SAAF Museum pics.

Hi gents. 🙂

Just returned back from my trip to South Africa, what a beautiful country! 🙂

While I was there, I paid a visit to ‘Thunder City’ but unfortunately they don’t open to public anymore, only offering the flying experiences which i can’t afford.
So the only pics of ‘Thunder City’ I got were of the Javelin and Vampire in the carpark. 😡

After that disappointment however, my luck was to change with a visit to Ysterplaat SAAF base museum.
What a fantastic place!! Having gone though the base security gates, which were manned by very helpful and polite personnel, I made my way upto the SAAF museum and was met by Chris Teale who runs the outfit.

What a guy, he couldn’t have been a more helpful friendly guy, showing me around the hangar and displays ,answering any questions cheerfully and we also chatted about toils,heartache and joy, between there and MAM, and also generally putting the world to rights..lol 😀

Below i have posted some pics from inside the hangar and a couple of model shots, also a couple of me (good looking lad eh?) with the Mirage and stood with Chris under SAAF crest.

There is more to see there but outside the hangar but photography is restricted due to some ‘sensitive movements’, as this is a live base, so no Shack pics 🙁

Also in the pics selection there are some shots of red biplane which was ‘buzzing’ a vineyard in Wellington we were staying at, can anyone identify it, my prop ID skills are sh*te . 😀 😀

Cheers

Kev 🙂