South African Air Force Museum
- South African Air Force Museum
Infobox Museum
name = South African Air Force Museum
imagesize = 200
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latitude = -26.1633
longitude = 28.0420
established = 26 October 1973 [cite web |url=http://www.saafmuseum.co.za/history.htm |title=The history of the SAAF Museum |accessdate=2008-08-03 |work= |publisher= |date= ]
dissolved =
location = AFB Swartkop, Tshwane
AFB Ysterplaat, Cape Town
Port Elizabeth
type = Aviation museum
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website = [http://www.saafmuseum.co.za/ http://www.saafmuseum.co.za/]
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 location, AFB Swartkop outside Pretoria, AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town and at the Port Elizabeth airport.
Exhibits
AFB Swartkop
Swartkop is the largest of the three museum locations, occupying at least 5 hangers.
It contains a number of Cheetah's as well as a Cheetah C flight simulator.
AFB Ysterplaat
Ysterplaat is home to the last flying Avro Shackleton.
Port Elizabeth
Exhibits at the Port Elizabeth museum is limited due the the amount of hanger space available to the museum.
Active restoration are being performed on a number of Harvards and there is a project to restore an Airspeed Oxford.One of the more unusual exhibits is a Jorg IV Skimmerfoil ground effect craft.
References
ee also
* South African Air Force
* South African National Museum of Military History
* South African Naval Museum
* Military history of South Africa
External links
* [http://www.saafmuseum.co.za/ Official website]
* [http://www.saaffriends.co.za Friends of the SAAF Museum Society]
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