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Lightning crashes during display

November 14th 2009, 15:55 CET, 2461 views

During an air display at the annual Overberg Air Force Base fly-in, the Lightning apparently suffered hydraulic problems. While burning off fuel, it crashed in a ball of flame starting a veld fire 5km north of the field. At the time of writing there were conflicting reports regarding an ejection,...

City of Durban Airshow 2009

July 22nd 2009, 21:51 CET, 527 views

Gary Shephard has uploaded some spectacular images from the City of Durban Airshow. To think that some people say that pigs MIGHT fly!...

South African Shackleton's 50th birthday!

February 25th 2008, 00:42 CET, 2048 views

Shackleton 1722 had her 50th anniversary "party" at Ysterplaat Air Force Base on 23.02.2008. She landed in Cape Town on 26.02.1958. She is the only flying Shackleton left in the world and the event was celebrated with an engine runup. After her engines were shut down, she was showered by...

Overberg Airshow 2007

December 8th 2007, 19:41 CET, 4692 views

The airbase at Overberg is home to the SAAF's "Test Flight and Development Centre". Gary Shephard has uploaded some spectacular shots from this years airshow there....

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