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FS2004 SAAF F1AZ #218 - 'Cheetah Eater' 1 Sqn

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Morras

Charter Member
Hello there folks

I have been busy for a while now hehe doing some repaints of Mirages. :mixedsmi:

This repaint is of a SAAF F1AZ #218 of 1 Sqn with the nose cone and tail planes painted matt white meaning they simulated the 'enemy' aircraft during ACM camps. At the final ACM camp in Durban during 8-21 August 1992 of 1 Sqn the Cheetahs also attended and at least two AZs earned the nickname CheetahEater with #218 being one of them. The Ground crew painted on the white nose of #218 the words CheetahEater on one side and Howzit! on the other in black. The Springbok inside the Castle roundel was also heavy oversprayed making it almost look like its gone. For more realistic air-air combat training the number of 'bogeys' were increased from 1 on 1, to two or even three. In order to distinguish the larger number of bogeys, the nose cone and tail planes were painted matt White. All information regarding this paint is accurate and have been varified using the 1 Sqn Lines books.

I have uploaded my new repaints to http://www.flightsim.com. The freeware "Gmax F1v2.5" and "F1V25patch" from Kirk Olsson should already be in your infantry.

Here is a few screenshots of the repaints:

Mirage cold with covers
SAAF_Bogey_218_1.jpg

Mirage wingover flyby
SAAF_Bogey_218_3.jpg

Mirage turn pulling "G's" showing belly
SAAF_Bogey_218_4.jpg

Mirage turn pulling "G's"
SAAF_Bogey_218_5.jpg

Mirage Dogfight ACM with a Cheetah 1
SAAF_Bogey_218_8.jpg

Mirage Dogfight ACM with a Cheetah 1
SAAF_Bogey_218_9.jpg

Mirage on the tail of the Cheetah
SAAF_Bogey_218_10.jpg

Landing after a successful Dogfight ACM sortie
SAAF_Bogey_218_6.jpg


And as always I hope you like the repaints and enjoy it! Please feel free to leave any comments and so forth.

Blessings and happy flying!!!!!! :gameon:
 
Hi Morras --

Was wondering if you based this new "Cheetah Eater" F1 on your "Super Mirage" modification.... This plane is very fast on the wing and seems to handle a bit different than Kirks original F1.

Beautiful work, fun to fly. :applause::applause::applause:

BB686:USA-flag:
 
Blackbird686, sir

Yes this "Cheetah Eater" flightdynamics is based on the "Super Mirage" mod, just toned down to the right values as it should be. The Mirage F1 was a dream to fly in the clean configuration, i heard that from many a SAAF fighter pilot who flew them. The original Kirk F1 had the bombs, so it is more slower with the extra weight and drag, like the real ones were, the pilots could usually not wit to drop their ordinance and then they had the plane clean again.

Thanx for the comments, really appreciate it! Be on the lookout since i am releasing some more work this week and next week to come, all SAAF as always:icon_lol:
 
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