Springbok Aviation

23/11/2024

Our last scenic flight for 2024! Come fly with Capt. Flippie Vermeulen in the beautiful Beechcraft 18 ZS-OIJ.

22/11/2024

🎉✈️ Happy Birthday, Petro van Wyk! ✈️🎉

Today, we celebrate an incredible woman who is the backbone of Springbok Air Academy! Your hard work, dedication, and leadership keep our flight schools running smoothly every single day. You play a vital role in shaping the future of aviation. 🚀

14/11/2024

Are you thinking of becoming an aviator? Look no further! Book an intro flight with us today! [email protected]

13/11/2024

BAIE trots op julle!!

11/11/2024

What an amazing opportunity to have been there when it happened!!! Well done!!!

I have been slowly working my way through the images I took on my trip to chase Comet C/2023 A3 in the dark skies of the Northern Cape near the end of October... I still have a few left to finish processing.

Here is a twilight shot of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinsan-ATLAS) setting over the town of Petrusville, luckily above the cloud bank that was running along the horizon for most of the afternoon... I'm really happy I managed to catch the comet's anti-tail this far along after it made its way around the sun.

The anti-tail is the apparent spike projecting from the comet's coma which seems to go towards the Sun, and thus geometrically opposite to the other tails: the ion tail and the dust tail. Despite a common misunderstanding, this phenomenon is not an optical illusion. The anti-tail consists of larger dust particles left behind by the comet. These dust particles are less affected by the Sun's radiation pressure and tend to remain roughly in the comet's orbital plane and eventually form a disc along the comet's orbit due to the ejection speed of the particles from the comet's surface. As Earth passes through the comet's orbital plane, this disc is seen side on and appears as the characteristic spike.

11/11/2024

It's time for our ever popular Planes, Trains and Automobiles Hobby Fair.

30 November 2024

09:00 - 14:30

Adults R 50
Children R 30


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09/11/2024

Another solo! Congratulations to Emmerich Bason on his initial solo flight. We are extremely proud of you! ✈️🎉

Want to start flying and become an aviator? Book an intro flight with us by sending an email to [email protected]

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06/11/2024

Happy Birthday to Maryna Vermeulen! 🎉 As the wonderful wife of Captain Flippie Vermeulen, Maryna plays a vital role in the background, keeping everything running smoothly and supporting us all the way. We appreciate you more than words can say, Maryna! May your special day be as amazing as you are! 🥳💐

02/11/2024

A most sincere thank you to all my friends who remembered my birthday! It really means a lot to me!! Big thank-you!!

AL my vriende!!! BAIE dankie vir die verjaarsdag wense!!!

Flippie

01/11/2024

Springbok Vliegskool Deel 4 wens vir André Coetsee baie geluk met die suksesvolle voltooiing van sy Graad C (3) Gyrocopter Instrukteurs-gradering! Welgedaan, Andrè! ✈

Baie dankie aan Kaptein J***y De Jager vir sy professionele en kundige opleiding.

Droom jy ook daarvan om te vlieg?

Kontak ons by 📧 [email protected] of besoek 🌐 www.springbokvliegskool.co.za

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31/10/2024

Happy Birthday to our inspiring CEO, Capt. Flippie🎉. Your passion, vision, and leadership continue to elevate us to new heights. Wishing you a fantastic year filled with blue skies, smooth journeys, and boundless success. Here’s to many more years of leading us onward and upward!

25/10/2024

Well done!! Proud of you!!

25/10/2024

Well done!!!

Springbok Air Academy has sent another future aviator solo! This time, it was David Nkhoma. We are extremely proud of your progress, David. Keep up the good work!

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24/10/2024

Springbok Air Academy has sent another future aviator solo! This time, it was David Nkhoma. We are extremely proud of your progress, David. Keep up the good work!

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15/10/2024

Springbok Air Academy would like to congratulate Sylvester Kahilu on his excellent performance. Sylvester completed all his exams with an average of 90% and achieved 100% for Navigation and Human Performance. He also achieved his initial solo at 13 hours, all this within six weeks. We are extremely proud of your progress, Sylvester. Keep it up!

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12/10/2024

I would like to see how they get in and out of the aerie!!!

Our "shortest" student and instructor, towering at 6ft4, stands proudly beside our C150 ZS-IOP, after a training flight.

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12/10/2024

Our "shortest" student and instructor, towering at 6ft4, stands proudly beside our C150 ZS-IOP, after a training flight.

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