Roderick, have been to ORTambo, Rand and Lanseria quite a few times the last 6 years or so. Never felt uneasy. Being just by myself I always rent a car, but never felt the need to use it as an escape car:-) The various spots on the Scramble site are pretty much ok and do not represent a safety hazar...
night stopping on March 5 were:
161310 G-324 C-12B
65-332EN T-38 Fighting Bulls green
66-333EN idem
66-355EN idem
68-129EN idem
69-073EN idem
70-570EN idem
66-389EN Boxin' Bears yellow
66-8350EN idem
Seen on on FEB 13:
23050 C-146A 524SOS; left, presumably after maintenance
3633 C-130B Phil AF; came in at about 11 and left 2 hours later
1250 F-28 Mk3000 Republic of the Philippines; arrived am
Have no info on Chennai or Bengaluru. Delhi: arrived there during day time last year on Go Air, which didn't get parked at a gate. Plenty of biz to be spotted from the aircraft as we taxied in and during disembarkation / bus ride. Not sure about hotels, though GE should be a good starting point. Mum...
Chris, ref the F16 and L39 on Friday, I noted 10320 (87402 tail) for the F-16B and 41122 (365424 tail) for the L39ZA on Saturday during the open house. (need to find some time to work out rest of 'report').
A few additions: The F-22 rehearsal on Saturday was done by 04-4062HH; the M2000 rehearsal was 735. Both photo-proof. On Sunday afternoon a visiting UAEAF UH-60M escaped identification in the 35+ degrees (in the shade) heat haze. Likely in connection with the show, Kazakhstan Tu-154M UP-T5401 was se...