Airforce Museum Mirage

I remember when I was small and we saw a. airforce jet overhead we always called it a Mirage. Didn't matter if it was or not, in our minds it was a Mirage. Now if you really want to know what a Mirage looks like, visit the South African Airforce Museum behind the Port Elizabeth … Continue reading Airforce Museum Mirage →

Coming or going?

I had to go to Johannesburg for work last week and snapped this pic of the South African Airways plane I returned with on the apron at the Port Elizabeth Airport.

Bad Attitude

Next to the South African Air Force Museum building the museum also has a active workshop in one of the big aircraft hangers. Some of the planes in the hanger belong to the museum while others belong to aircraft enthusiast and is in for maintenance and repairs. I recognised one of the planes in the … Continue reading Bad Attitude →

Gun turret

One of the new additions at the South African Air Force Museum in Port Elizabeth is a gun turret that was constructed for visitors, probably mostly the kids, to try out. They are also busy putting a flight simulator into the Mirage that is on display. Once that is up and running it should be quite … Continue reading Gun turret →

SAAF Museum Impala

One of Port Elizabeth's most under rated museums must be the South African Air Force Museum behind the Port Elizabeth Airport. Its a little off the beaten track and to get to it one has to follow Forest Hill Drive around the airport perimeter which means not nearly as many people get there are it … Continue reading SAAF Museum Impala →

Port Elizabeth Airport

The first flight to land in Port Elizabeth, long before the airport was even built, was also the first flight to Port Elizabeth from Cape Town made by Major Allister Mackintosh Miller in 1917. The Port Elizabeth Airport was established in 1929 and opened in 1936 and was founded by Lieutenant Colonel Miller who needed an airfield to … Continue reading Port Elizabeth Airport →

Another plane load coming

We are currently right in the middle of the summer holidays and thus our peak holiday period. This means that every plane flying into the Port Elizabeth Airport brings us more visitors and more visitors means more money for the tourism trade. Pity tourists don't realise how wonderful a destination Port E:izabeth can be out of peak … Continue reading Another plane load coming →

Airport plane

There are two planes on display outside the Port Elizabeth Airport. The first one is an Impala on top of Aviators Bar and Grill and the second one which is situated next to the parking lot is an Albatross. The Albatross was a maritime aircraft used by the South African Navy for patrols.

Plane on a pillar

One of the slightly unusual sights outside the Port Elizabeth Airport is an Impala MkI sitting on top of a pillar next to Aviators Pub and Grill. It kinda looks like a scene from a SciFi movie with a spaceship docked at a space diner. The Impalas were used as training aircraft by the SA … Continue reading Plane on a pillar →

Last day of the World Cup

The 2010 FIFA World Cup is over. Actually, as I post this the final between Holland and Spain still needs to be played, but by the time most people read this it will have been something of the past. Before the World Cup the doom profits predicted that the event would be an absolute failure, … Continue reading Last day of the World Cup →