A port side view of a Boeing 747 civilian aircraft owned by the British Overseas Airways Corporation, ready for boarding at at Jan Smuts International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa

A port side view of a Boeing 747 civilian aircraft owned by the British Overseas Airways Corporation, ready for boarding at Jan Smuts International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. The photographer is standing in a passenger building looking at the port side of the aircraft. Numerous cars and vans, including a yellow Volkswagen Beetle are parked on the tarmac in front of or next to the aircraft. Two Air stairs are parked next to the aircraft. There is a partial view of a petrol tanker near the tail of the aircraft. This is Slide 19 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Chief Officer on board the fishing stern motor trawler Salvia (1972) owned by Irving & Johnstone of Cape Town from 11 December 1972 to 8 January 1973. The series consists of 21 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16427
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Henry P. Bird
Date made: 8 January 1973
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm
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