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Aviation museum in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth Airport South Africa
The South African Air Force Museum houses exhibits and restores material related to the history of the
South African Air Force . The museum is divided into three locations,
AFB Swartkop outside
Pretoria ,
AFB Ysterplaat in
Cape Town and at the
Port Elizabeth airport.
Exhibits
AFB Swartkop
AFB Swartkop is home to the headquarters and largest of the three museum locations, occupying at least five hangars.
It contains a number of
Dassault Mirage IIIs ,
Dassault Mirage F1s ,
Atlas Cheetahs and various other historical aircraft as well as aviation-related items on display such as
ejection seats , uniforms, aircraft engines, aircraft weaponry and a Cheetah C flight simulator.
LEO deployment rocket at Swartkop
Replica Patterson Number 2 Biplane at Swartkop
Cheetah C at Swartkop
SAAF
Blackburn Buccaneer on static display at Swartkop with munition loadout and its Blue Parrot radar system
SAAF fighter aircraft on static display at Swartkop
Aircraft on display
AFB Ysterplaat
AFB Ysterplaat is home to the last airworthy
Avro Shackleton . The Shackleton has been grounded for several years already though, as there is no qualified aircrew and the remaining airframe hours are insufficient to train new crew, apart from the obvious concern of preservation of this historic aircraft.
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The Douglas C-47 Dakota here, is the aircraft used in 1952 by the SAAF to help Professor
J. L. B. Smith acquire a
coelacanth fish specimen from the
Comoros Islands .
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Aircraft on display
Port Elizabeth
There are few exhibits at the
Port Elizabeth Airport branch of the museum because of the limited hangar space available.
Static exhibits are housed in the original 42-Air School Air Gunnery Training Centre used during the
Joint Air Training Scheme in
World War II .
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Aircraft on display
Active restoration is being performed on a number of
North American Harvards and there is a project to restore an
Airspeed Oxford .[
citation needed ]
One of the more unusual exhibits is a Jorg IV Skimmerfoil
ground-effect craft .
See also
References
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"The history of the SAAF Museum" . South African Air Force Museum. Archived from
the original on 2003-02-12. Retrieved 2008-08-03 .
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AIRCRAFT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE MUSEUM , www.saaffriends.co.za, Retrieved 2013-10-08. Archived from the
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Helicopters , www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08. Archived from the
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The Wayback Machine on 24 December 2013.
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Fighters
Archived 2017-07-24 at the
Wayback Machine , www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
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Maritime Patrol
Archived 2017-06-24 at the
Wayback Machine , www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
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Transport
Archived 2017-07-23 at the
Wayback Machine , Transport, Retrieved 2013-10-08
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Recon & Observation
Archived 2017-07-23 at the
Wayback Machine , www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
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Bombers
Archived 2017-07-10 at the
Wayback Machine , www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
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Trainers
Archived 2017-07-23 at the
Wayback Machine , www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
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Helicopters
Archived 2013-12-24 at the
Wayback Machine , www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
^ Explorer, Museum (2023-02-22).
"South African Air Force Museum (Ysterplaat)" . Museum Explorer SA . Retrieved 2024-05-13 .
^ Cotter, Jarrod Flying Fishcart article Fly Past magazine February 2006 pp78-9
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"South African Air Force Museum Cape Town" . AviationMuseum . 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2024-05-13 .
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"Buccaneer 416 restoration project | South African Aviation Foundation Museum" . saafmuseum.org.za . Retrieved 2024-05-13 .
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Sabre 377 Restoration , www.saafmuseum.org.za
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"The Aircraft – Project 6832" . Retrieved 2024-05-13 .
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"Sikorsky S55 Whirlwind (HAS 22) | South African Aviation Foundation Museum" . saafmuseum.org.za . Retrieved 2024-05-13 .
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"SAAF Museum - Port Elizabeth" . SA-Transport. Retrieved 2008-11-23 .
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Helicopters
Archived 2013-12-24 at the
Wayback Machine , www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
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