Choppers:

At AAD AugustaWestland handed over the very first delivery of the Grand model to businessman David Mostert – his third AugustaWestland helicopter. Also on display was the A109 LUH SAAF no 4006 from the SA Air Force. While the latest helicopter from Anglo American Mining, the AW139 in an indigenous colour scheme was on static display outside the AugustaWestland display stand. This gave credibility to the statement by AugustaWestland that the Italian/United Kingdom concern is the premier supplier of rotorwing aircraft to Africa with 450 examples of all types in service throughout the continent. Eurocopter displayed the EC145 in its Africa debut and is marketed as a replacement for the Bk117. Other Eurocopter thoroughbreds on display were the EC120B, AS350B3 from the SAPS Air Wing, the popular EC135 and the EC130B4 Stylence in VIP configuration. The only other commercial helicopter on display was a bright yellow Bell 407 marketed by NAC based at Lanseria. The incredible Rooivalk arrived on Thursday afternoon 21 September 2006 and piloted by Barney Fourie who achieved the milestone of 1000 hours on rotary wing aircraft in the SAAF while en-route to Cape Town. In typical SAAF tradition the fire fighting vehicle was there to greed him with a dose of high pressure water. No 680 which made its public debut while at an airshow was placed on static display outside the DENEL display hall. This world class helicopter is on the preferred bidder list to equip Turkey. Throughout the week members of 16 Sqdn were seen in business suits as a testament to the professionalism of the Squadron.    

AugustaWestland Grand	AugustaWestland AW139
AugustaWestland A109 LUH SAAF
EC145	EC135
AS350B3	Bell 407
Rooivalk arrives	680 outside DENEL display hall