{"id":17328,"date":"2021-09-13T08:57:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T08:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clippingpointmedia.co.za\/clients\/brakpan-airfield.ancorathemes.com\/?page_id=17328"},"modified":"2024-06-23T18:21:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T16:21:37","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clippingpointmedia.co.za\/clients\/brakpan-airfield\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Nestled in the heart of Ekurhuleni, the Brakpan Aero Club has its home at the Brakpan-Benoni airfield and has a history dating back to<\/span>\u00a0its establishment in 1928.\u00a0<\/span>Central to the Brakpan, Benoni, Springs, and Boksburg metro, this airfield is well situated\u00a0<\/span>for business people visiting the East Rand area.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>
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At a distance of only 17 kilometres from OR Tambo International Airport, the location of the airfield provides<\/span>\u00a0a central point of transfer for local flights.<\/span><\/div>
The beautifully renovated clubhouse <\/span>boasts a restaurant, lounge, pub and outside braai area.\u00a0<\/span>With a view onto the apron and runway, this airfield is a dream for any aviation<\/span>\u00a0enthusiast.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>
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The tarred runway is 1440m excluding the 180m stop-ways at both ends and\u00a0<\/span>heading 18\/36.\u00a0<\/span>There are presently three flight schools at the airport, jointly training some 120 new\u00a0<\/span>pilots per year.\u00a0<\/span>Many commercial and air transport pilots are also trained here and quite a number\u00a0<\/span>of airline captains had their tutelage at Brakpan Airfield.\u00a0<\/span>The chief flight instructor Mr Seymore Lugg, known to most as \u2018Sluggy\u2019, has been\u00a0<\/span>involved at the airfield since 1961 and is a legend in the aviation fraternity.<\/span><\/div>
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With all the hustle and bustle of ongoing training and business conducted at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the airfield, Brakpan Airfield is still a place where families can gather under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the trees and enjoy the sights and sounds of the airfield while enjoying a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hearty breakfast from the restaurant or a braai on a weekend. After some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flying action, it is a great place to hang out with flying friends.<\/span><\/span><\/div>
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The committee at Brakpan Aero Club has been successful at uplifting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the airfield and organising events, to attract visitors from across the country to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>beautiful airfield. New hangars have been erected, and the club has acquired many new pilots and interesting aircraft.<\/span><\/span><\/div>
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As a bonus to the club, there is a beautiful fenced swimming pool for those\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hot summer days and for all to enjoy after all the flying!\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Family, flying, and camaraderie at the airfield, are central to the ambiance, and many inclusive events are held.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>
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The Brakpan Aero Club looks forward to welcoming you!<\/span><\/span>

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service for you Who we are Nestled in the heart of Ekurhuleni, the Brakpan Aero Club has its home at the Brakpan-Benoni airfield and has a history dating back to\u00a0its…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17328","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clippingpointmedia.co.za\/clients\/brakpan-airfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clippingpointmedia.co.za\/clients\/brakpan-airfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clippingpointmedia.co.za\/clients\/brakpan-airfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clippingpointmedia.co.za\/clients\/brakpan-airfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clippingpointmedia.co.za\/clients\/brakpan-airfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17328"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/clippingpointmedia.co.za\/clients\/brakpan-airfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20306,"href":"https:\/\/clippingpointmedia.co.za\/clients\/brakpan-airfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17328\/revisions\/20306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clippingpointmedia.co.za\/clients\/brakpan-airfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}