🇿🇦Airplane "Graveyard" In Germiston, Joburg (SAA Museum)✔️

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[@Livinginsatv]

Please also see the Airforce museum in Pretoria here. No entrance fee, but leave your donation to support them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKWuiaqJbL6rZpI This is an amazing airplane museum in Germiston. Please feel free to visit it and learn more.

[@rockspyder3970]

Thanks for a great video. Just a correction, it is “Germiston”, without the “n” between the “i” and the”s”

[@Livinginsatv]

@rockspyder3970 thank you for the correction

[@chirambacreations]

How much to pay to view these planes?

[@rockspyder3970]

@@chirambacreations there is a small entrance fee, I think it is like R50 or so. Go visit if you have the chance

[@xmc7189]

I have some suggestions for this museum. What is their contact details?

[@AmalgamatedMusic]

We highly appreciate your KZbin content. Whenever I feel that I Ion know enough bout South Africa, I always run back to your channel. Never stop ❤

[@Livinginsatv]

Thank you very much. 🙏

[@pilotblessed7830]

A lovely place to Be. I was raised by SAAMS. I once volunteered here and worked there too , I left just before covid. I still love this place with all my heart ,this place built me , l hope you all love it and cherish it, Special thanks to Barry Els and the rest of the management for everything you do for this museum. God bless this society.

[@luzukombane]

16:19 Boeing 747 Lebombo - 1971, is the one the flew over Ellis Park Stadium at the Rugby World Cup final between South Africa and New Zealand.

[@mariuskuhrau761]

Yep, I remember this airplane very well when I worked at Jan Smuts airport, inside the old ATC tower a few decades ago.

[@charlesmumba4756]

Wow I Didn't Know That There Is A Plane Graveyard In Germiston Thank You For The Upload 😃😃😃

[@Livinginsatv]

Pleasure, now you need to go there and visit it.

[@charlesmumba4756]

@@Livinginsatv I Will Definitely Visit Asap 😃😃

[@gregorydavids5304]

Hi David! The DC "Skymaster" dominated the skies of West-Berlin during the Berlin Airlift (Blockade) of 1948-1949. They were literally landing and taking off at Tempelhof Airport in tandem 24/7. When the Soviets cut off West-Berlin from West Germany by closing the rail and road links, they were left with no option but to keep West-Berlin (literally a heap of rubble with millions of destitute locals and refugees) upright by flying in supplies through the 3 air-corridors they still had. The Soviets thought they could starve out West-Berlin and force the allies to abandon it. But instead, they were resolved to use the air corridors to retain the city as theirs. The allies appealed to all their friends to help. Several countries obliged. It is not widely known that SA sent the more planes and crew than any other country and made a significant contribution to that amazing operation called "Operation Vittles" where Vittles is an old word for food. A Skymaster stands on the grounds of the Allied Museum in Berlin.

[@andz5909]

When my wife worked for SAA she was also a flight attendant for the SA Historic Flight, so she worked as cabin crew on the DC-3 and DC-4 as well as the Junkers JU-52 when it was still flying. They would wear period "air hostess" uniform including the white gloves and fly charter trips around Southern Africa, sometimes in conjunction with Rovos Rail or the Blue Train. They also took part in the Berlin Airlift commemoration in 2000, ZS-AUB spent a couple of months in Europe touring several countries. For the return flight to South Africa my wife worked the 2 week tour from Berlin via Venice, Istanbul, Aden, Zanzibar and Victoria Falls (to name a few). SAA has 2 DC-4s, one of which is the last one ever built.

[@kenmaund2836]

It really hurts me to know that in its heyday, SAA had well over 100 aircraft in service, flying to Europe, USA South Amerca, Hong Kong , Aussie and Africa. It was also the second oldest airline in the world. What happened ? 😢

[@eisbeinGermany]

ask the black people who run the country

[@louissow-mg2gy]

@@eisbeinGermany no ask the white people who stole the land and the resources

[@Ultra_Magicc]

@@eisbeinGermanycry harder

[@marconmarais2467]

And then came 1994

[@eisbeinGermany]

i am surprised that the tarmac at Jan Smuts airport has no potholes

[@hannesvanniekerk499]

Well, thanks for showing. Having worked on some of those aircraft the visit brings back many memories.

