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Post by Bearcat on May 23, 2009 14:32:54 GMT 12
SA Police Pilatus PC-6 ZS-NIV  |
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Post by Bearcat on May 23, 2009 14:34:30 GMT 12
Dak ZS-DIW  |
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Post by Bearcat on May 23, 2009 14:36:43 GMT 12
Puma ZS-HIZ  |
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Post by stu on May 24, 2009 13:28:31 GMT 12
Extra 300L's of the "Mazda Zoom Zoom Team" ZS-OLR & ZS-PWL (pic taken late on Saturday during their practise) Stunning photo .... of course the rest are great as well  |
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Post by corsair67 on May 24, 2009 14:50:56 GMT 12
Love that scheme on the SAAF Silver Falcon team PC-7s - have you got any other shots showing that colour scheme up close?
The SA Police have a varied fleet of aircraft. What is the Porter used for?
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2009 17:28:54 GMT 12
How many aerobatic teams does one nation need?  Great shots BC! Superb! And I agree with Craig, what a fascinating assortment of aircraft! Loving the MD500 ;D |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 24, 2009 21:22:19 GMT 12
Great photos!!
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Post by Bearcat on May 25, 2009 9:44:50 GMT 12
I am lucky... My home base, Rand Airport has 9 aerobatic/formation teams  Flying Lions: 5 x Harvards Gabriel Aerobatic Team: 4 x Pitts, 1 x Extra 300, 1 x Zlin 50, 1 x J3 Cub Wesbank Wizard: 3 x Pitts Mazda Zoom Zoom: 2 x Extra 300 Yak Formo Team: 4 x Yak 52's Chipmunk Team: 3 x Chipmunks Albatros Team: 3 x Piaggio P-166S Classique Aviation: 3 x Tiger Moths North West Eagles: 2 x Extra 300's Pretty much every weekend one can see at least one, usually several.. of the teams practising. They dont do aeros over the airfield but always return to Rand in formation and then do the break overhead. As well as all the teams, there are many other aerobatic aircraft based at Rand and sometimes they join in with the returning formations so its not uncommon to see mixed formations of Extras, Zlins, Yaks etc The only team that I can think of which is not based at Rand is the Silver Falcons which are based in the Cape. With respect to the Police PC-6 Porters ... the cops have about 10 of them and they are used on routine patrols when additional loiter time/longer distances are required. In addition, they assist the Airforce during search and rescue operations. |
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Post by Bearcat on May 25, 2009 9:53:55 GMT 12
Falcon 3  |
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Post by Bearcat on May 25, 2009 10:09:44 GMT 12
Falcon 4  |
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Post by Bearcat on May 25, 2009 10:11:13 GMT 12
Cont from previous page... Silver Falcon top side scheme  |
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Post by Bearcat on May 25, 2009 10:13:22 GMT 12
Silver Falcons underside scheme  |
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Post by Naki on May 26, 2009 13:36:23 GMT 12
Nice pics and those PC-7s look great in that livery
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Post by Bearcat on Jun 8, 2009 7:40:51 GMT 12
Harvard ZU-AOZ which belongs to the Harvard Club of SA flying at Springs (FASI) on Saturday.  |
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Post by corsair67 on Jun 8, 2009 12:41:57 GMT 12
Target Tug paint scheme? That must be the largest blade aerial in existance!  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 8, 2009 15:19:46 GMT 12
That's one neat bumble bee.
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Post by baz62 on Jun 8, 2009 15:42:22 GMT 12
Be nice to see one of our Harvards done in a "different" scheme. Might have to wait til John Chambers gets 1041 flying in her 4 FOTU markings!!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 8, 2009 15:51:11 GMT 12
I think you mean John Saunders.
Actually, the Harvards on the NZ warbird scene are in a vast variety of colour schemes including wartime yellow overall, wartime camouflage, postwar silver, red and silver, orange and grey, and USN blue. Almost no two NZ based flying machines are the same apart from a handful of them in the last orange and grey scheme.
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Post by Bearcat on Jun 9, 2009 5:59:28 GMT 12
Another view of the target tug Harvard ZU-AOZ also taken at Springs on Saturday. I must say that my favourite scheme still remains the SAAF day-glo scheme but it is nice to have some that are painted in different schemes. In the general Johannesburg/Pretoria area there are approx 28 Harvards ... so they are quite a common sight .... but they are still special ;D My favourite idea of "Lifestyle" is a bloke here that everyday flys one of his two Harvards over my house on his way to work 200km away ;D ;D On weekends he flies his L-39 .. or Bell 407... or Caravan II or Yak 52... Indeed he seldom has the chance to fly his Chipmunk ...or Tiger Moth !!!  |
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Post by baz62 on Jun 10, 2009 15:35:02 GMT 12
I think you mean John Saunders. Actually, the Harvards on the NZ warbird scene are in a vast variety of colour schemes including wartime yellow overall, wartime camouflage, postwar silver, red and silver, orange and grey, and USN blue. Almost no two NZ based flying machines are the same apart from a handful of them in the last orange and grey scheme. Opps yes I keep getting those two confused!! |
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Great shots BC! Superb!
