Spin Posted October 2, 2011 Posted October 2, 2011 A friend sent me these, taken at the Waterkloof Airshow in South Africa yesterday. Must say, I always enjoy the mixed formations and the big iron. Reminds me, surely Amberley must be coming around for an airshow again soon? Harvard Formation Old and new, pity they didn't put up the Mirage 111 as well Local variant of the PC-7, Harvard and B737 3
Guest JRMobile Posted October 2, 2011 Posted October 2, 2011 Congratulations to jjphoto - great pics, thanks for sharing spin:thumb_up:
dazza 38 Posted October 2, 2011 Posted October 2, 2011 I doubt Amberley will be coming up soon. I was there for 10 years.One washed out,in that time. Money has gone into the war effort.
Guest Maj Millard Posted October 2, 2011 Posted October 2, 2011 Is that a Mirage F1 at top of the 2nd photo ??..............................................................Maj...
Owi Posted October 2, 2011 Posted October 2, 2011 Is that a Mirage F1 at top of the 2nd photo ??..............................................................Maj... Yes it is, Maj. Well spotted. I see they also have a SAAB Viggen or Gripen there at the bottom too. The Mirages are legendary jet fighters.
Spin Posted October 2, 2011 Author Posted October 2, 2011 Well spotted gents, the Saab Gripen is a relatively new acquisition for the SAAF, a replacement for the Mirage F1's and Cheetahs (a local development of the Mirage 111, similar and to a degree related to the IAI Kfir). There is a bit of interesting history behind that F1 as well, the only one left flying in SA - it was re-engined with a Russian Klimov jet, as used in the Mig 29, giving it quite a bit more thrust and potentially making it attractive to other airforces such as Libya which have a mix of Dassault and various Russian jets in their airforces.
Spin Posted October 2, 2011 Author Posted October 2, 2011 A few more that arrived last night, attack chopper is a locally developed Rooivalk (translates as Redhawk),
davebutler Posted October 3, 2011 Posted October 3, 2011 The Waterkloof show was always a good one. Nice pic's thanks Spin The SAAF museum boys can give the Vampire a new coat of Dayglo:thumb_up:
Spin Posted October 3, 2011 Author Posted October 3, 2011 Yeah I have good memories of the shows there - not of that red dust though, it could give the red centre a run for its money on a bad day. I ended up finagling an invite to the after party at a show there about 10 years ago, one where they had the Nimrod, B-1, Tornados, F-15, 16's and 18s plus a whole assortment of tankers and transports etc from all over the world. It was a bit of an eye opener how security had loosened up since the bad old days - we ended up crossing the apron and the runway at about 1am in a minibus, in a bid to find a short cut back to the parked cars. An abiding memory is of the driver wrenching the wheel to avoid colliding with an antenna protruding from beneath the belly of the B-1, imagine having to fill out that claim form! "Errr I hit a nuclear bomber with my minibus" Agreed on the Vampire dayglo - horrible stuff to work with though!
Guest Maj Millard Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Probabily illegal to use now that Dayglo paint !......................................Maj...
Suitman Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 That Rooivalk was at the 2007 Avalon Airshow I believe - it gave us an impressive flying display! Peter
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