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AIRFRAME HISTORY: 21254
Chronological order of events
Dates in Black are considered exact and dates in Red are approximate.

Date	Reg	Airline	Livery	Name	Event	Airport	Notes
1976-05-11	ZS-SPE	South African Airways			First Flight
1976-11-22	ZS-SPE	South African Airways			Delivered
1977-04-01	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Original	Hantam	Seen		Photo
1982-06-10	ZS-SPE	South African Airways	Original	Hantam	Seen	FRA	Photo
1983-03-15	ZS-SPE	South African Airways			Other	JNB	Added exterior markings Phase I
1983-05-17	ZS-SPE	South African Airways			Other	JNB	Added exterior markings Phase II
1983-07-09	ZS-SPE	South African Airways	Original	Hantam	Seen	ZRH
1983-08-25	ZS-SPE	South African Airways			Other	JNB	Added decal on sleeperette to identify table operation.
1983-09-24	ZS-SPE	South African Airways	Original	Hantam	Seen
1984-07-01	ZS-SPE	South African Airways	Original, 50 years sticker	Hantam	Seen	ZRH	Photo Photo
1985-07-25	ZS-SPE	South African Airways	Original	Hantam	Seen	FRA	Photo
1985-08-01	ZS-SPE	South African Airways	Original	Hantam	Seen	ZRH	Photo
1987-05-01	ZS-SPE	South African Airways	Old, old flag	Hantam	Seen	ZRH	Photo
1987-06-15	ZS-SPE	South African Airways	Old		Seen	LHR
1990-05-01	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, old flag	Hantam	Seen	AMS	Photo
1991-07-01	LX-LGY	Luxair			Leased		LX-LGX in for a maintenance check
1991-08-01	LX-LGY	No Titles	All white		Seen	LUX
1991-08-02	LX-LGY	Luxair	All white		Seen	LUX	Photo
1991-08-30	LX-LGY	Luxair	All white		Seen	LUX	Photo
1991-09-03	ZS-SPE	South African Airways			Returned
1991-10-24	3B-NAR	Air Mauritius			Leased
1992-05-01	3B-NAR	Air Mauritius		Chateau Labourdonnais	Seen	MUC	Photo
1992-07-14	3B-NAR				Other	JNB	Rolled into hangar for repaint into SAA c/s.
1992-08-01	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways			Returned
1992-10-01	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, old flag	Hantam	Seen	AMS	Photo
1993-03-20	V5-SPE	Air Namibia			Leased
1993-04-01		Air Namibia	SAA cheatline, white tail		Seen	FRA
1993-05-12	ZS-SPE				Other		Registration registered again.
1993-05-15		Air Namibia	SAA cht, white tail.		Other	FRA	Last service to FRA
1993-05-17	V5-SPE	Air Namibia			Rolled In	JNB	Rolled into hangar for repaint into full SAA colours.
1993-05-22	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, old flag	Hantam	Seen	FRA	Photo
1993-05-22	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, old flag	Hantam	Returned
1993-09-04	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, old flag. SAA titles on left side!	Hantam	Seen
1995-04-01	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, new flag, metal belly	Hantam	Seen	JNB
1996-03-09	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, new flag, metal belly	Hantam	Seen	ORY	Photo
1996-04-20	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, new flag, metal belly	Hantam	Seen	CDG	Photo
1996-07-14	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways			Rolled In	JNB	Rolled into hangar for repaint into: SAA white belly.
1996-08-17	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, new flag, white belly	Hantam	Seen	ZRH	Photo
1997-04-01	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, new flag, white belly	Hantam	Seen	JNB	Photo
1997-10-31	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways			Status	JNB	60850 hours, 12916 cycles.
1997-12-14	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, new flag, white belly	Hantam	Seen	AMS	Photo
1998-04-03	ZS-SPE	SAA-South African Airways	Old, New flag white belly	Hantam	Seen	CPH
1998-04-03	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, new flag, white belly		Flight	JNB	Operated CPH-FRA-JNB routes. Tommy Mogren onboard.
1998-04-06	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, new flag, white belly	Hantam	Seen	JNB	Photo
1998-06-10	ZS-SPE	SAA - South African Airways	Old, new flag. white belly	Hantam	Seen	ZRH	Photo
1999-11-13	ZS-SPE	South African	New colours	Hantam	Seen	SYD	Photo
1999-12-12	ZS-SPE	South African	New colours	Hantam	Seen	LUN
2000-01-09	ZS-SPE	South African	New colours	Hantam	Seen	CDG
2003-04-07	ZS-SPE	South African		Hantam	Seen	PER	last ever scheduled flight to Perth as Springbok 280 Photo
2003-04-15	ZS-SPE	South African		Hantam	Seen	JNB	Photo
2003-06-01	ZS-SPE	South African			Retired	JNB	Date needs confirmation (?)
2003-07-26	ZS-SPE	South African		Hantam	Seen	JNB	Photo
2003-08-26	ZS-SPE	South African		Hantam	Seen	BKK	Photo
2003-10-10	ZS-SPE	South African		Hantam	Seen	BKK	Photo
2003-10-30	ZS-SPE	South African		Hantam	Seen	BKK	Photo
2004-01-22	ZS-SPE	No Titles	All white		Seen	JNB	WFU
2005-03-01	ZS-SPE				Leased	JNB	Lease by an unknown operator in Sao Tome, but never delivered.
2006-05-11	ZS-SPE		All white		Seen	JNB
2008-06-06	ZS-SPE	South African	White		Scrapped	JNB	Aircraft fully scrapped during week 2-6 June 2008 by mechanical grabbers. Nothing remains.

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ZS-SPE 747SP South African Airways
Original colours
Airport: ???
Date: 1977-04-xx
PHoto: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPE 747SP South African Airways
Original colours, 50 years sticker
Airport: ????
Date: 1984-07-xx
PHoto: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPE 747SP South African Airways
Original colours
Airport: ZRH
Date: 1985-08-xx
PHoto: Tommy Mogren Collection

South African Airways
Original colours, 50 years sticker
Airport: ZRH
Date: July 1984
PHoto: Rob Rindt

ZS-SPE 747SP South African Airways
Old colours
Date: 1987 May
Airport: ZRH
Photo: Bruno Geiger

ZS-SPE 747SP South African Airways
Old colours, old flag
Airport: AMS
Date: 1990-05-xx
PHoto: Tommy Mogren Collection

LX-LGY 747SP Luxair
All white
Date: 1991-09-xx
Airport: LUX ?
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPE 747SP South African Airways
Old colours, old flag
Airport: AMS
Date: 1992-10-xx
PHoto: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPE 747SP South African Airways
1993 July at ATH
Photo: George Pantalos

ZS-SPE 747SP South African Airways
Old colours, new flag, white belly
Airport: JNB
Date: 1997-04-xx
PHoto: Tommy Mogren Collection

ZS-SPE 747SP South African Airways
Old colours
Date: 1998 April
Airport: JNB
Photo: Tommy Mogren

ZS-SPE 747SP South African Airways
Old colours
Date: 1998 April
Airport: JNB
Photo: Tommy Mogren

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ZS-SPF 747SP South African Airways
Original livery
Date: 1979-05-xx
Airport: JNB
Photo: Tommy Mogren Collection
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AIRFRAME HISTORY: 21254
Chronological order of events
Dates in Black are considered exact and dates in Red are approximate.