[@Livinginsatv]

Glad you enjoyed it!🇿🇦

[@bms_888]

You teach more about the country than schools do

[@Livinginsatv]

Thank you. That is why I am here.😊

[@drtalkboxsa9412]

I only knew about plane graveyards in the USA desserts. I never knew about this place. I ll go there one day

[@BobyourUncle]

Awesome walk through! If you like this sort of thing you should also check out the SA Airforce museum at Swartkops in Pretoria. They have flying days the 1st saturday of every month which are the best time to go. Well worth the drive :)

[@sbusisokhalo5188]

Thank you, I will pay a visit

[@Widewings748]

I remember when SAA received its first B747-400. They hosted an open day for the SAA staff to have a look at it parked in a huge hangar at the then called Jan Smuts airport. My father was a technician at SAA and as such I was lucky enough as a teenager at that time to go and see that fascinating airplane. I always wanted to be a pilot and I remember walking around the airplane with my jaw dragging on the ground with utter amazement. Now the interesting thing about this story is that at that time the dream of flying for me was an impossibility, especially financially. But as fate has it, I ended up after lots of sacrifice, finally managing to get my pilot’s license and eventually my career took me all the way to flying 747s today as a Captain with Cargolux flying both B747-400s and B747-8s. And I have even flown with the very pilots who flew that 747 parked in the hangar I once visited. Yes…. aviation is a small world indeed.

[@andz5909]

I was there the day it arrived and taxied in to park in front of Hangar 8. My wife worked in SAA Flight Operations at the time, 42 years service in total. We still have the model 747-400 that was the table centrepiece at the welcome function, with the specially labelled stand: "First SAA Boeing 747-400 - 1991-01-20"

[@ruditrollip4834]

I live nearby the airport and I can tell you it's a very nice place to visit😊

[@Livinginsatv]

Thanks for your testimony. 😊

[@aubreyvermaak609]

Me and my family have been there many times. I have photos of my mother in law in the 2 flight simulators years ago. Had breakfast there. What a lovely outing.

[@Livinginsatv]

Thanks for your testimony. 😊

[@revinot]

WOW those things(747's) are massive and can carry alot of passengers, its amazing to see and not always hear about them.

[@Livinginsatv]

It is hey.

[@GoostTube]

Lebombo was awesome to see.

[@Livinginsatv]

An engineering marvel.

[@lostintravel_at]

Wow - I love airplanes - especially old one. Thanks for showing this. :-)

[@Livinginsatv]

Glad you enjoyed it 🇿🇦

[@ditirojimmysegang3009]

I recently landed at Rand airport and the runways is particularly narrow! I must have been something landing the 747 there🎉

[@sefutho]

Thank you for making this video SIR 🙏🏽 you just made my day 💯

[@Livinginsatv]

Only a pleasure, I am glad you liked it.

[@charliesadv8493]

I worked there as a tourguide around 2014/5, in the cockpit of B747-SP Maluti (the 1 furthest away from ticket office)

[@Livinginsatv]

Thanks for your testimony.

[@TheEvpsa1]

been there, flew in the Lebombo in 98 from sa to Namibia, what a marvel

[@reantai7101]

Boeing makes beautiful airplanes than the current Airbus...

[@drtalkboxsa9412]

Boeing planes catch the eye, they are iconic

[@dianaheynes6119]

David thwnk you for yet ANOTHER informative video, so appreciate the research you put and the exposure so true when one feels disillusioned your channel is first up, please condense the video on Tge Clean Up of Joburg city so it can be shared on more social media platforms, YOU ARE GREAT🎉

[@Livinginsatv]

Glad you enjoyed it. As requested. kzbin.info7zTlbp5jZUk?feature=share4

[@gary5481]

This is the first confirmation that I've had in years, that the Connie is still around. It still looks like it could be restored to flying condition. When I last saw it about 25 years ago, it was suffering from corrosion from the piles of pigeon poop. To the best of my knowledge, there is only one flying example left in the world.

[@joshuaborias4781]

"What A Tragedy.....'Once The Crown JEWEL Of MSANZI AFRIKA'.....'Like ESKOM,Brought TO The 'Status' Of A 'Graveyard/Museum'"

[@Livinginsatv]

Please read the title of the video. 😊

[@Jonathan-ro2fw]

What is msanzi Africa now 😢where are you from

[@worldyglobal2533]

eskom has always been in crises since 1983, because that is when industrialization came to Afrika, and they did not have enough energy for that

[@xmc7189]

Interesting. The museum management should invest in building a bigger under roof shelter for the bigger planes also. Think in terms of preventative conservation these planes must protected against exposure to weather elements such as rusting and sharp sunlight. I would like to make some suggestions👌

[@infocus-media]

How is it possible that those planes are still there, in South Africa if something is not chained down and locked it will be gone by tomorrow. AH, I remember the are going to need a pilot to steal if. That plane look inside like one of the planes I left South Africa in 30 years ago.

[@blackbirdxx4613]

Good stuff

[@selfcare-plus]

Hi. Just a hint. When you drive a motor vehicle and you see a stop sign, it means you put on the brake pedal until the vehicle stop moving.

[@BigPaul62]

747 is my favourite aircraft of all time and I've flown on many different planes from a Vanguard and Comet 4 up to a 777 and a 380.

