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STELLENBOSCH AIR SHOW
SA Flyer Magazine
|April 2024
The Western Cape does not get as many airshows as the Joburg area - which is a shame as it has great airshow performers and one of the best venues in the world for a flying club airshow.
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THIS YEAR’S AIR SHOW was held over the Friday and Saturday preceding the Easter weekend.
A unique first on the Friday featured a Flying Lions’ sunset show flown to live music from the whole tutti of the Stellenbosch Philharmonic Orchestra. They performed many well-known aviation movie themes, including Nini Rosso’s very moving - Il Silenzio. There was many a damp eye wiped on a sleeve. https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=_s5-0cUCQOQ
The biggest drawback of hosting an airshow in the Cape is fickle weather. On the Saturday morning there was rain and low-lying mist. This lifted to become a solid cloud base at around 1000 ft, which meant all the aerobatic performances had to be ‘flat’. Other Cape air shows have had to contend with 30-knot winds, most notably the SAAF airshow at Langebaan a few years ago.
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