Gripen
 

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?

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

Sure thing, but you still need 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.:rolleyes:

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)?

First Zim instructor landing a Gripen at Waterkloof
 

Maybe the first landing will look something like this one:O

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

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

Pity'ol Bob M was not in it!