Museum

The SAA Museum

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    Visit the celebrities of the sky…on the ground In this modern, technological age we pretend to be underwhelmed when massive airplanes fly overhead.  This said, we cannot deny that magical moment we experience when looking in awe skywards and asking that pressing question “how do they even get off the ground in the first place?”  At the South African Airways Museum at Rand Airport, Germiston, you have the chance to find out by getting up close and personal with these unbelievable machines. The collection on show is staggering, with 12 vintage aircraft from SAA’s proud history on show, as well as an adjacent hangar that houses all kinds of fascinating memorabilia.  The crown jewels are surely the two                  

Adventure

Rand Airshow 2012

rand airshow 2012

Air dancing in the wintry skies Rand Airport is an aviation hub that is tucked in between a highway, a golf course, a lake and a massive international airport. During the week it buzzes- quite literally- with the efforts of student pilots, charter planes, helicopters and cargo carriers. This Sunday, May 20th, things will be a little different, as some of the most spectacular aerial display teams in the country will be taking to the Germiston skies at the Rand Airshow 2012. This year’s programme includes a mass radial-engine fly by, the EQSTRA Flying Lions, Slick 360 aerobatics. The L39 Albatross formation team, the Gabriel Pitts Special aerobatic team, the Douglas DC-3 Dakota, the Mazda aerobatic team and ribbon cut, a