A Mystery Night at the Museum Join the Friends of the SAAF Museum for an evening of fun and intrigue and help us hunt for the ghost of the Museum. Bring your family and friends along to help solve the mystery while also learning about the colourful history of the South African Air Force. Teams…
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Hail the modest hero of the merciless Skeleton Coast! In a retirement community in Potchefstroom a real South African hero died, almost unsung in his own country. AT the age of 83 Immins Overbeek Naude succumbed to a double onslaught of asthma and angina. He probably wasn’t unhappy, because he had cheated death 52 years…
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(This article was first published on 24 September 2008, by Anne Lehmkuhl, and updated by Cameron Kirk Kinnear on 14th July 2019) THE SAAF AND WARSAW Earlier this month, I was blessed to attend a very special remembrance day – that for the brave young men of the South African Air Force who flew to…
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On December 21st, 1938, a strange fish was caught off the East London coast. Professor J. L. B. Smith was fascinated by this fish, identified as a coelacanth. This fish was thought to have been extinct for over two hundred million years. (NOTE: Travel here for a full version of this story…) Excited at…
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Preliminary Year Planner 2011 Date Day Event 13th January Meeting 28th January Friday Airforce Day 3rd February Meeting 5th February Flying Training 12th/13th February SA Model Jets Night At The Museum Thursday SAAF Museum Council Meeting 3rd March AGM and Braai 5th March Flying Training 2nd April Flying Training 7th April Meeting 22nd April Friday…
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Wasp #93 and website author at AFB Ysterplaat in 2002. He served on the SAS President Kruger, which operated Wasp helicopters in an anti-submarine role. Taken by the website author in 1981 from the helicopter deck of the SA Navy Flagship SAS President Kruger, SAS President Pretorius and WASP HAS. MK1 operate south of Cape…
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(Article by Chris Teale, Images by Irene McCullagh – Article originally appeared in All About Cats magazine in December 2010) The armed forces of the world since time immemorial have always seemed to have an affinity with various animals both wild and domestic. They seem to cheerfully join the ranks and fit in with the…
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The S-55 was introduced into the SAAF in 1956, with further airframes arriving in 1956 and 1957. These were assembled at Ysterplaat, and joined an S-51 as the Helicopter flight at AFS Langebaanweg. This flight was later re-established as 17SQN. WV 224 HISTORY 1953 – Built by Kaiser Corporation and delivered to Sikorsky on…
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