ORIGINAL: Pierre Fouche
Hi Jim
Plane look so good. Are you going to use it to qualify and fly in 2013 WJM Switserland. I might be going as a helper with the South African team. Looking foward to that.
I am still flying with mine. We have quite an event (Jets over Gariepdam) comming up during the last week in June. We will post some Gripen video's.
Pierre,
Yes, the plan is to take the Gripen to Switzerland for the JWM 2013. Go Team Canada!!!
I'm really knocking myself out get as much info on the plane as I can (other than a trip to Caslav Airbase in the Czech Republic). I've been pretty fortunate to have the assistance of Saab who has provided a variety of information on the jet including 34 pages from the paint manual with dimensioned drawings of all the markings. See below example and a photo of my bird out on the street for taxi tests.
I really encourage you to go to the JWM; even as a helper you will have an awesome time, and you will see the best jet models and pilots in the world. Please say hello to the SA team for me (we met at Dayton where I was the aircraft safety inspector) and I wish them considerably more luck with the weather at Meiringen.
Good luck at your upcoming event and I'll look forward to seeing the video.
Regards,
Jim