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Swartkop 2016

Place: Swartkop Air Force Base; Museum Air Show
Date: 7 May 2016

  • Aermacchi AM.3-Atlas Bosbok
  • French built Alouette III now part of the flying Air Force Museum
  • French built Alouette II now part of the flying Air Force Museum
  • SAAB JAS 39 Gripen of the South African Air Force
  • This Antonov AN2 has been flown across the globe; including to Russia and back
  • BAE Hawk Mk120 of the South African Air Force
  • A new Day dawns as everything is in place for the show to start
  • DeHavilland DH.115-Vampire
  • Dehavilland DH82A Tiger Moth
  • Denel-cheetah D-Dassault-Mirage 111 banking away
  • Denel cheetah-D Dassault Mirage111 doing a spectacular two wheel circuit and bump
  • Swedish built SAAB Gripen at sunset
  • Dornier DO27 STOL taking off
  • Extra 300 doing a 45 degree floating by
  • Extra 300 ZS-XSC with Nigel Hopkins with world acclaimed aerobatics pilot in the cockpit
  • Gyrocopters are regulars at local airshows
  • Mango Airlines's 737 with the Silver Falcons in their Pilatus P7s are crowd favorites.
  • Skidivers descending
  • Paraglider close-up
  • Pitts Special, Goodyear Team
  • SAAB Gripen evening performance
  • Lockheed Martin C-130B Hercules taking off
  • SAAB Gripen firing its flares
  • SAAB Gripen firing its flares