| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | 710 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Cessna 185 Skywagon |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Cessna 185 Skywagon (U-17) |
| Aircraft Version: | Cessna 185A Skywagon |
| C/n (msn): | 185-0312 |
| Operator Titles: | South Africa - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| Location: | In Flight |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Photo Date: | 29 May 1987 |
| Photo from: | Kjell O Granlund Collection |
| Photo ID: | 382695 |
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This is actually a SAAF formation. The Cessna served with the light aircraft squadrons of the SAAF. The Chipmunk was delivered to the RAF's Rhodesian Air Training Group at RAF Heany outside Bulawayo in then Southern Rhodesia in 1951. The following year it suffered a mishap and was stored before sold to South Africa where it was restored and flown by SAAF crews under the auspices of the SAAF Museum. Here seen en-route to a fly-in at Margate, in the then Natal. This photo was added on 12 August 2021, and has since been viewed 1119 times. |