South African Air Force 737-700

ILS25L · Post by **ILS25L** » 12 Nov 2004, 20:23

Goodevening,
According to Dutch colleague-spotter Marcel Van den Bergh (www.spottersunited.com), we might expect a very nice visitor next monday 15.11 :

"President Mbeki zal voordat hij Nederland op 17 en 18 november bezoekt
Belgie bezoeken. Hij arriveert maandagmiddag op Brussel Melsbroek met naar alle waarschijnlijkheid Boeing 737-700 ZS-RSA van de South African Air Force"

Greetz, Karl

Post by **Kapitein** » 12 Nov 2004, 20:48

Here she is

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/458672/L/

AN124 · Post by **AN124** » 12 Nov 2004, 21:48

This would be a very nice visitor for BRU.
I don't think you will see this one that much in Europe so for the once that have the time to go to the airport.
A very good hunt for this baby.

Best Regards,
Yvo

meerkat · Post by **meerkat** » 15 Nov 2004, 23:28

Not a first visit though - check out a-net 10/4/03

Meerkat

ps Brubiac - What does your signature mean?

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 16 Nov 2004, 09:57

I'm wondering how many stops she has to make if she comes directly from Cape Town for example. I'm sure it will be at least two fuel stops before arriving in Brussels.

website-info · Post by **website-info** » 16 Nov 2004, 10:02

ZS-RSA flew direct from Waterkloof AFB (it's home base) near Pretoria, South Africa direct to BRU

thats the whole reason they took the BBJ

Rgds
Tony

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 16 Nov 2004, 10:08

Wauw, I didn't know that it had such a range. I just saw from the Boeing site that with 8 passangers she has a range of 6200 nmi.

5Y-KQV · Post by **5Y-KQV** » 16 Nov 2004, 13:02

What is the distance between Pretoria and BRU?

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 16 Nov 2004, 13:08

BRU (50°54'05"N 04°29'04"E) PRY (25°39'14"S 28°13'27"E) 8795 km

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 16 Nov 2004, 13:25

The range in km:

With 8 passengers: 11.482 km
With 25 passengers: 10.992 km
With 50 passengers: 9.936 km

So they can fly it with 50 passengers.

5Y-KQV · Post by **5Y-KQV** » 16 Nov 2004, 13:38

Thanks a million Blackhawk. Where can i access that range chart? It is a pretty cool resource.

Cheers,

Walter.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 16 Nov 2004, 13:53

Well my dear, you can find it over here:

http://gc.kls2.com/

5Y-KQV · Post by **5Y-KQV** » 16 Nov 2004, 14:08

Thanks a million again.

Cheers,

Walter.

Post by **Kapitein** » 16 Nov 2004, 16:19

meerkat wrote:
ps Brubiac - What does your signature mean?

It doesn't mean something in paretically, it's just something that came trough my mind one day

Marius · Post by **Marius** » 17 Nov 2004, 11:56

Hi,

Does somebody know when this plane will leave Brussels and how late??

Greetings,

Marius

matrix · Post by **matrix** » 17 Nov 2004, 18:12

She left Bruxelles today for Valkenburg.
Her departure of Valkenburg will be for tomorrow.