I was expecting it!
Yesterday were the Cricket World Cup Finals at J’bourg….India Vs Australia (India lost 😡 ) and during the end of the first Innings over the stadium went in Echlon formation two A340 and a B744…….absolutely beautiful…and the formation was lead by the B744. 😀
And over the stadium they broke the formation B744 taking into a climb…and the 2 A340s turned left and right.
By: Saab 2000 - 25th March 2003 at 18:29
I have been at the Jersey airshow for the last couple of years in a row and every year Mytravel, the sponsers, bring down a 757 or A320 and fly along the beach area and do a bit of a performance with the Red Arrows. I think they did it with Concorde one year.
Nevertheless, I agree flypasts are not very common for big occasions. You would of though Qantas could of done it for the Olympics or Korean and JAL/ANA for the World Cup!
Maybe TAP will do an A340 flypast for Euro2004 😀
By: mongu - 25th March 2003 at 08:21
The only other example I remember is a BA Concorde leading the red arrows on a flypast down the Mall last year, for the Queen’s golden jubilee.
By: Selsport69 - 25th March 2003 at 07:13
Its just a pity no other airline will do it for any big occassion
By: KabirT - 25th March 2003 at 05:22
Ya Selsport…i have that video..as i said before SAA are known for this! 🙂
By: Selsport69 - 24th March 2003 at 18:57
Yeah SAA are renowned for that. Its a terriffic site. I have the Flight for a nation video and it shows the rugby world cup along with the 3 747s flying over Pretoria as Nelson Mandela was annouced as the new President. It is a superb video.
By: Saab 2000 - 24th March 2003 at 18:10
There was also a flypast at the beginning of the event with an A340-600.
By: T5 - 24th March 2003 at 17:21
Marvellous – would have been great to have seen it for real.
By: KabirT - 24th March 2003 at 15:54
ahhh yes…thanx for the correction monster …. well at the end of the day the better team won the cup! Ricky Pontings 140 n.o was a butchring innings.
By: monster500 - 24th March 2003 at 12:17
it is 2 x 744 and an A346.
sorry about the quality.
By: monster500 - 24th March 2003 at 12:08
yes that fly past was awesome. i thought it was 2 744s and a A340-600 in the centre.
end of the day we won the cup!
😀
By: KabirT - 24th March 2003 at 09:03
Yes it was spectacular…….these S.Africans know how to do things in style…..the SAAF did a flypast with fighters (Cheetahs i think) in opening ceremony…..they did with 3 B744 at the rugby world cup few years ago.
I will post pics as soon as i get my hands on them.
By: T5 - 24th March 2003 at 08:59
Not a cricket man myself, but I’ve have quite happily gone along to see something which I can only imagine as being spectacular!
Any photos available?
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