Country Bibliographies

This is a guide to the most reliable, comprehensive and authoritative published sources for South African aircraft and aviation, both within South Africa and overseas. Suggestions for additional titles would be welcomed.

Additional titles covering South African aircraft types can be found in the Aircraft Types bibliography, and on South African air combat operations can be found in the Air Wars bibliography.

Further details on all the books listed here can be found in the 'Bookfile' shareware database of aviation books. For more information on 'Bookfile' click here.

A comprehensive survey of South African aviation and defence magazines is also available.

Aeroflight is member of the Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk Associates Programmes, and this means that many of the books listed here can be ordered directly from Amazon in the USA or UK, simply by clicking on the appropriate link. Readers from North America should click the blue links, readers from the UK and the rest of Europe should click the red links. Some titles may now be out of print, but Amazon will attempt to find a copy for you.

This guide is divided into:

• General Overviews
• Regional Studies
• The Aviation Industry
• Preserved Aircraft
• Civil Aviation
• Military Aviation
• Suggested Future Titles

Military Aviation

This guide covers the following organisations:

• South African Air Force (SAAF)
• South African Navy (SAN)