This online exhibition features images and experiences of various members of the SAAF and RAF and RAAF. Joe Joubert flew as a navigator in the Berlin Airlift. On the 9th July 1949 he and the radio operator were ordered to jettison 63 sacks of coal as the aircraft could not gain height in a…
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Have you ever wanted to fly, wondered how aerobatic teams prepare their displays, thought about how many crew it takes to pilot a helicopter or dreamed of breaking the sound barrier in a fighter jet? Well, now you can! In this documentary, filmed over four days at the Wings and Wheels Airshow at Air Force…
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PROVISIONAL AIR SHOW PROGRAM AFB YSTERPLAAT WINGS & WHEELS SHOW 09 & 10 DECEMBER 2011 Air Show Helpline Number: 021 508 6414 JET PROVOST FLYING DISPLAY L39 FLYING DISPLAY L39 FLYING DISPLAY 2 X MX2 FLYING DISPLAY 4 X HARVARD FLYING DISPLAY P51 MUSTANG FLYING DISPLAY SEA FURY FLYING DISPLAY YAK 55 FLYING DISPLAY PITTS…
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1941 – 1945 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Brooklyn Air Station established on…
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HISTORY AND LOCATION OF AFB YSTERPLAAT PART II The History of Ysterplaat 1810 – 1941 (The Early Years) (View Part One Here) To a certain extent it is not known precisely when aviators started using Ysterplaat as a landing field, but it is interesting to know some of the background to what we know as…
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On the first of September the SAAF held its second bi-annual air capability demonstration at Roodewal bombing range. After an early morning welcome briefing at AFB Waterkloof, invited VIP’s and guests were flown to Polokwane International Airport, and then driven by bus the further half hour to the site in the Limpopo province. Further comprehensive…
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Ysterplaat Air Show incorporating Wings and Wheels Air Show Helpline Number: 021 508 6414 Click for further information!
A number of events were held at the Cape Town Museum on HeritageDay, 24th September 2011. These events included Archery, and Tug-of-War competitions, followed by a ‘braai.’ To celebrate Johan Ackerman’s birthday he was presented with a model of a Grippen by the Youth Development Programme Team. The winning team “The Fabulous Four” received a…
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Image by Anton Crone In the last Great War, South Africa committed 120,000 soldiers to the battlefields of North Africa & Europe. 11,900 soldiers did not return. The Fallen is a 60-second war film by South African director Bauke Brouwer. Set during the Second World War, the production has been chosen as a finalist for…
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Christopher David Henderson known as Dave 16.8.1952 – 26.12.2010 Written by his wife, Alison Henderson Dave was born in Omagh, Northern Ireland and moved to Nairobi, Kenya when he was two years old as his father had joined the Kenyan Police after leaving the army . From a very young age, Dave was an airplane…
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