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Polokwane Airshow 2005 E-mail
Written by Anton Dyason - IPMS SA Media Group   
Saturday, 02 July 2005
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Top photos: C.Hugo, A. Dyason.

The Polokwane Airshow was presented to the general public from Friday 21 May to Saturday 22 May 2005. This report features the activities of the Saturday as it was impossible to attend both display days. The airshow formed part of the International Transport convention hosted by the Limpopo Province (formerly Northern Province) with Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg) as it’s capital.

The Polokwane Airshow was presented to the general public from Friday 21 May to Saturday 22 May 2005. This report features the activities of the Saturday as it was impossible to attend both display days. The airshow formed part of the International Transport convention hosted by the Limpopo Province (formerly Northern Province) with Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg) as it’s capital.

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Photographer nightmare - overcast weather for most part of the display routines on Saturday .
The organisers went to great lengths to organise a world class convention with everything well laid out and organised. There were even taxis to transport the visitors to and from the entrance gates to the large semi prepared surface, car park. The entrance fee was rather excessive, being R50! No doubt the entrance fee and the Super 12 International rugby game had a very negative influence on the attendance figurers. Which is rather disappointing as the display pilots performed spectacular routines despite the low cloud base experienced in the morning. And for the best part the SAAF displayed a large number of aircraft ranging from fighter aircraft, transport aircraft to helicopters. Fortunately the weather cleared in the afternoon with the lazy sun lightening up the various colours of the displaying aircraft.


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