Absolutely fascinating..a must visit for Any aviation enthusiast .

5/5 Great outing for the family. Learn about the aviation history of South Africa while being up close to real planes and helicopter. Free entrance (but make a donation to support the upkeep). We decided to take a trip to this museum, and after driving for 4km on a very quiet road, just before we thought that we may be lost, it appeared in front of us. Museum has utilized every inch of space to provide information about the topic. Get up close to the engines, planes, weapons and view old uniforms. There is a hanger a small walk away from the museum building and if you ask nicely you may be able to see planes being restored. Recommended outing for the whole family.

Excellent place to visit considering it's free. The people there are very helpful and explain you with any questions and are very informative as well. A definite visit if you're near the airport. Do consider donating for their cause.

We had a wonderful trip down memory lane thanks to our experienced guide. He had some interesting facts and a good knowledge of the aviation history of SA. Very well preserved piece of our heritage. Well worth a visit if you are ever in the Port Elizabeth area.

The South African Air Force Museum houses exhibits and restores material related to the history of the South African Air Force. The museum is divided into three locations, AFB Swartkop outside Pretoria, AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town and at the Port Elizabeth airport.

Absolutely fantastic! Well maintained, beautiful displays and wonderful for the kids to be able to climb into a helicopter!

Amazing experience. The friends of the museum are enthusiastic and very knowledgeable. Will surely visit again

I enjoyed visiting the museum. There is a lot to see here. The spitfire is the highlight. If you are visiting on a hot day, make sure you dress cool as it is hotter in the hangars. I was sad to hear that the museum receives no government funding and relies on donations.

It was nice seeing the old and historic aircraft! The exterior is a bit neglected, perhaps because people don't pay entrance fees: just a free will donation. Nevertheless, the place is really worth a visit, it's a must if you go to PE! I loved it.

Lovely way to learn about our South African history and has great views of airplanes taking off.

A great learning experience. The kids particularly enjoyed the aircraft jungle gym. Reasonably priced items at the curio shop. Cap at R70 and R100 for a mug.

Most wonderful hidden gem in Port Elizabeth. There is some much history here. Kids, moms, dad's, everyone will love it. It is so well planned and laid out and the guys manning it on a volunteer basis are so knowledgeable, most of them ex servicemen. Don't miss this museum if you're a petrolhead or you enjoy history.

Woody and James are awesome, they have a real passion for the museum. Nice local history and wonderful exhibits. Pub and braai facility is a welcome addition and functions are always a pleasure

Only small (and a bit off the beaten track) but well worth a visit.

Friendly informative staff and the museum is well kept

Amazing history, well run.

Very nice Collection of airplanes and helicopter, very nice and welcoming guide

Very friendly staff. Would only recommend card facilities

Very educational, had a walkthrough with a friend of the museum, he was very knowledgeable and passionate. Museum has a great collection of old letters, official documents, photos, newspapers clippings, pilot note books, old flying instruction handbooks, and even historic pilot flying log books.

We were pleasantly surpised! Had a good time, lots of originals to see.

Beautiful nostalgic place . Planes if yesteryear . Totally enjoyed this place

Great experience, staff members so friendly and they know their SAAF history.

Awesome place to see with all the old aircrafts and history of the air force

So cool to see all the planes there

We are in Eastern Cape for 5 years now and we never knew that this place existed. The reason is that there are no advertising. Tis is a gem hidden away at the back of the airport. This was a great place to visit. You just need to advertise more.

Bring back nice memory

Completely discipointted as my 8 and 3 year old children were not even allowed to access the cockpits. Poor manager's display of attitude at the simulator where we were sternly prohibited to touch anything - Only to learn a week later that all was excessed by my daughter's friend. How disgusting for SAAF! Yes, go for a visit, but keep your donation small.

We were given a tour and were told the history behind each aircraft. Really interesting and my son loved climbing into the helicopter!

What a lovely experience. Lived in PE all my life and didn't know of this gem on my doorstep

Great experience for the kids and friendly staff.

It was awesome. Part of the Friends of the maseum.

