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In September there will be another AAD which will be held from the 21st to the 25th of September at AFB Ysterplaat. (http://www.aadexpo.co.za/)
So far there is no update of the participants on the official website, so I was wondering if there are others that know more on participants to the show?
Another update from the offical site.
Participating aircraft (must be in the airshow itself looking at the flying program):
- SAAF A109 x 3
- SAAF C130 x 2
- SAAF C208
- SAAF CASA
- SAAF GRIPEN x 3
- SAAF HAWK x 3
- SAAF ORYX x 3
- SAAF LYNX x 4
- SAAF ROOIVALK x 2
- SAAF C47TP x 4
- SAAF BK-117 x 3
- SAAF PC7 MKII x 25
- SAAF Silver Falcons x 6
- SAAF MIRAGE III
- SAAF C47
- USAF C130J (SUPER HERCULES)
- USAF C17 (GLOBEMASTER III)
- USAF C27J (SPARTAN AIRLIFTER)
- USAF C5 (GALAXY)
- USAF HH-60 (PAVE HAWK)
- USAF MH-60 (NIGHT HAWK)
- USAF CH-46 (SEA KNIGHT)
- USAF CH-53 (SEA STALLION)
- USAF OH-58 (KIOWA)
- USAF UH-72A (LAKOTA)
- USAF L42 (PEGASUS)
- VEHICLES HMMMV (M997 MEDICAL)
- VEHICLES M2 (BRADLEY TANK)
- VEHICLES M1117 (GUARDIAN ASV)
- VEHICLES M1126 (STRYKER)
- UAVs’ SHADOW SCAN EAGLE
- UAVs’ PREDATOR
- ZIMBABWE KARAKORUM - K8
- ZIMBABWE CASA 212
Aircraft on static display:
PARAMOUNT BOEING 727
FALCON 7X
AIRVAN AFRICA
AIRVAN x 3
BCDA
LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT
EMBRAER
- PHENOM 100
- PHENOM 300
- LEGACY 650
ELITE JET
DC9
EUROCOPTER
EC120B
BOMBARDIER
LEAR 45 XR
CHALLENGER 300
NAC
KING AIR 350I
PAC 750 (Surveillance)
KING AIR (Blackhawk MODS)
BELL 429
DIAMOND DA 20
1900 MISSIONATOR (King Air)
GULFSTREAM G550
AIRQUARIUS F28
UKRAINE AN-72
ALENIA C27J
And the flying program they have so far: 8:00
CAVALCADE
C212 SKYDIVERS
SILVER FALCONS
C130J & USA SKYDIVERS
C47TP
HAWK
CASA 212
MIRAGE III CZ
A109
GRIPEN
C130
10:00
ROOIVALK
C17 GLOBEMASTER III
UH 72A LAKOTA
BUCCANEER & HUNTER FORMO
BK117 FORMO
HARVARD FLYING LIONS
C27J SPARTAN AIRLIFTER
MINI WAR
12:50
PC7 “90” FORMO
HH 60 PAVE HAWK
MIRAGE III CZ
A109 SOLO
C5 GALAXY
ZIMBABWE K8
CH 46 SEA HAWK
C47TP FORMO
CH 46 SEA KNIGHT
Should be an interesting formation with the PC-7's as they are expecting 25 to do a "90" formation.
Unfortunately the Pakistan participants are taken from the list.
Spend the day at AAD 2010 and it was a very good show. Still trading days, so wondering around was allowed. They have a small static display of the SAAF musuem and also the current planes and helicopters. Then there is the flightline and in between the hangars are the civilian planes and helicopters (didn’t note those down). On the other side of the airfield (to the East) most of the helicopters can be found.
This is a list of the planes of today (bit in random order, all from pictures) between 10:00 and 14:30.
