SAA - South African Airways	Old, old flag, 50 years sticker	Matroosberg	Seen	ZRH
1984-01-10	ZS-SPA	SAA - South African Airways	Old, old flag, 50 years sticker	Matroosberg	Seen	JNB	Photo
1987-02-16	ZS-SPA	SAA-South African Airways			Rolled In	JNB	Rolled into hangar for repaint into: Air Mauritius 3B-NAJ
1987-04-01	3B-NAJ	Air Mauritius		Chateau Mon Plaisir	Leased
1987-04-12	3B-NAJ	Air Mauritius		Chateau Mon Plaisir	Seen	LHR
1989-06-18	3B-NAJ	Air Mauritius		Chateau Mon Plaisir	Seen	ORY	Photo
1989-11-01	3B-NAJ	Air Mauritius		Chateau Mon Plaisir	Seen	ZRH	Photo
1994-05-31	ZS-SPA	SAA-South African Airways			Returned
1995-01-23	ZS-SPA				Other	JNB	Rolled into hangar for repaint into: Alliance
1995-04-01	ZS-SPA	Alliance	Original livery		Seen	JNB	Photo
1995-05-01	ZS-SPA	Alliance			Leased		Wetleased.
1995-07-03	ZS-SPA	Alliance	Original livery		Seen	LHR	Operating first flight for Alliance
1995-11-01	ZS-SPA	Alliance	Original livery, 3 flags added		Seen	LHR	Photo
1997-06-01	ZS-SPA	Alliance	Original livery, 3 Flags		Seen	CDG	Photo
1997-06-03	ZS-SPA	Alliance	New Lions head decal, added Rwanda flag.		Other	JNB	Rolled into hangar for paint job
1997-10-06	ZS-SPA	Alliance Air	Painted Alliance to Alliance Air plus engine cowlings white		Other	JNB	Rolled into hangar for paint job
1997-10-31	ZS-SPA	Alliance Air			Status		63325 hours, 13090 cycles.
1998-02-01	ZS-SPA	Alliance Air	New livery. New lions head, 4 flags, white engines and black registration		Seen	JNB	Photo
1998-03-04	ZS-SPA	Alliance Air			Incident	LHR	Ground handling vehicle reversed into nbr 4 engine. Read Report
1999-01-01	ZS-SPA	Alliance Air	New livery		Other
1999-09-24	ZS-SPA	Alliance Air	New livery. New lions head, 4 flags, white engines and black registration		Seen	JNB	Photo
2000-01-01	ZS-SPA	South African Airways			Returned
2000-01-01	ZS-SPA	South African Airways			Other	JNB	Stored
2000-04-01	ZS-SPA	South African	New last livery		Seen	JNB	Photo
2000-04-14	ZS-SPA	South African	New last livery		Seen	PER
2000-06-01	ZS-SPA	South African	New last livery		Seen	CDG	Departure from CDG. Video
2002-04-01	ZS-SPA	South African			Retired	JNB	Slated for scrap.
2002-09-12	ZS-SPA	South African	New last livery		Seen	JNB	Seen in SAA maintenance with parts removed. No engines. Photo
2002-10-17	ZS-SPA	South African			Seen	JNB	Seen being cut up. Nose removed, body cut behind wings, still wearing titles
2002-10-17	ZS-SPA	South African			Scrapped	JNB	Scrapped over the course of two days, October 17-18, 2002

Photos of this aircraft

ZS-SPA 747SP Alliance Air
Colours: New colours. New lions head, 4 flags and white engines
Date: 1999-09-24
Airport: JNB
Photo: Tommy Mogren

ZS-SPA 747SP South African Airways
Original Livery
Date: 1976-05
Airport: JNB
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection

LX-LTM 747SP Luxair
Year: 1980 October
Airport: JNB
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPA 747SP No Titles
Colours: Basic Luxair colours, no titles
Date: 1981-03-14
Airport: ZRH
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPA 747SP SAA
Colours: Basic Luxair colours
Date: 1981-07
Airport: ZRH
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPA 747SP SAL
Colours: Old livery, old flag
Date: 1981
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPA 747SP SAA
Colours: Old livery, old flag, 50 Year sticker
Date: 1984-01
Airport: JNB
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection

3B-NAJ 747SP Air Mauritius
Colours: Original livery
Date: 1989-11
Airport: ZRH
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPA 747SP Alliance
Colours: Original livery
Date: 1995-04
Airport: JNB
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPA 747SP Alliance
Colours: Original livery, 3 flags added
Date: 1995-11
Airport: LHR
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPA 747SP Alliance Air
Colours: New colours. New lions head, 4 flags and white engines
Date: 1998-02
Airport: JNB
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPA 747SP South African
Colours: New colours
Date: 2000-04
Airport: JNB
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPA 747SP South African
Colours: New last colours, no engines
Date: 2002-09-12
Airport: JNB
Photo: Julian Whitelaw

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Chronological order of events for airframe: 21132
Dates in Black are considered exact and dates in Red are approximate.