Pictures: 1960 – 1969

Beechcraft D18S ZS-BVR
The aircraft was written off at Balfour 12 February 1967
Photograph: Frits Boer
Date on reverse of photo is 1964
de Havilland DH.114 Heron ZS-DLO
Photograph: Frits Boer.
Date on reverse of photo is 1964
de Havilland DH.114 Heron ZS-DLO
Photograph: Frits Boer.
Date on reverse of photo is 1964
South African Airways Boeing 707, ZS-CKD “Cape Town”, performing a low-level fly-past at the Baragwanath Air Show, 24 June, 1967.
Photograph: Frits Boer
South African Airways Boeing 707, ZS-CKD “Cape Town”, performing a low-level fly-past at the Baragwanath Air Show, 24 June, 1967.
Photograph: Frits Boer
South African Airways Boeing 707, ZS-CKD “Cape Town”, performing a low-level fly-past at the Baragwanath Air Show, 24 June, 1967.
Photograph: Dave Milne
Zlin Z-226T ZS-EID with “Nick” Turvey at the Baragwanath Air Show 24 June 1967 Roland Archer Nicholas Turvey (16 November 1931-26 March 2006)
Photograph: Frits Boer
Breezy ZS-UDH at the Baragwanath Air Show 24 June 1967. The inscription on the tail reads “finn der Merwe”
Photograph: Frits Boer
Breezy ZS-UDH at the Baragwanath Air Show 24 June 1967. The inscription on the tail reads “finn der Merwe”
Photograph: Frits Boer
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth c/n 84997 ZS-DGA “Wing Walker” at the Air Display at Baragwanath Aerodrome, 24 June 1967.
Photograph: Frits Boer collection
African Mirror Newsreel of the 24 June 1967 Baragwanath Air Display
Baragwanath Air Display Programme
22 June 1968
Baragwanath Air Display Programme
26 July 1969

Harold Macmillan visits Baragwanath

On 28 January 1960 British Prime Minister Maurice Harold Macmillan landed at Baragwanath Airport on his African tour.