BK-117 380 flying
BK-117 382 flying
PC-7 2051 static
JAS-39 11 static
Hawk 254 static
HH-60 26468 USAF - static
OH-58 0-20631 USArmy - static – flying
Predator 01-074 static
C-27J CSX62127 static – flying
Oryx 1229 static
Lynx 192 static
Rooivalk 670 static
A-109 4017 static – flying
Ce-208a 3005 static – flying
Harvard ZU-BEU flightline
Harvard ZU-BET flightline
Harvard ZU-AVS flightline
Harvard ZU-BMC flightline
Harvard 7231 Preserved near flightline
Rooivalk 677 flightline
Lynx 193 flightline
Lynx 194 flightline
Lynx 191 behind flightline in the grass
C-17 03 SAC on flightline
C-47 6840 behind flightline
C-130BZ 405 flightline
C-130J 51436 USAF on flightline
C-212 8010 flightline
Orynx 1244 flightline
Ce-208a 3009 flightline
PC-7 2018/03 Silver Falcons flightline
JAS-39 02 flightline
JAS-39 09 flightline
C-47TP 6875 behind flightline (preserved)
C-47TP 68.. behind flightline (preserved) + 1
Hawk 263 flightline
Hawk 272 flightline (South Africa flag colors)
K-8 2021C Zimbabwe AF flightline
K-8 2017H Zimbabwe AF flightline
C-212 812 Zimbabwe AF behind flightline
PC-7 2025/1 flightline – Silver Falcons coming in before noon
PC-7 2020/2 flightline – Silver Falcons coming in before noon
PC-7 2024/3 flightline – Silver Falcons coming in before noon
PC-7 2017/4 flightline – Silver Falcons coming in before noon
PC-7 2027/5 flightline – Silver Falcons coming in before noon
PC-7 2019 flightline –coming in before noon
AS-350 V5-HPA Namibian Police – static
L-39 ZU-TEE flightline
A-109 4016 flying – back on static place of 4017 in the afternoon
A-109 4012 flying (+2 on the other side)
Orynx 1212 flying
Orynx 1209 flying
Orynx 1217 flying
Orynx 1226 flying
Orynx 1223 flying (+1 on the other side)
Impala 460 static – SAAF museum
Mirage F-1 213 static – SAAF museum
Wasp 93 static – SAAF museum
F-86 601 static – SAAF museum
Mirage 3D 857 static – SAAF museum
P-166 96 static – SAAF museum
S-55 WV224 static – SAAF museum
Super Frelon 314 static – SAAF museum
Shackleton 1722 static – SAAF museum
Harvard 7293 static – SAAF museum
C-47 6832 static – SAAF museum
PC-7 21 taking part in a flyby in the shape of 90. 5 of which are part of the Silver Falcons. Of the 16 others I could read the following at this moment; 2011 – 2014 – 2015 – 2020 – 2037 – 2041 – 2057 - 2058
That is about it for the moment. Friday is the real airshow, so even more is expected for that.
Anyone for the missing PC-7's in the flyby??
Just got back from a very good day at Ysterplaat AB for AAD 2010. Sunny all day, so perfect conditions. Much better than Wednesday when it was only starting to get better late morning or yesterday when it was overcasted almost all day.
The US Navy or Marines did not turn up nor did the C-5 (which is at Cape Town IAP), but the rest of the show was pretty good. Unfortunately everything flew twice, so there could have been a lot more. But nevertheless it was a wonderfull show with a lot of things you will not see very often in Europe (4 Dakota’s in formation, Oryx with flares).
In addition to the things seen on Wednesday, today we could see extra;
C-130BZ 402 flightline
L-39 ZU-ROL / 39 flightline
Oryx 1202 flightline
C-47 6859 behind flightline (in 4 ship formation)
C-47 6885 flying only (in 4 ship formation)
C-47 6814 flying only (in 4 ship formation)
C-47 6854 flying only (in 4 ship formation)
C-47 6877 behind flightline
C-47 6837 behind flightline
C-47 6825 behind flightline (stored – without engines)
Small correction on the Harvard which I mentioned as being preserved, because the 7231 is actually still active as it did a small demo.
On the other side of the base the following helicopters could be found of which 9 participated in the “mini war”;
BK-117 380
BK-117 382
A-109 4012
A-109 4003
A-109 4017
A-109 4018
Oryx 1238
Oryx 1234
Oryx 1226
Oryx 1209
Oryx 1236
Oryx 1212
Oryx 1223
Oryx 1217
Again there was a flyby of PC-7’s in the shape of a big 90. What I could get so far are the following numbers; 2014 – 2015 – 2032 – 2033 – 2037 – 2041 – 2049- 2057 - 2058
That's it for now. Greetings from sunny South Africa.
Unfortunately not.
I could not get on the flightline itself for the K-8's.
And the A-109's were in between helicopters being refueled and taking off, so that was not possible.
Unfortunately not.
I could not get on the flightline itself for the K-8's.
And the A-109's were in between helicopters being refueled and taking off, so that was not possible.
Br Erik
Erik,
How about any other c/n's or unit markings? The report is nice, but would be better if actual units were read off. Did you get the c/n from the Namibia Police AS350? This is a new delivery.
Sorry, no c/n's.
Especially the Namibian Police one, which I only foundout coming back on Wednesday that is was newly delivered. And it was gone home on Friday when I visited again for the public day.
Regarding the units, I will work on that coming week when I will go through all my pictures at home. Almost all numbers are read from pictures, so I hope I can do the same with the units. (will be continued)
I returned this morning from CPT after 3 weeks of vacation in South Africa and Namibia. Maybe i can help with squadrons from my pictures. I was thursday afternoon and all friday at Ysterplaat for the Airshow
Also part of AAD 2010 were the 6 Navy ships in the harbor of Waterfront. 2 South African, 3 Indian Navy and 1 Brazilian Navy ships were over there. On board the 3 Indian ships were 2 Sea Kings and 1 Chetak. On the Brazilian ship there was a lynx..................
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