The Friends of the PE SAAF Museum contribute time, money and expertise and are currently busy with a number of restoration projects. In support of their efforts to preserve the history and fascination of flying the PE SAAF Museum & Friends of the Museum will provide lots more exciting things at the Baywest Air Show on Saturday 25 October. These include: A raffle of a stretched digital art SAAF Mirage jet fighter formation at R10 per ticket number. Mince and rice curry containers … [Read more...] about The PE Airshow also benefits the SAAF Museum
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Get your tickets online for the PE Airshow
Buying tickets to the Baywest Port Elizabeth Airshow on 25 October just got a whole lot easier. You can avoid the queues at the gate and buy tickets online. Online ticket prices are R65.00 for Adults (18 and up), R25.00 for children (3 to 18 years of age) and free entry for children under the age of 3. Update: When you go and buy your tickets online please don't be eternally dumb like me and think that the R3.90 fee reflected is per ticket (even though it is part of the line item) - … [Read more...] about Get your tickets online for the PE Airshow
Buccaneer Flight Simulator School Holidays
The Buccaneer Flight Simulator in the PE SAAF Museum will be open for school children bookings these October school holidays from 09h00 - 14h00 on 3rd to 11th October at specially reduced rate of R40 per 1/2 hour. Bookings essential. Sit in the cockpit of a real Buccaneer flight simulator and fly the integrated gaming-sim enabling a realistic experience of flying the real aircraft. Many different types of aircraft and airport locations to select from and a short training session … [Read more...] about Buccaneer Flight Simulator School Holidays
SAAF Museum celebrating Spitfire progress
The PE SAAF Museum reached an important milestone with the installation of the propellers for the full scale model SAAF Supermarine Spitfire IX. The project, which started in March 2010, is being built for the museum by the Woodpecker Trust, the Friends of the Museum and volunteers. The project has been possible thanks to the support from the SAAF Museum, donors, local and international visitors as well as technical experts. The aircraft, a replica of the famous WW2 fighter only has … [Read more...] about SAAF Museum celebrating Spitfire progress
Airspeed Oxford Restoration
The local friends of the Port Elizabeth South African Airforce Museum are a friendly bunch busy with many projects designed to enhance the visitor experience to the local Airforce Museum. Museum friend, Paul Stringer, writes about the restoration of the Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mk2: The holiday period affected progress on the Oxfords restoration, as did a considerable time spent trying to correct the sudden inability of the spray gun used to paint some of its parts, to coat properly. … [Read more...] about Airspeed Oxford Restoration
