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In 1965 there was an incident with a Sabre that landed on the road between Upington and Vryburg.
As I got the story, the Pilot was on a training flight, and got the wrong bearing from Johannesburg Information. He was expecting to see Pretoria below him, but it was just nothing, farms all the way and he was low on fuel.

He was then did landing on the national Highway with the Sabre, tried to Taxi to a farm House he saw. He got out of the plane, and start walking to the house. The Tannie who lived in the house run inside and locked everything. The Pilot was English speaking, fully dressed in his flight suite with the tannie only Afrikaans. She refused to open, but her husband arrived and assisted the pilot.

A C130 where than dispatched from Waterkloof with fuel as well as the Officer commanding Butch Bester, who flew the Sabre back too Waterkloof.

I have some foto’s I will scan as well as a newspaper clipping with the C-130 and the Sabre on the road.

Do anybody know about this ?

Will not work today, too many potholes

I recall reading something like this, think it was Sabre 377 on 25 January 1965.

Would like to see the photos and article.

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

Cannot fine it , but will keep looking. Can just remember I putted it at a place to find it easily again.

The photo is not the best, and I am trying to work it all out. The Sabre is quite small, but the C130 on a two lane national road, that is quite an achievement.

Didn't know about the C-130!

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How come every time my ship comes in, I'm at the airport?

Jip, the road was closed for 5km, the C-130 landed with ground crew, 44gal drums with fuel and Hobart.

All the schools closed early to come and look at it.

I think it was in an Ad Astra news paper supplement, still looking for it.

Would have had to be Paratus. Ad Astra only started in the early 1980s in newspaper format and did not have a supplement. Come to think of it I only remember Paratus supplements from the early/mid 1970s ....

Paratus was first called K(C)ommando, it started at the end of 1949 and the name changed to Paratus 1970-11.

Nearly every months edition in the 70's did have a newspaper like supplement.

I saw it on something like a news paper. already went thru all the Paratus supplement, nothing. Busy scanning the Ad Astra's, hopefully I will find it again-

http://www.saairforce.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10721

The old Ad-Astra's where also newspaper size.