Spitfire Restoration
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The Spitfire Restoration Project Friends of the SAAF Museum is working on restoring #Spitfire5518. We need your support! #Spitfire #warbird #Aviation 🇿🇦
Centurion, South Africa
Joined July 2017
📢✈️🚁 Save the Date!! The SAAF Museum's annual Air Show is on Saturday, 3 May 2025! Wings of Legacy. https://t.co/DMvbuT22I0
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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! 🌭
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✈️ 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:
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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
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🇬🇧 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
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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. https://t.co/n9NnBlCWqV
#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.
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🛩️ #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
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Thank you @defenceWeb_Afr for publishing our latest update on the restoration hangar! Read the article here: https://t.co/08JPJNfM22
#spitfire #restoration #aviation #avgeeks
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The Spitfire Restoration Project (SRP) underway at what was Air Force Base (AFB) Swartkop, now Air Force Mobile Deployment Wing (AF MDW), is making progress
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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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Latest update on our restoration hangar! 🛩️ We can't wait until it's completed to start working on #Spitfire 5518. Donations are welcome! 🫡 https://t.co/ONpYsv9VQu
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We're making excellent progress with the construction of our hangar! 👏🧱🚧 https://t.co/ONpYsv9VQu
#spitfire #restoration #southafrica #donate 🇿🇦
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📢✈ Save the Date!! The SAAF Museum's annual Air Show is on Saturday, 3 May 2025! Wings of Legacy. 🚁 Get your tickets at Computicket! https://t.co/DMvbuT1uSs
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