[@neilsolomon9149]

I was there today. It was awesome. ❤️

[@Livinginsatv]

Thanks for your testimony. 😊

[@user-cn2xm7ob3o]

So much good to me ❤❤❤❤ amen ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ 🙏🏻

[@user-ik2oz3pm3p]

Nice video but what you said was the cockpit on the B747 was actually the front of the bottom passenger deck. The cockpit is on the upper deck and has a totally different set-up from the passenger configuration. It is full of flight instruments and very unique place. But thank you for the walk around was exciting to see

[@busofmauritius8306]

I noticed that too and the stairs to go to the upper deck was right beside him.

[@Livinginsatv]

Thanks for the info! 🇿🇦

[@Livinginsatv]

​@busofmauritius8306 yes correct. I could go upstairs. In the past you go.

[@debeerpaul]

Awesome Video as Always!!!

[@peterzinn9070]

You have low standards. I think.

[@Livinginsatv]

Thanks again!👍

[@carlroff3181]

Great story. great story. in my humble opinion, as a professional photographer if you could slow down the panning of your camera. I would not get seasick/dizzy. Just a friendly suggestion.

[@tomrobinson7022]

Hi. Would like to correct you by saying it's an airplane scrapyard. It is not so but rather a museum.

[@johanvandermescht5386]

Can you tell me if the 747 Soutpansberg is stored there? That was the plane that brought me home from West Germany after my exchange on the East/West German border after 4.5 years in a Angolan prison.

[@Livinginsatv]

Feel free to send them an email.

[@charliesadv8493]

The 2 B747's are Lebombo B747-200 and Maluti which is a B747-SP

[@upperroomtabernaclebr.yves4961]

Courage ça ira

[@olwethubavuma9125]

14:58 the one with an Apartheid flag and orange tail last time I checked they still flies those the are 2 of them they once landed in 43 Air School Port Alfred l think 2017 and 2018

[@andz5909]

There is only one DC-4 with the orange tail, the other one (ZS-BMH) has a white tail. To my knowledge neither are still flying.

[@francoisheydenrych5753]

I have a great sugestion if you liked this place, it is the saaf museum at the saaf Zwartkop airforce base in Pretoria, no entrance fee but a donation will be appreciated.

[@Livinginsatv]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKWuiaqJbL6rZpI

[@francoisheydenrych5753]

Thank you

[@jabulanitshabalala9850]

I visited the site on 16 December 2022.

[@Livinginsatv]

Thanks for your testimony. 🇿🇦

[@andriescarstens9245]

it seems to me that you do not know the difference between a graveyard and a museum. lol

[@Livinginsatv]

I really advise you to read the title of the video 😅 and I am sure they will get way more visitors.

[@andriescarstens9245]

@@Livinginsatv I've been there twice!

[@kwanelemthunzi1311]

I don't think it's a sweet comment though. Let's be supportive

[@eisbeinGermany]

to think Dec 1978 i flew back from Windhoek to Bloemfontein airport on such a plane after the 1978 South West Africa elections,

[@KyaloSengani-ou2hl]

Good stuff but the camera had issues

[@XolelaJacobs]

There are lots of places at Home I didn't know they exist, these alot at Home I have to explore. . . Where's that Location here at Home ?

[@Livinginsatv]

Germiston

[@XolelaJacobs]

@@Livinginsatv it's free entry Right, you don't pay to enter ? I wanna sit inside the cockpit and touch all the instruments Hense we are not allowed Here at King Paulo Small Airport 🇿🇦 Thank You so much Sir , thank You 🙏🏻 its free entry Right

[@Amos_Jaivane]

Why uis the cockpit locked?

[@siphotheguy1870]

Ha ha I just thought I was going to fart but now there's a smelly steamer in my underpants

[@morrisgroer1506]

Where are our 727 why is there not to show, they were the safes air Boeing ever built I use to travel around a lot during those hey days in them

[@nelsonchinasamy9857]

I can understand why it is a graveyard. Where is SAA today.?

[@user-ei8tl7yd7e]

Is it a graveyard or museum?

[@andremeyer863]

You are in Ekurhuleni...not in Johannesburg!

[@jacovanjaarsveld3835]

Do you know what an airplane graveyard is?????

[@adonestngobeni8461]

Do they allow access to the cockpit?

[@Livinginsatv]

Unfortunately no

[@Gaming_Greyson]

Mom no prat Afrikaans

[@julianBraga]

To call this a graveyard is both inaccurate and misleading. Travel into the American Southwest to see a graveyard.

[@lucypretorius972]

the only thing that put me off was too much "you guys"

[@leonvanderlinde5580]

Obviously not an aeronautics enthusiast. You are not really interested in aircraft..