Gripens over Cape Town

[ScottulusMaximus]

F*****g annoying. They can take SONA to another city.

Hawks are a whisper compared to a Gripen

 

[Pegging]

What is the point of flying them over CT for SONA?

What are we defending against?

 

[Gordon_R]

What is the point of flying them over CT for SONA?

What are we defending against?

Erm, it's a traditional form of salute:

Flypast - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Flypasts are often tied in with Royal or state events, anniversaries, celebrations - and occasionally funerary or memorial occasions.

 

[saor]

Something just burned overhead near Maitland.

 

[supersunbird]

Something just burned overhead near Maitland.

They coming to bomb away those Cape independence ideas...

Or for SONA...

Or for both...

 

[schuits]

Something just burned overhead near Maitland.

They ripped past us here in Kempton Park 2 days ago.

On a side note they weren't using their transponders, so my ADSB receiver didn't pick them up :-(

 

[Brawler]

Something just burned overhead near Maitland.

I also heard it.
Did you see it? Flight radar showed a 777 directly overhead but it sounded different.

 

[saor]

I also heard it.
Did you see it? Flight radar showed a 777 directly overhead but it sounded different.

Negative delta. We were running a ground op in sector 6 and had no visibility. Please update if you acquire correct bird ID.

 

[Agent_Smith]

Something just burned overhead near Maitland.

They coming to bomb away those Cape independence ideas...

Or for SONA...

Or for both...

Mining indaba maybe?

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Did you see it?

saw them in table view area, gripens again, oddly enough almost exactly 5 years to the day after the OP of this thread

was flying pretty low as one buzzed my house and I could see the fighter jet shaped shadow clearly on my paving as I turned around from my desk at home

on the school run 30min ago two of them were flying together over the school

 

[FiestaST]

I was in Century & heard lots of commotion.

 

[NR7]

Wish there were more airshows with jets

 

[schuits]

Wish there were more airshows with jets

I used to goto airshows in Europe. You name it, they were there. Amongst my favorite the apache, blue angels, AV-8B and the Chinook which is surprisingly maneuverable!

 

[Nerfherder]

Wish there were more airshows with jets

Saw this, looks cool

Book tickets for Stellenbosch Airshow 2024

 

[genetic]

Gripens been very busy over Cape Town today. Flying fast and low.

 

[Anthro]

Wish there were more airshows with jets

Tell them to bring back Virginia(KZN) Air show

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Wish there were more airshows with jets

https://www.airshowsa.org.za/pdf/upload_23%20January.pdf

Tell them to bring back Virginia(KZN) Air show

27 July this year according to the link above

 

[Anthro]

https://www.airshowsa.org.za/pdf/upload_23%20January.pdf

27 July this year according to the link above

That is EPIC, thought it had been completely canned by the organisers

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Can't believe the airforce still has working jets? Maybe they borrowed some from russia.

 

[Lupus]

Can't believe the airforce still has working jets? Maybe they borrowed some from russia.

Wouldn't be Gripens