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ZS6PVW > AERO 06.01.08 07:01l 32 Lines 1197 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 15617_ZS6PVW
Read: GUEST DF9RY DK6RN
Subj: Re: Blast from the past !
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To : AERO@WW
ZS6PVW/TPK 1.83d Msg No:15617 Date:06-01-2008 Time:6:28 SAST (-2 for UTC)
Hello Ian and others.
>I caught a programme on TV a couple of months ago. It was about
>meteorology.
>
>It was an English Electric P1 Lightning. Something I had not seen for
>decades. The man explained that he was going to the edge of space courtesy
>of the South African Air Force which had a lot of these Lightnings.
>I know that there are aircraft still flying all over the world which are
>up to 60 years old but not in the military. I presume that the SAAF has
>fittedmodern electronics in the P1 but it is still nice to see a 50 year
>old British a/c still in use.
>Long live South Africa.
The SAAF does not operate these Lightnings. The Lightnings and other
aircraft, like Buccanears and Hunters, are owned by I think the guy's name
is Mike Beachyhead. These aircraft are flown from THUNDERCITY near CAPE
TOWN. The public can book flights in these aircraft, for example, R25000 to
fly in a Lighting and go supersonic over the sea. At THUNDERCITY they have
the only airworthy and flying Lightnings in the world....
Aero greetings.
Pieter
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