South African Air Force Museum, Cape Town! S1 - Ep 536

[@florisbrand1429]

Well the reality is that the south African airforce at the moment is a museum

[@FSAAFM]

Thank you for showing off our museum in such an interactive way!

[@dawnbarnes1361]

Hi Curtis & Sonia, that was so interesting 🎉 thank you guys. I salute 🫡 all the pilots, & soldiers past and present❤ Some of those planes remind me of Great White Sharks 🦈 😊 Great Museum with lots of history. A big thank you to all the wonderful volunteers, God bless you.

[@GailNetherlands]

Now that was a interesting video. Thanks for taking us along with you. Looking forward to the next one ❤

[@thewanderer58]

Kudos to the volunteers whose passion for all things aviation has created this wonderful place of interest.

[@kobusg7460]

Absolutely. I visited 4 years ago and then it was already impressive to see what a few volunteers achieved; men that had fulltime jobs. I was then holding thumbs that their efforts won't just fade. Now to see it flourish is fantastic. Hats off as well as a salute to them.

[@advrides]

I love aviation and will be looking to go there this December. Looks awesome.

[@ArthurWright-x6x]

I grew up in Estoire , Bloemfontein, we heard the Harvard's flying over, circling to come into land at Bloem Spruit base, about 500 m away as the crow flies.

[@gpm9333]

I've sat in the cockpit of the Mirage f1 in your video when it was at Thunder City

[@AugustSwarts-je8sf]

Dankie Vir in ligting

[@ChristaGodley]

Hi julle . Wow wat n wonderlike plek. Baie dankie dit was nou baie leersaam geniet elke oomblik dis wonderlik dat daar nog so baie belangsteling is baie dankie mooi loo0

[@shaunmaree6493]

Awsome vid, when i was a kid i was really into aviation ,used to see those Impala jets ,the first one you looked at flying over often , were used in Australia as well ,known as AermachiMB. 326 , an Italian design.

[@marcdevilliers244]

If you guys go to Pretoria, go and visit the SAAF Museum at AFB Swartkops on the old Johannesburg Rd Valhalla and there is a SAAF Museum in Port Elizabeth.

[@oldgrumpy]

Flossie is a Hercules C130. I was electrical mechanic on the Mirage F1CZ, 1975 diensplig and 1 month camps until 1982. I worked on all the CZ and some AZ. I was the first dienspligtige at 3sqdn when they started in 1974, i joined them in april 1975 before there were any F1’s at waterkloof. The first 4 F1CZ arrived in april 1975 from atlas and i was very proud to be a “laaitie” of 18 years to saw the first F1CZ arrived at 3squadron AFB waterkloof and worked on them. Those F1’s was the pride of the saaf and the most sofisticated fighter jet of the saaf back then.

[@lee-anneadams9222]

Hi Curtis, Sonia, Dusty and Sandy, bakgat in the cockpit Dusty and Sandy 😂. I always enjoyed visiting ysterplaat,lived in Brooklyn, so we literally walked across Koeberg road to enjoy the activities and air shows, thanks to the volunteers for their sterling job. Safe travels 🥾🥾

[@kennethdshort]

Hi Curtis, Sonia, Dusty, and Sandy . Thank you for this gem of a video. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Brings back memories of the time I flew in a Dakota along the then South West Africa border in a supply run . Was also hoping to see a Hercules C130 cargo plane we used on parachute airdrops .

[@aislingbooks]

Wow, my dad flew a DC3 cargo plane from Newport Beach, California to Cairo, Egypt as an Army Air Corps transport pilot in the 1940s. Once over the Pacific both engines blew out, and he and his crew of three others were stranded for three days floating on a raft before they were miraculously found and, of course, made the news. I grew up staring at the rescue photo and wondering what it must have been like. In a word, terrifying. Seeing what you in SA call the Flossie here is amazing.

[@deonzar]

What a day well spent! Those guys are really doing a sterling job.

[@marcdevilliers244]

The SAAF is the second oldest Airforce in the world after the Royal Airforce.

