Good one Craig

Retired Airline Pilot B737 Airbus 340 - British engineering, ahead of its time and an absolute beauty. Thank you for this video!

Muy buen avión fabricado en españa.❤🎉😮

Just insane, those two pipes ON TOP of eachother.....what a British BULLY!!! Always admired but never seen (or just missed?) on the continental airshows.

Rest in peace Mike beachy Head

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The Schackleton Symphony, opus 22.

Interesting. This video only got recommended to me today. Although this was already uploaded 11 years ago... And being a South African, the unfortunate yet very typical and relevant question popped into my head: How many, out of the original 26 gripens that where bought, are still air worthy today? Could we ward off an attack by any of our neighbors or worse yet, Terrorist cells within our borders? I mean, these jets are not the freshest anymore. They where delivered between 2008 and 2012. Let's say, the youngest of these jets is at least 12 years old already. Sure, IF they are being cared for and maintained and upgraded as they should, they should be able to go a long way still. But who knows if this has been done? I remember a time (+/- 10 years ago) when we would see two to three groups of gripens in formation, flying circles over the capital. I think the last time I saw, only a lone gripen, over our skies, was more than a year ago. Where are the others? Has the last one also died now? Our defense force really has become a sad state, thanks to gross mismanagement and neglect at the highest levels.

I am a teacher at Ladysmith High School and my nickname is Blokkies Joubert ( from the David Kramer song Hak hom Blokkies). My name is Verner van Schalkwyk and i am proud of our pilots in the airforce who often have to work under difficult conditions.

@ Puma @" Sit Down !!!

@ Thrust Pste @ Super Fantastic Invention. !!!!

Just watch that #Thrust Plate !!! @ wat a Boytjie !!??

Super puma = Superfrelon ?!!

Oryx = Super- puma

Kw thrust/kg @ Grippen/Shakelton/Dackelton ???

Brilliantly done Blokmies ,@'"wat a boytjie !!!😊

Such a handsome beautiful aeroplane, great video. May I ask what the music is

Jet fighter of Cold War was too much cool.

Awesome airplane, i remember the raw power, one of our best interceptors, love it.

In the hands of the ANC Army this chopper means nothing. 88 % of the ANC Air Force are useless...The very sad decline of the military under the ANC.

Nice!

Well ahead of its time! 😊 UK

In war thunder 🤡 its slower that the F-104 🤯😡

My father was an aeronautical engineer specialising in the design, development and testing of landing gear and the Lightening was the first military aircraft he was involved with and it is still my all time favourite fighter plane.

3:25 I have seen Duck tape in some interesting places, but here 😮

Brings back memories. Used to work on these.

While the Lightning IS amazing. The Americans had fighters equally fast, and could fly as high and did service in multiple countries and in war at about the same time frame.

So amazing, it took 15minutes from Swartkop AFB to Makhado AFB

i don't see any black folk

Our best jet fighter ever

Beautiful aircraft, love watching take off then go into a vertical climb.awesome.

Raf binbrook

😊🙏 First learned about the English Electric Lightning Jet Fighters from the Airfix model catalogue in the 1970s ... Still a command respect old Jet Fighter indeed! 🙏🌷🌿🌏💜🕊🇬🇧

In 2011 we had 4 flying with another 10 undergoing a “ build to operate” phase, with the remaining 10 to be in over the next few years to bring two full squadrons (12 jets each) into existence. In 2023, we only have 2 available for flight. Go figure……

I laughed when I saw the cockpit cam and realized this thing is just being held together with tape and bubble gum.

Where is the take off??

That black Lightning used to be painted white until apartheid ended!

Overlaying and syncing the in cockpit to ground flyby views and sound is a really nice touch

The Lighting is such an awesome looking aircraft. Painting it in gloss black just makes it evil and awesome. Well done to the restoration team.

""Man what a fine beauty. ♥️ 💪

See you soon! Can't wait!

I'm so Proud off you!!Proud to call you a true friend!!!You are the best asset Emirates can ever have!!!

Music?

A joy to watch! B3st thing since canned beer. 1:58

What a fantastic plane that is.

From last update online: “Hangar 51 Aviation, which operates some aircraft in South Africa at Port Elizabeth, purchased a handful of the ex-Thunder City airframes in late 2021, however, ZU-BBD remains unsold”.

The Lightening.... The Beauty and the Beast... Beautiful Beautiful Aircraft

I had planned to fly down to SA to fly in the T model Lightning until the accident. Damn shame.

This plane would not look that out of place in service today.

Thanks for posting. I live close enough to hear the exhaust popping as he pulls back on the power on landing. Awesome sight and sound.