Friday 16 March 2012

Change Of Command SAAF Museum



Lt Col. Willie Nel and Lt Col. Mike O'Connor arriving at the Podium  
Rev. Skosanna doing the Reading and Prayers
Reading of Lt Col. Nel's Curriculum Vitae
Acceptance of Command of the SA Air Force Museum
Lt Col O'Connor Acknowledges general salute 
Leaving the Podium 
R-L      Gen. Pelser, Col. Iyer and Grant Timms
Col. Jeff Earle with Paul Roberts
 Gen's Malinga and Pelser
 Lt Col Jansen and Maj. Currie USAF Air attaché 
 Col Rodney King 
Gen. Burger( middle) and Col's Steyn and Ayrton
Brig Gen. Derrick Page (middle) Karel Zaayman, Philip Scallan, Peter le Sueur and Geoff Timms
 Lt Col Mike O'Connor handing over a Plaque to Lt Col. Willie Nel 
 A collage of memories from the past three years 
Wo2. Alan Taylor handing over a picture of "Squashed Kudu" to Lt Col Willie Nel 
 Rob Wood prsenting Lt Col Nel with the "Missing Link"
 Lt Col. Willie Nel 
Col Itel Zurich (middle) Rsm.Viljoen (L) and Maj.Peter MacClean
Col. Crous and Lt Col. O'Connor enjoying a beverage.
Ian Grace, Col. Tony Smit, Col. Bakkies Smit and Rob Wood
Three Comanding officers of the SAAF Museum Lt Col Willie Nel, Col Tony Smit and present OC 
Lt Col O'connor

Marketing Team Capt. George Stone, Lt Col Mike O'Connor and Capt. Kobus Kapp

Saturday 3 March 2012

SAAF Flying day 3 March 2012

SAAF Museum Vampire flown by Col. Rama Iyer
 Harvard 7072
 Vampire 277
Privately owned  Bosbok flown by Richard Smit
And his Father Tony Smit veteran with 23500 hours +
 Karl Jense in VAL
 Col Rama Iyer taxing out with a very lucky pax
 Siyandiza harvrd
 Vamp in a tight turn
 Tigermoth running on her own
 Grant Timms and Col. Rama Iyer off to play with the yak
 And away they go
 Desending
And back on Mother Earth
 Nanchaung Dragon Chinese version of the Russian Yak 52
 Ain't she sweet
 Alouette III
 Landing
 Tigermoth
 Yak 52

 The Big and the not so Big
 Oryx landing

Yak 52, Robin and J3 Cub Rand Airprot to Swartkops Airforce Base

 Refuelling at Rand Airport 
 Running up the Yak
 Holding Point runway 17
 
Airborn right-hand out
 Climbing out of Rand
 Meeting up and passing the Cub
 Close formation great flying
 Robin over Johannesburg  
 Closing in on the Cub again
 Midrand area
 Turning Final at AFB Swartkops
Flypast with the tower in the background