[@mariusroos]

Wow so close to home but forgotten. This was a very nice trip. So much information and the history well displayed. Who of us do not like aircraft? Thanks guys for unlocking this gem in Ysterplaat. Well done. I will be on board when you leave for the next one

[@DustBugsTravel]

It was incredibly fascinating and special to get so close and actually inside some of these flying machines. 🤩🛩

[@jankotze1959]

Very nice, a Flossie was a Hercules C130, not the Dakota, just to help you out there

[@Bradford_Adlard]

Nice video. My advise for a visit during the week not a Saturday morning if you can avoid it. Way too many people and lots of arrogant ones to. You can't look properly at anything....so sad that the human factor messes things up.😢

[@DustBugsTravel]

Our experience was totally different. We didn't encounter a single arrogant person during our visit, actually quite the opposite. Visits to the second hangar where the aeroplanes are housed, are only possible on Saturdays and it was important for us to see as much as possible. 🛩

[@barbaraburns1056]

I love visiting military museums when traveling.

[@tonybyrne7573]

Was at Ondangwa during those times...nice memories...

[@samsonkjoseph6087]

Baie dankie vriende.

[@charlietreston4035]

Hi guys sent a comment but it doesn't seem to have worked any amazing video thanks for taking me along cheerio till the next one

[@GertRoux]

Where did you enter the AFB? How was the security?

[@capefox8321]

From Maitland, go to Koeberg Road, Brooklyn, then turn right into Piet Grobler Street.

[@DustBugsTravel]

We followed the Google Maps directions for 'SAAF Museum Ysterplaat' from Strand and entered through what we thought was the only entrance to the base. We told Security we're visiting the museum and they waved us through. 🚙🛩

[@GertRoux]

Thank you. @@DustBugsTravel

[@Jgg-Ace]

26:18 Dit is n` "Ferret armored car" dit skiet die rontes wat nie in die "rocket pod" is nie, die turret van die kar is net afgehaal. 26:55 Dit is n` f86 Sabre, Die USAF het dit 1 October 1947 vir die eerste keer geflieg, net twee jaar na WW2. Dit het ses 12.7mm(50cal) gewere.

[@shaunmaree6493]

That 1st machine gun was a Vickers gun ,typically used in ww 1 on biplanes etc and by infantry.

[@Deontjie]

There is even one on a pole in the main road of Steydlerville.

[@aviation-867]

That wood and metal cockpit is a vampire cockpit same twin tailed plane in the 1920s hangar

[@MP-uw1qc]

The plane that was at the beginning video is an Atlas Impala, while 6d is 6 pennies from before South Africa’s decimalisation in 1961 when it replaced pounds, shillings and pence with Rands and cents.

[@henrymanthe4368]

Flosi was the c130

[@aviation-867]

Ah yes the super frelon beautiful baby

[@bloembloem7820]

Its a shame while looking at those historical dates how the propaganda is flowing. You have all sorts of dates showing the negative parts of A'heid which doesnt have anything to do with the military museum, yet key dates such as 1961 becoming a Republic is omitted. Propaganda at its best and again done to marginlise the small minority and take away from what they achieved.

[@DustBugsTravel]

And such a shame that these thoughts are your only takeaway from our video of the SAAF Museum. ☹️ You don't even mention a single positive contribution these folks make to the preservation of South African hhistory. That blows my mind! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@bloembloem7820]

@DustBugsTravel i like your program lets keep it that way. My comment is true though..

[@andriescarstens9245]

You did military training and do not know the Impala ?? O my word!

[@DustBugsTravel]

Nope! Unlike you, it seems, I don't know everything and don't proclaim to either. I shall repeat just so you're sure. I was not familiar with the Impala. And that's just one of the gazillion things I don't know. 🤣🛩

[@andriescarstens9245]

@@DustBugsTravel No I do not pretend to know everything (lol) but being in the forces the Imp was very well known, well, to most of us I suppose...

[@DustBugsTravel]

Well, certainly not to me. I do still recall a few other things from my Army days though. 😁

[@Deontjie]

Or the Vickers water cooled .303 light machine gun?

[@DustBugsTravel]

Nope! 😁

[@danisiletapi7270]

You dont visit our black townships

[@DustBugsTravel]

Nope, we don't. I film out of the vehicle window and my camera was almost grabbed twice in townships, so I won't be taking that risk again. The sad reality of travel in South Africa in 2024! 🤷🏻‍♂️😢🇿🇦

[@Deontjie]

I went to Crossroads last Saturday to buy a fridge advertised on marketplace. If it was not for the three men and a Berretta that accompanied me, I would have been dead now. Visiting the migrant museum in Lwandle is still possible and safe.