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Other SB39 is 3925.

The perils of taking at 500mm in midday sun with extreme heat haze - anyway, for the record....

Gripen 3925 :

147A1173 - 800 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

Hawk 259

147A1204 - 800 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

Hawk 267

147A1190 - 800 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

And shortly thereafter, Il-76TD EX-76107

147A1217 - 800 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

I think for the first time in my life I saw a Gripen out for night time practice? Been in PTA and close to FAWK for almost 30 years. Did a couple loops and then went to land again at around 7:15PM

They spent the week buzzing around doing night intercepts on the PC-7 Mk2. Practicing no doubt for G12 later this year.

These are from 19 September after the parade :

Hawk 267 :

147A1543 - 2000 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

147A1531 - 2000 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

Hawk 259 :

147A1474 - 2000 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

Hawk 260 :

147A1450 - 2000 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

147A1459 - 2000 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

Gripen C 3925 :

147A1496 - 2000 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

147A1501 - 2000 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

Earlier on the same day :

Il-76TD EX-76017 departing FAWK over Rietvlei :

147A1316 - 2000 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

CASA C-212 4020 :

147A1428 - 2000 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

On 22 September, Herky #401 was buzzing around :

147A1547 - 2000 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

147A1552 - 2000 by Malcolm Reid, on Flickr

Apologies for large size - should have resized to 800 pixels ...

Awesome photos!

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