Preparations to lift Connie into the air to once again be married with her already joined wings were underway at Rand Airport last Wednesday.
Mike Paterson quickly attends to a skew bolt disturbing the process and gave the team the go-ahead to lower the fuselage.
The wings of the Lockheed L1649A Starliner.
Chairperson of the South African Airways Museum Society John Austin-Williams captures the whole event, making memories and adding to their museum’s memento.
The final stages of lowering the fuselage onto the wings were slightly tedious because of a skew bolt, but the process went very well after it was attended to.
Marlboro Crane Hire consultants and Intelek Training and Consultation (ITC) apprentices delicately prepare Connie for lift-off, during her reassembly last Wednesday.
The Lockheed L1649A Starliner which was reassembled at Phoebus Apollo Aviation.
Marlboro Crane Hire’s crane operator, Sphamandla Ndlovu, had the task of lifting and lowering the fuselage.
The rejoined wings of the Lockheed L1649A Starliner awaiting the fuselage.