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On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:04:30 +0000, Neil Hoskins wrote
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I watched a documentary on telly the other evening about the earth's
atmosphere. The presenter was taken to 50,000ft and beyond in what
looked a
lot like a lightning, which amazed me as I'd assumed there weren't any
still
flying. If I'm right, then how many are still flying, and when/where
can I
get to see one at an airshow?

Cape Town, S Africa. But why just watch? Fly in one yourself:

http://www.thundercity.com/sortie.htm


Wow, thanks. No price quoted, maybe a case of, "if you need to ask then
you can't afford it"?

I am sure you can afford it. You just have to convince the Money Monitor.
Shout her a full day out to see the lions and elephants while you do a
really quick trip to the stratosphere.
I did read an account of someone on one of the aviation newsgroups who had
taken the ride - raved about the experience, particularly the phenomenal
vertical climb rate.

John


Defininitely the most exciting thing at an airshow until the F16s came
along. I remember they used to finish each demonstration with a low level
pass at about mach 0.99 then just disappear vertically into the
stratosphere.