THE STELLENBOSCH AIRSHOW was held over two days: the Friday afternoon and the whole of Saturday on 26 and 27 March 2022.
Due to the remaining Covid restrictions, the airshow was limited to just 2000 ticket sales and these were snapped up long before the show opened.
With its mountain backdrop, Stellenbosch is one of the most beautiful airfields in the world, and the east facing crowd line is preferred by photographers. The Friday sundown flight by the Puma Flying Lions Harvards in the golden light of a perfect evening was unforgettable.
The Saturday programme was chock-a-block full and thankfully the fickle Cape weather provided a perfect autumn day.
The show day opened with the skydiving of a huge SA flag and was supposed to move on to a Silver Falcons display. Unfortunately, defence spending cuts has grounded the SAAF display team which was a disappointment to many – however SAAF precision flying was still provided by a 5-ship PC-7 Mark II SAAF team. It's interesting to note that the private sector has ably stepped into the gap of formation aerobatics with the Puma Flying Lions and Marksman Team. The SAAF did however also fly in a C47 TP Dakota and the Chief of the Air Force in an Oryx.
This story is from the April 2022 edition of SA Flyer Magazine.
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