Some airshow pics - Pretoria

[Ryan]

Some pictures below taken by Clifford3959 at a recent air show last weekend held at Zwartkop AFB in southern Pretoria.

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JAS 39 D Gripen rolling on take off

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JAS 39 D Gripen

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SAAF display team, Silver Falcons flying Pilatus PC-7

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JAS 39 D Gripen displaying undercarriage extended

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A blast from the past - Mirage III aka "Black Widow" - I have a thing for delta wing aircraft (Type retired from active service in 1986)

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PC-7 break formation

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Another blast from the past - Mirage F1 AZ (retired from active service in 1997

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Another blast from the past - C47 "Dakota" - not the old SAAF 5 sided markings and the old camo scheme.

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Another pic of the F1 AZ

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De Havilland Vampire - retired from active service in 1960, one of my favourite planes. Makes a strange almost whistling noise when in flight. The side-by-side cockpit layout is also unusual

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MB 326K - manufactured under licence in South Africa where it was known as "Impala" - pictured is the Mk II. This is also the former aircraft used by Silver Falcons display team (retired in 2005)

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T6 Texan or Harvard - SAAF used this as a trainer until 1995

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Some SAA B737's - more than likely flown by former SAAF pilots :)

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Another photo of Black Widow - the red helmet worn by the pilot identifies him as a 2SQN pilot (1 SQN wear yellow)

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Mirage F1AZ and III together

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Mirage F1AZ on power

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F1AZ and Mir III again

[666damned]

awesome pics...........top marks to the photographer

[pezza]

Great pix. esp of the Black Widow and those silver falcons. I missed out of the airshows this year but will try for some next year

[Mark 4]

Yea, good pics. Thanks for sharing.

[chris g]

Nice pictures...

[Ryan]

Alan - did you have a look at these?

[dinger1983]

i f**king hate airshows pain in the bloody arse iv had to work six of the things at raf leuchars