Item N58593 - Pilot John Weston sitting at the controls of a Bristol Biplane. Note this was not the first flight in South Africa. On 28 December 1909 at East London the Frenchman Albert Kimmerling perfomed the first powered flight in South Africa. Note however some sources quote first flight was 1 January 2010. See book by John Illsley entitled “In Southern Skies”.

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Pilot John Weston sitting at the controls of a Bristol Biplane. Note this was not the first flight in South Africa. On 28 December 1909 at East London the Frenchman Albert Kimmerling perfomed the first powered flight in South Africa. Note however some sources quote first flight was 1 January 2010. See book by John Illsley entitled “In Southern Skies”.

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