Welcome to Gabriel le Roux’s pages about aviation in South Africa.
I trust you will enjoy reading the articles and looking at the images in this website!
AIRPORT VISITS
Here you will find reports about airfields and other aviation venues for Eastern Cape (Graaff-Reinet and Willowmore), Western Cape (Oudtshoorn, Ladismith, Contermanskloof, Morning Star, Delta 200, Fisantekraal, Stellenbosch, Worcester and Lamberts Bay Airfield, Boland Air Spray Airfield near Malmesbury, Saldanha Airport, Military Academy at Saldanha, Koedoesvlei Guest House, University of Stellenbosch, Yak-52 at Touws River and Beaufort West Airfield), Northern Cape [Kuruman (Johan Pienaar Airfield), Sishen Airfield, Olifantshoek Airfield, Klippunt landing strip, Keimoes landing strip, Upington Airport, Kenhardt Airfield, Brandvlei Airfield, Kakamas Airfield, Augrabies Airfield, Pofadder Airfield, Aggeneys Airfield, Springbok Airfield Loeriesfontein Airfield, Nieuwoudtville Airfield, Calvinia Airfield, Williston Airfield, Carnarvon Airfield, Loxton Airfield and Victoria West Airfield), the Circus Airfield in Gauteng and Parys Airfield in the Free State.
AIRSHOWS, FLY-INS AND EXHIBITIONS
Under this heading you will find an overview of the Museum Flying Day that took place on 5 June 2010.
FEATURE ARTICLES
FEATURE ARTICLES contain a history of aviation in Springbok, a short history and pictorial overview of Catalina CF-MIR/C-FMIR, an overview of the Boeing EC-135N and specifically EC-135N 61-0329, details of Air Namibia aircraft and a pictorial overview of Air Namibia, an overview of the South African aviation in 1974 and the origins of Africa Aerospace and Defence. The origins of Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) are traced by looking at the two series of biennial airshows and military exhibitions, the SAAF 75 military show and aerospace expo and the amalgamation of the airshows and military shows into Aerospace Africa. Highlights for all these shows are discussed and more detailed overviews for AAD 2000, AAD 2002, AAD 2004 and 2006 are presented. You will find images of Aviation Africa 1977; Aviation Africa Lanseria 1983; Aviation Africa International 1990 and Aviation Africa International 1992; Dexsa 1994; and AAD 2000, AAD 2004 and AAD 2006 in the Gallery. Note that the image on the right is a scan of the cover of the World Airnews magazine.
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IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT THE WAY DATES AND TIMES ARE WRITTEN:
1 DATES
(a) Written out: First the day, then the month and then the year (e.g. 7 May 2005)
(b) In figures: First the year, then the month and then the day (e.g. 2005-05-07)
2 TIMES
The 24-hour system is used. For instance, 08:00 means 8 in the morning and 20:00 means 8 in the evening.
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