The Spitfire Restoration Project Friends of the SAAF Museum is working on restoring #Spitfire5518. We need your support! #Spitfire #warbird #Aviation 🇿🇦
Centurion, South Africa
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Save the Date! 👏 🚁 🪂
SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE MUSEUM AIRSHOW 2026 | 6 JUNE
Tickets via @Computicket
computicket.com/event/south-…
#airshow #saafmuseum #avgeeks
If you're joining us at the SAAF Museum #Airshow, we'll be selling awesome merch. We will also have exclusive collector's wine on sale, made especially for the Project. 🍷
Thank you to André Roux and the team at @FairviewWine for making this happen!
🎟️ computicket.com/event/south-…
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One more sleep before the annual SAAF Museum Air Show! Will we see you there? 🚁 🪂 🛩️
Get your tickets via @Computicket:
computicket.com/event/south-…
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First flight of an aviation legend...
Few dates in aviation history carry the significance of one that took place at an airfield near Southampton 90 years ago today, so important that it calls for an early edition of Workbench.
Learn more: ow.ly/Eecm50YpHBA 👈
#Airfix
Did you make it to Saturday's SAAF Museum Open Flying Day? If not, DefenceWeb's Guy Martin shared fantastic photos from the morning. 📸
View them here: defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/a…
#aviation #flyingday #SAAFMuseum #avgeeks
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✈️ SAAF Museum Flying Day, 7 March 2026
📍 Air Force Base Swartkop
🕢 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
🎟 Free entry (donations welcome)
Harvards, Alouettes, C185 & a Rolls-Royce Griffon ground run.
Plus the famous SAAFM boerewors rolls will be on sale! 🌭
✈️ Launching Today: The Arthur Douglas Piercy Benevolent Year. 38 years since Arthur’s Rundu accident. His courage & resilience continue to inspire.
📍Join us on 4 Oct, SAAF Museum, Centurion. Arthur unveils Mirage F1CZ 206 cockpit + auction of signed copies of The MiG Diaries.
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On #BattleofBritain Day 1940, 1 in 5 RAF pilots were Polish. In this #UntoldStory, Dr Harry Raffal explores how a #Messerschmitt in our collection inspired one of 1960s cinema’s most iconic moments.
🎟 Learn more at our Road to Victory workshop on 30 September: bit.ly/4pjhkQk
#BoB85 #303squadron
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A #BattleofBritain day service to commemorate the RAF’s success in the aerial battle between July and October 1940, took place at Capel-le-Ferne in Kent. Remembering ‘The Many’ who helped 'The Few.’
#LestWeForget
🇬🇧 15 Sept | Battle of Britain Day
We remember the RAF aircrew who turned the tide in 1940.
As we restore a South African Spitfire, we honour their legacy.
#BattleOfBritainDay #Spitfire5518 #WW2 #AviationHeritage #LestWeForget
Former 2 Squadron commander Col Cobus Toerien (ret) shares the story behind Spotty, the iconic Cheetah C fighter jet 🇿🇦 A must-watch for aviation fans and military history buffs.
youtu.be/200bZkURg4o
#SAAF #CheetahC #Spotty #AviationHistory #LegacyConversations
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Happy #FathersDay from all of us at the Spitfire Restoration Project.
Today we celebrate the mentors, caregivers, and role models who lift others up, just like the wings of a Spitfire.
Thank you for your guidance, strength and support. ✈️
#FathersDay2025 #ThankYou
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Powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the first time in a public performance, this is the #RedArrows’ over #London to mark HM The King’s Official Birthday. In addition to using a blend of SAF for propulsion, the team’s coloured vapour trails were created using a biofuel.
🛩️ #avgeeks Head to the SAAF Museum’s Open Training Day this Saturday!
📍 AFB Swartkop, Centurion
🕘 7 June | 09h00 to 13h00
🎟️ Free entry – card and cash donations welcome
Find the team in Hangar 3 – merch on sale!
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🛩️ #avgeeks Head to the SAAF Museum’s Open Training Day this Saturday!
📍 AFB Swartkop, Centurion
🕘 09h00–13h00 | Free entry | Card/cash donations welcome
Explore the displays and aircraft in the hangars!
💬 Find the #SpitfireRestoration team in Hangar 3 – merch on sale!
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Happy Mother's Day! 🌻💐
To every mom out there: thank you for your unwavering support, sacrifices and heart. 💙
#MothersDay #SpitfireRestoration #HonouringHeritage #AviationHistory #ThankYouMom
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🛩️ Help us finish our Spitfire restoration hangar!
We need the following:
🔹 Ballustrades
🔹 Steel Staircase
🔹 Glazing & installation
🔹 Two 3×3m roller doors
🔹 Double door security gate
📞 Contact Ian: +27 82 452 5291
#Spitfire5518 #AviationHeritage #SAaviation
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Today we honour 80 years since VE Day.
The war ended in Europe, but the legacy lives on.
🇿🇦 We’re proud to be restoring a piece of that history — South Africa’s #Spitfire5518.
#VEDay80 #WWII #Spitfire #Heritage #LestWeForget
Thank you @defenceWeb_Afr for publishing our latest update on the restoration hangar! Read the article here:
defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/a…
#spitfire #restoration #aviation #avgeeks
Happy Easter from the Spitfire Restoration Project! 🐣🍫 We wish you a joyful, peaceful Easter filled with hope and renewal.
#HappyEaster #Spitfire5518 #AviationHeritage #restoration
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