webfact Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Swedish Gripen jet fighters in tests over Phuket Phuket Gazette Two Swedish Gripen fighter jets like these are taking part in the exercises over Phuket Town and Chalong today. Photo: Nation file PHUKET: -- The Royal Thai Air Force is conducting high-speed aerial flyovers of Phuket Town today and tomorrow in order to test its radar installation at Khao Mai Thao Sip Song, the island's point in Chalong. Following reports by concerned residents in Phuket Town, the Phuket Gazette contacted the Phuket Air Traffic Control center run by Aerothai at Phuket International Airport. A staff member there told the Gazette that the aircraft taking part in the exercise were a pair of Gripen fighters based in Surat Thani. More flyovers will take place early this afternoon and again between 9:30am and 10am tomorrow, he said. Source: http://www.phuketgaz...ticle12439.html -- Phuket Gazette 2012-02-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Oh dear. