WATCH: Videos and pictures of move of historical Viking to SAA Museum

The Vickers VC.1 Viking was officially transported to the museum after being out of use since 1962

January 26, 2017

Nolwazi Dhlamini Less than a minute

ESCORTED by the Gauteng Traffic Department, the brigade left the SAA Technical grounds at 7am and used back routes, via Boksburg. Photograph: John Austin Williams

IT took just over two hours to move a 71-year-old Viking airplane to the SAA Museum on Sunday morning.

The Vickers VC.1 Viking was transported to the museum after being out of use since 1962, the last time it was ever flown.

Photographs of the operation

Escorted by the Gauteng Traffic Department, the brigade left the SAA technical grounds at 7am and used back routes, via Boksburg, and arrived at their destination at about 9.15am, according to Matt Harvey, retired former technical engineer for SAA Technical.

On Saturday afternoon, the 7-ton Viking was loaded onto a 20-metre long low bed using a crane.