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Vintage aircrafts

Summer Jacobs|Published

A Douglas DC-3 Dakota. The aircraft has a wing span of 28.9 metres and a cruising speed of 296km/h at optimum altitude.

On Wednesday, September 23, the Air Force Base (AFB) Ysterplaat gave the public a chance to view vintage aircrafts in honour of Heritage Day on Thursday September 24.

Captain Leo-Martyn Heymans and Candidate Officer Chrystabell Dixon were stationed at the Westland Wasphelicopter.