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Taken at Swartkops in 1997.
"Inkwazi" 7001, photographed at Swartkops in 1997.
Photographed in 1997 at Swarkops.
The first prototype flew in 1937, the T6G had a top speed of 341 kmh
at sea level with an operational ceiling
of 6500m.
A batch of 9 Mk I's were delivered between 1940 and 1942, and the SAAF
took delivery of their first batch of Harvard Mk II's in 1942, with deliveries
continuing until four Harvards were purchased from the Belgian Air Force
in 1961.
The SAAF operated a number of variants, including the MkII (Designated
in the US as AT-6C), Mk III's (designated in the US as AT-6D or SJN-4)
and the T-6G, the rebuilt version of World War II vintage machines.
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