An air show scene showing the Silver Falcons and Gooney Bird in action.

An armoured Personnel Carrier on show.

The USAForce's Boeing C-17A GlobemasterIII_6925 paying a visit.

The Cessna Caravan is used to drop free fall para-bats.

The GoodYear Pitts Specials are a very familiar sight at shows.

Enter the revamped DC-3 dubbed "Gooney Bird". It was especially preparing in the Silver Falcons livery and was only finished by August 2012. Sadly, it crashed while flying over the Drakensberg mountains. It was not supposed to have been there. Would the truth ever out?

OneTime's 737 flying in to entertain the crowds. One Time was a low-cost airline that sadly went out of business.

A paraglider preparing his sail for motor gliding.

Another paratrooper preparing for landing.

The paratroopers are coming in.

The Silver Falcons aerobatics team flying a daring manoeuvre in their Pilatus Astra planes. The Pilatus PC-7 airplanes are Swiss built and used as trainers by many countries.

The Ratel is a basic infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) built locally and used by the South African National Defence Force's mechanized infantry battalions. Seen here is the Ratel 20, named after its turret mounted 20mm rifle.

The Rooikat is an 8 wheeled locally developed artillery system. Utilized by the SANDF, it is also worldwide acclaimed.

One of the SAAF's South African built Rooivalk attack helicopters on static display.

The Swedish built Saab JAS-39 Gripen of the SAAF flying a very loud item at the show.

The SAAF's Silver Falcons aerobatics team flying a formation with a South African Airways Boeing 737.