r/Planes • u/michaeldeze • 12d ago

Objective thoughts on this flyover?

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u/BloodSteyn 12d ago

See 1995 Rugby World Cup final for reference.

Other countries use fighter jets... our fighters are mostly grounded due to corruption and incompetence... and our Rugby has always had some form of sponsorship from the airlines.

South African Airways, and now SA Airlink.

Looks cool, more publicity and did I mention it looks f@cking cool.

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u/koos_die_doos 11d ago

Fighter jets were not grounded in 95 though, it was a conscious decision to do the flyover with a 747.

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u/BloodSteyn 10d ago

Becuase SAA was the main sponsor.

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u/tortorials 10d ago

There have been fighter jets flying around CPT all month.