Gripen

[praenoscere]

Hopefully soon our esteemed air force will be in possession of the new Gripen and thereby sadly saying goodbye to the trusted workhorse Mirage/ Cheetah .

I have had the fortunate experience of chatting to an American F15 pilot about the Gripen. His words were and I quote : " the Gripen is a nimble little fighter , but I prefer ammo and fuel"

What you say?

[Deanw]

You can't compare the two. Different aircraft of different generations for different roles.

[pointer41]

Sure thing, but you still need ammo and fuel.

[SebasW]

I prefer ammo and fuel

Not to be pessimistic, but the way the airforce if looking now I doubt that they could afford either of the two in any case.

[praenoscere]

Let's hope the NSAAF will have pilots to fly the Gripens once delivered - otherwise they might have to " outsource" tp get pilots - or will the cream from ZIM come to our aid(s)?

[phydeaux]

First Zim instructor landing a Gripen at Waterkloof

Maybe the first landing will look something like this one

http://www.crazy****.com/dc.php?type=medias&cid=5151

[praenoscere]

.....WELL FOR A ZIM INSTRUCTOR THAT WAS EXCELLENT!

[praenoscere]

Pity'ol Bob M was not in it!