![]()
Click thumbnail to enlarge
|
Thundercity is unique, with the world's largest and most diverse private fighter jet squadron, the only civilian operator to offer supersonic flights in ex military fighter jets.
You can choose from a variety of flight profiles; ultra high, super fast, aerobatic, surface-hugging, or a combination of these in your choice of fighter jet.
Thunder City offers you a unique chance to fly in some of the most exciting, graceful and robust combat jets ever to see service. Thunder City operates the world’s only flying English Electric Lightnings, the famous cold war supersonic jet interceptor and the world’s only flying Bae Buccaneers, the famous low-level tactical nuclear-capable jet bomber. They also have the largest fleet of flying Hawker Hunter jets, the pride of the Royal Air Force and the most successful British fighter jet ever built.
These amazing jets are meticulously maintained by former air force engineers and always flown well within their performance limitations. Even so we do not take safety for granted. Therefore you will be trained to safely use the aircraft’s emergency systems such as the ejection seat, emergency oxygen etc.
A typical Thunder City Sortie is an entire flight experience for which you’ll need to allocate about 3 hours.
You can choose to do one, two or three jet sorties - depending on your adrenalin requirements - and your exhilarating once-in-a-lifetime experience is programmed as follows:
Arrive at Thunder City at 09h30 for a pre-flight tour of our operational hangar where the sheer size of and technical ingenuity of our incredible heavy metal jets blows everyone’s mind.
You’ll be fitted with a flight suit and helmet, and briefed on its oxygen and communication facilities before being taken through to the pilot’s briefing room, to meet your pilot and undergo emergency and ejector seat training. Together, you and your pilot will plan your sortie that you can choose from.
• a supersonic climb to 50,000 feet to marvel at the incredible sight of the curvature of the earth;
• fast flight (pulling ‘g’s’);
• aerobatics (loops, rolls, barrel rolls, inverted flight, vertical manoeuvres to name but a few);
• low-level passes over the dramatic Cape coastline; or
• rolling through the rugged Cape Swartberg mountains.
You don’t fly the Lightning like a conventional aircraft – you strap her to your back this is the crème-de-la-crème of ex-combat jet fighters. She’s a beauty, offering the incredible power and ‘g’s’ of the supersonic jet interceptor.
The British Aerospace Buccaneers This tandem two-seater aggressor is designed for low-level, high-speed attack. Powered by two Rolls Royce Spey non-afterburning bypass turbofans, these awesome machines perform just below the speed of sound at zero altitude.
Your training includes a full morning’s briefing, survival training, ejection seat training, oxygen management, as well as the kit and all your equipment.
Thunder City have 2 two-seater Hunters that can be used for training, aerobatics, low flying and general flying. Powered by the Avon 122 series turbojet, this immaculate aircraft allows you to experience high ‘g’ adrenalin performance, like you have never felt before.
Your training includes a full morning’s briefing, survival training, ejection seat training, oxygen management, as well as the kit and all your equipment.
Break the sound barrier and marvel at the smooth and gentle handling of this heavy metal jet as, during your supersonic experience, you join the elite few who’ve seen the curvature of the earth from 50,000 feet.
| 
4:23AM
All bookings are commission free