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South Africa 03/09-20/09, a selection

Post by Stephan Lodewijks »

Two weeks of big fun and lots to see in South Africa. 8)

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Congratz, I think you made some very nice shots. 8)
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Great photo`s the shell hunter is awesome and so does the Mirage too :D
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Post by Basman »

Great pics of some great planes Stephan. That first Dak looks rather 'modified'. Definitely a country on my 'to-do' list, both for aircraft and nature. By the way, great South African Lightning shots in your other topic!

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Post by Maarten »

Some nice pics. you got there 8)
The mirage and Grippen are great
Keep them coming :wink:

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Re: South Africa 03/09-20/09, a selection

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Stephan Lodewijks wrote:Image
So I seriously missed something :? The Gripens are flying already!? That is great, lovely to see one of these!

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Post by Flanker27 »

really nice selection.
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ehusmann wrote:So I seriously missed something :? The Gripens are flying already!?
Yes, we went to SA unprepared, so we were surprised as well. We saw 01, 02, 03 and 04 at Ysterplaat airshow. We were told they are all being flown by Swedish crew.

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ehusmann wrote:So I seriously missed something :? The Gripens are flying already!? That is great, lovely to see one of these!

Erwin
On April 30th, the South African Air Force received and accepted its first new Gripen fighter aircraft opening a new chapter in the forces modernisation and transformation. South Africa has ordered 26 modern Gripen fighters for its front-line air defence and fighter requirement – 9 dual-seat and 17 single-seat.

check this link for additional info about the offical handover on the first day of the biennial Africa Aerospace and Defence show at Ysterplaat AFB on the 17th of september.

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Post by ehusmann »

Thanks a lot, so it seems it is not weird I missed it. I just happened recently. In that case Stephan was extra lucky!

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he took a picture of the newest one ... and that is quite nice ;) Great picture :D
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Post by Flygvapnet_Viggen »

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Wow! Great selection here! All very good shots; sharp and good exposure.
Composition could have been better sometimes, but thats something you cannot always master yourself.......

The Mirage and Gripen are great
:agree: And I wanna add the 3rd and 11th pic :!: :wink:

And indeed these 4 Gripens (01,02,03,04) are already active in the SAAF. The 5th one (05) I saw this wednesday at Linköping-Saab at the SAAB factory!

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Stephan,

Interesting pictures! Did you make a picture of the second K-8 present? Did you also noted the c/n of the K-8s?
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Arnold ten Pas wrote:Stephan,

Interesting pictures! Did you make a picture of the second K-8 present? Did you also noted the c/n of the K-8s?
Yes, here 's a picture of the second one.

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Unfortunately no construction numbers...couldn't get close enough.

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Post by Thermal »

Wow great pics, the SAAF still has some diverse hardware.
Specially like the dubble Cougar shot.

Also missed the Gripen memo BTW
Great to see them flying. Now let´s hope the next ones have KLu roundels :twisted:
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