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Build Log 1/4 scale PSS MB326 Impala Slope

I'm sure readers know of Mary Shelley's famous novel 'Frankenstein'. Briefly, Dr. Victor Frankenstein assembles a monster in the form of a human being, using body parts from "the dissecting-room and the slaughter-house". Since then, the first part of his name has become a byword to describe anything that resembles a known thing, but uses parts from other things. For example, in the shooting world, a 'Franken-FAL' is a FAL rifle (like this one, for example) that looks as if it came from the…

a Harvard flight practicing for a flypast at the van Riebeeck festival, April 1952. Photo via Bruce James.

Denel Aeronautics Fixed Wing MRO

In July last year I wrote about the T-6 Texan (a.k.a. Harvard, shown below) in South African Air Force service. It had a long and illustrious career spanning over 55 years before it was finally replaced by the Pilatus PC-7 Mark II (shown below). You can read much more about it, and see lots more photographs, in my earlier article. Now, from Vintage Wings of Canada, comes another very interesting article about the T-6 Texan in that part of the world, along with plenty of photographs of it and…

Flying Cheetahs: SAAF P51 Mustangs in Korea The Mustang and the SAAF did not meet for the first time in Korea. Early models of this British initiated, American built fighter, served with 5 Squadron in North Africa and Italy during the Second World War.The SAAf used the Mustang from 24 September 1944 when P-51B/C Mustang Is replaced Kittyhawks in 5 Sqn during the Italian campaign. P-51K Mustang IVa's, plus a few P-51D Mustang IV's were introduced later and 5 Sqn used the type extensively…

This page is dedicated to the volunteers and serving personell who restored the SAAF Canadair Cl-13B Sabre, no.372. The Sabre Project 372 team: Jon Durant (team leader) Barrie Pieterse Robbie Grant…

Formation flight from CFS Dunottar, with 2nd. Lt. Coertze at the controls of 7174, July 1949. Photo; George Wiehahn via Conrad Wiehahn.

Not many South Africans are aware that South Africa took part in the Korean War, well here is a rare original colour photograph of a North American F-51D Mustang fighters of No. 2 Squadron of the S…

british-eevee: “Gloster Meteor jet fighters lined up at a airbase in Korea (Date unknown) ”

Cheetah 2 taxies back to the hangar after a thrilling solo display at AAD 2014 - Photo taken at Pretoria - Waterkloof (FAWK) in South Africa on September 20, 2014.

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