Cheetah: Guardians of the Nation African Aviation Series No. 23, Winston Brent

Cheetah: Guardians of the Nation African Aviation Series No. 23 | Winston Brent

From the 1981 SAAF Staff Requirement to replace the ageing Mirage III and F1 fleets, to the final withdrawal of the last Cheetah C in April 2008, this volume tells the full story of South Africa's most capable home-grown fighter aircraft.

Developed under sanctions and against considerable odds, the Cheetah represented a remarkable feat of local engineering and adaptation. Winston Brent traces its evolution through every variant, supported by colour and black-and-white photographs and five pages of detailed side drawings for modellers and aviation enthusiasts alike.

The definitive record of an aircraft that guarded South African skies for more than two decades.