Mistral wrote:
Hi Rynopot.
After the Gripen headed north I checked on FlightRadar and there was an unidentified aircraft cruising at around 450knots heading straight for Louis Trichardt. So I assumed that was the Gripen. The C-130BZs do show up on FlightRadar as C-130s. ZS-RSA also shows up on FlightRadar - I had a chuckle a while back when the DA were asking questions about the president's movements and use (abuse) of VIP jets and the Minister of Defense answered that this type of information was not open for public debate !!
I'm a bit surprised to hear that. I find it a high security risk that military fighters can be tracked like that.
I am a firm believer in "if I disagree, to give an alternative" - but in this case I have no idea what aircraft that could've been. From FR24:
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Blocking
For security and privacy reasons information about some aircraft is limited or blocked. This includes most military aircraft and certain high profile aircraft, like Air Force One.
Maybe it was one of the privately owned jets flying in more or less the same location.