By Garth Calitz Photos By Garth Calitz and Trevor Cohen Thousands of aviation enthusiasts braved the cold at Air Force Base Swartkop on Saturday, 6 June, for the annual South African Air Force (SAAF) Museum Airshow. Reports from the SA Weather Service confirmed that Friday night was the coldest night in 2026, but the subzero temperatures did not deter the 11000-odd aviation enthusiasts that qued at the gates from as early as 6 am. They were rewarded with several visiting airc

By Garth Calitz The Sport Aerobatics Club of South Africa kicked off the year with a very hot competition held at Vereeniging Airfield,...

By Garth Calitz Heidelberg Airfield was once again chosen to host the final Aerobatics competition of the year, the annual “Ace of Base”....

By Charles Hugo Photos by Charles and Fiona Hugo The 2024 rendition of the Newcastle Airshow was originally scheduled for the 18th of May but was rescheduled to October due to national elections. Even with this delay, the road to the airshow had some speed bumps, and the final go-ahead was only given in the week of the airshow. The delays inevitably had a knock-on effect, but Champ Marketing managed to pull a rabbit out of the hat. With great support from the Chief of the Sou

By Garth Calitz Photos by Trevor Cohen and Garth Calitz Felix Gosher, the driving force behind the very successful Children’s Flight...

By Trevor Cohen Photos by Timmy Homan and Trevor Cohen The last airshow held at Virginia was over 10 years ago and the organizers had to...

By Garth Calitz New Tempe Airfield has always delivered rather different airshows and this year was no exception. Conrad Botha and his...