MEDIA INVITATION TO SA AIR FORCE MUSEUM AIRSHOW – 17 SEPTEMBER 2005

Date: Tuesday, 13 September 2005

You are cordially invited to send a journalist and a photographer/cameraperson to attend the SA Air Force Museum airshow on Saturday, 17 August 2005 to be held at Swartkop, (formerly Air Force Base Swartkop) in Valhalla. Gates will open at 07h00 on Saturday with the airshow programme commencing from 10h00 until the end of the day. This event is viewed on the SA airshow calendar as the primary airshow for the Gauteng Province and will also be celebrating 85 years of existence of the SA Air Force (SAAF).

The attractions for the day include flying displays by current serving SA Air Force aircraft, such as the Silver Falcons, Cheetah, Impala, Cessna 208, C-47, Casa 212, and the Oryx helicopter. SAAF Museum aircraft on static display include the Mirage III, Mirage F1-AZ, Vampire, Puma helicopter, Bosbok, Harvard and Kudu, to name a few. The SA Air Force in conjunction with the South African Airways Historic Flight will re-enact the Dakota Shuttle Service of World War 2 with a flypast by 3 x DC-3’s and a DC-4. Civilian aerobatic teams that will be thrilling spectators at the airshow include the SASOL Tigers aerobatic team, Samba Lambada, Mazda Zoom Zoom, Chubb, Red Bull and the Flying Lions.

For directions to the venue of the airshow, please contact Lieutenant Colonel Fanus Pretorius on (012) 672 3250 or mobile number: 082 320 7068

Note to members of the Media: Media members to enter through the west gate of Swartkop (Old Johannesburg road – R101).

ENDS

Issued by: Defence Corporate Communication
Defence Headquarters
Pretoria

Enquiries: Lieutenant Colonel Fanus Pretorius
(012) 672 3250
082 320 7068

Captain Ronald Maseko
(012) 355 6388
082 809 5702