HISTORY OF THE JS

A Revelation indeed!

UYS JONKER
At the 10th anniversary of the JS1 Revelation, the Jonker brothers share their tale about how the dream of two young boys came true.  They developed a world class sailplane, barely 100 years after the Wright brothers cemented their names in history in the same manner!

Jonker Sailplanes.... a family affair Attie Jonker in the font of the Ka7 with his boys

The creation of a dream.

Brothers and aviation… a proven recipe amongst a few renowned pioneers… In the late 1700’s the Montgolfier brothers were the first humans to leave the face of the earth in their hot air balloon.  In 1903 the Wright brothers made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft.  Then in the new millennium, in 2006, the Jonker Brother’s JS1 Revelation does its maiden flight. 

Almost ten years after the first JS1, the Jonker brothers delivers their 100th sailplane.  The path to this milestone came with lots of obstacles, but that only gave this one of a kind South African sailplane company, more reason to strive in creating one of the world’s best gliders!

Uys landing the 100th JS1 Revelation after the successful test flight on 10 December 2015