Definately stop by if you are in the area. Entrance is free. There's much to see and read about in their display area including an art gallery. They have a separate hanger with the old Harvard, Bosbok and other old aircraft. They also have a souvenir shop where you can buy mugs, books, magazines, stickers, coins, and many more trinkets. Just make sure to show your support by dropong a donation before you leave.

Nice to reflect on the days gone by and what pilots had to face in their time

So much history and the people working there were so nice. You can spend a long time going through historical books, looking at the old aircraft and reading about the lives that people lived many years ago. You can also buy art, posters, books, etc to remember the lovely day you spent there.

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Educational , interesting , full of history, a must for aviation enthusiasts

I enjoyed the museum. Very nicely put

If you were in the army, you will appreciate this

Definitely worth viewing irrespective of passing by or if you live in PE. There's only 3 SAAF museum's in SA.

We need more of this, if you visit make sure to get talking to the curator's, they have stories galore.

The kids love it and it made nice party venue. Good facilities for a very reasonable price.

Informative and interesting. Excellent guide. Also inexpensive

Very interesting day out , lots of history , recommended!

Nice place with historical value, learn and have fun at museum

Golden nugget of what's left of our history. Hats off to the gents who keep it going. Loved the walk through and kids loved the cockpit. Thank you for your service!

has everything that u can learn abwt air force

Enjoyed it very much brought back memories of when I was in the SAAF.

Very entertaining. Nice place to chill as well . Lot of aviation history .

✨The South African Air Force Museum houses exhibits and restores material related to the history of the South African Air Force. The museum is divided into three locations, AFB Swartkop outside Pretoria, AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town and at the Port Elizabeth airport.....

We were so lucky to have someone that was willing to give us a quick talk about what is going on. It was so much better than it was if we had to read the wording. Thank you!!

An excellent outing with the family. All volunteers run by passionate people who really help bring the history of the planes to life. The museum is not huge but the collection is really interesting and well looked after.

A good alternative experience with a learning curve and its FREE entry. However there is a donation box, i reccomend tipping a few notes into it for the upkeep of the area etc.. The gentleman there are on a voluntary basis and very knowledgeable. Great getting to know some history of our air force.

Educational

Needs some work and a little improvement, and would be super... However, still a great visit... 😊

Really enjoyed our visit. Thanks Stompie for walking us through and sharing your knowledge. Loved the history. Would certainly recommend a visit

Most interesting

Very interesting

Very Interesting and informative.

Nice outing.

Very interesting and absolutely beautiful.

Great experience

With more funding, this place has the potential to be great! Very informative and the kids loved being able to climb into some of the aircrafts.

Interesting

Great

Only donations interesting planes to see

Brilliant trip into History, please remember to donate to the Museum

Very interesting and authentic

Good display and particularly strong on the social history and personal stories of those involved. The restoration hanger also worth looking in as you can get very close to the exhibits and the restoration in progress that you just can't in say RAF Duxford.

My kids loved it! Awesome simulator experience !

Our year end function was here.

It's small but very interesting, some of the pilot letters are hard to read because of the glass display but it's still interesting to see

Worth the visit great flying machines

Such friendly volunteers that can share such interesting stories.

Excellent! Kids had great experience - Knowledgable staff!

Hidden away behind Port Elizabeth International Airport.

The air museum gives a nice overview of the history of the SAAF from its inception. Small but interesting. There is a nice clubhouse and bar plus a theatre.these can be rented for private use. As with all facilities of this nature, drastically short of funding for upkeep and maintenance, it would be sad to loose part of the South African heritage.

There are few exhibits at the Port Elizabeth Airport branch of the museum because of the limited hangar space available. Static exhibits are housed in the original 42-Air School Air Gunnery Training Centre used during the Joint Air Training Scheme in World War II. Active restoration is being performed on a number of North American Harvards and there is a project to restore an Airspeed Oxford.[citation needed] One of the more unusual exhibits is a Jorg IV Skimmerfoil ground effect craft.

Excellent display, friendly and knowledgeable staff.

Verh neat and tidy. Very informative

Warm and welcoming atmosphere. People very friendly.

very cool little museum. a must visit with kids who are interested in flying

It was a great experience.

Always good