South African Air Force Museum
Port Elizabeth Airport South Africa | |
Type | Aviation museum |
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Website | http://www.saafmuseum.co.za/ |
The South African Air Force Museum houses exhibits and restores material related to the history of the
Exhibits
AFB Swartkop
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.
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LEO deployment rocket at Swartkop
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Replica Patterson Number 2 Biplane at Swartkop
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Avro Shackleton at Swartkop
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Cheetah C at Swartkop
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SAAF North American P-51 Mustang at Swartkop
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SAAF Blackburn Buccaneer on static display at Swartkop with munition loadout and its Blue Parrot radar system
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SAAF fighter aircraft on static display at Swartkop
Aircraft on display
- Aerospatiale Alouette III[2]
- Aerospatiale Puma[3]
- Aerospatiale Super Frelon
- Atlas Cheetah E[4]
- Atlas Cheetah C
- Atlas ImpalaMk.I
- Atlas ImpalaMk.II
- Atlas XH-1 Alpha
- Avro Shackleton[5]
- Blackburn Buccaneer
- Boeing 707
- Canadair CL-13
- Douglas DC-4[6]
- Dassault Mirage III BZ
- Dassault Mirage III CZ
- Dassault Mirage III RZ
- English Electric Canberra T Mk.4
- Fieseler Storch[7]
- Lockheed Ventura[8]
- Mikoyan MiG-21[4]
- Mirage F1 AZ[4]
- North American Harvard
- North American Mustang
- Patchen Explorer
- Paterson Biplane
- Pilatus PC-7 Mk.II[9]
- Westland Wasp[10]
AFB Ysterplaat
The Douglas C-47 Dakota here, is the aircraft used in 1952 by the SAAF to help Professor
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Shackleton 1722 at Ysterplaat
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Mirage F1at Ysterplaat
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Display at Ysterplaat
Aircraft on display
- Avro Shackleton[2]
- Canadair CL-13[12]
- Dassault Mirage F1 CZ
- Dassault Mirage III R2Z
- de Havilland Vampire
- Douglas C-47
- Lockheed Ventura
- North American Harvard
- Piaggio P.166
- Westland Wasp[2]
Port Elizabeth
There are few exhibits at the
Static exhibits are housed in the original 42-Air School Air Gunnery Training Centre used during the
Aircraft on display
- Aerospatiale Alouette III[2]
- Aerospatiale Puma[3]
- Atlas ImpalaMk.II
- Mirage F1 CZ[4]
- North American Harvard
- de Havilland Vampire
- Westland Wasp[14]
- Supermarine Spitfire 1:1 Scale model built out of wood.
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.
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North American Harvard undergoing restoration
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Skimmerfoil Jorg IV
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Airspeed Oxford restoration project
See also
- List of aerospace museums
- Military history of South Africa
- South African Air Force
- South African National Museum of Military History
- South African Naval Museum
- AFB Swartkop
References
- ^ "The history of the SAAF Museum". South African Air Force Museum. Archived from the original on 2003-02-12. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- ^ a b c d AIRCRAFT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE MUSEUM, www.saaffriends.co.za, Retrieved 2013-10-08. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013
- ^ a b Helicopters, www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08. Archived from the original by The Wayback Machine on 24 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d Fighters Archived 2017-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
- ^ Maritime Patrol Archived 2017-06-24 at the Wayback Machine, www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
- ^ Transport Archived 2017-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Transport, Retrieved 2013-10-08
- ^ Recon & Observation Archived 2017-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
- ^ Bombers Archived 2017-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
- ^ Trainers Archived 2017-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
- ^ Helicopters Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08
- ^ Cotter, Jarrod Flying Fishcart article Fly Past magazine February 2006 pp78-9
- ^ Sabre 377 Restoration, www.saafmuseum.org.za
- ^ "SAAF Museum - Port Elizabeth". SA-Transport. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ^ Helicopters Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, www.saafmuseum.org, Retrieved 2013-10-08