Spitfire Restoration Project - Friends of the SAAF Museum

Spitfire Restoration Project - Friends of the SAAF Museum Welcome to the Friends of The SAAF Museum's Spitfire Restoration Project. Welcome to the Spitfire Restoration Project.

Spitfire 5518 arrived in South Africa in 1947 and served in the Cape and at Waterkloof Air Force Base before being decommissioned. She then served as a gate guard at Waterkloof for a number of years. In the early 1990s the South African Air Force Museum motivated the restoration of an iconic Spitfire to flying condition to serve as the star attraction at Air Force Air Shows to promote the Air Forc

e and aviation amongst the youth. 5518 took to the skies in 1994 as 5553 "The Spirit of Reutech". Unfortunately she crashed at an air show at Zwartkop in 2000 and was consigned to a container. Ian Grace and Col Tony Smit (a former Officer Commanding and intimately involved with the first restoration), over the past few years, started lobbying for Spitfire 5518 to be rebuilt. After a number of presentations to the Museum Council, the go ahead was given to the Pretoria Branch of the Friends of the South African Air Force Museum to manage the project on behalf of the South African Air Force Museum in October 2014. Trading as: South African Aviation Foundation Museum NPV: 016-007 NPO

One more sleep before the annual SAAF Museum Air Show! Will we see you there? 🚁 🪂 🛩️Get your tickets via Computicket: ht...
05/06/2026

One more sleep before the annual SAAF Museum Air Show! Will we see you there? 🚁 🪂 🛩️

Get your tickets via Computicket: https://computicket.com/event/south-african-air-force-museum-airshow-2026/ab64d21b-67de-4235-bf41-4256c76610d9?fbclid=IwY2xjawSPsZRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeZAaEkUE2pmacSKhl28XfO1uWyzlTo_pKAmpRbWMbxWmt1CQT5UaMIiu6ZpQ_aem_5zHORCcbDFTG4RyCc0Jj_A

Join us for the South African Air Force Museum Airshow 2026 on June 6, 2026 (07:00?17:00). Set at the South African Air Force Museum in Valhalla, Pretoria, t...

We've got a surprise for you! 🍷 If you're joining us at tomorrow's SAAF Museum Air Show, we'll be selling awesome mercha...
05/06/2026

We've got a surprise for you! 🍷 If you're joining us at tomorrow's SAAF Museum Air Show, we'll be selling awesome merchandise. Caps, shirts, Spitfire prints, keyrings and more! We will also have exclusive collector's wine on sale, made especially for the Project.

A massive thank you to André Roux and the team at Fairview Wine and Cheese for making this happen! All sales will go towards the restoration of Spitfire 5518.

We hope to see you there! 🎉
For tickets to the Air Show, visit https://computicket-boxoffice.com/e/south-african-air-force-museum-airshow-2026-ls5iXw.

SAVE THE DATE! This year's SAAF Museum Air Show takes place on Saturday, 6 June. We hope to see you there!
25/05/2026

SAVE THE DATE! This year's SAAF Museum Air Show takes place on Saturday, 6 June. We hope to see you there!

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Time to throttle up our fundraising efforts! 👕 🙌🏻 We’ve officially joined forces with M.A.D Clothing to bring you some ...
21/04/2026

Time to throttle up our fundraising efforts! 👕 🙌🏻

We’ve officially joined forces with M.A.D Clothing to bring you some fantastic new Project merch.

You can find us over at their Affiliate Projects Shop. Since MAD is an affiliate partner, every item you buy from their shop will send funds directly into the Project to finalise our restoration hangar.

What merchandise can you buy?

- Hoodies, long sleeved and short-sleeved T-shirts plus Golf shirts
- Mugs, mouse pads and desk pads

Visit the shop here: https://madcorporategifts.co.za/affiliate-projects-shops/

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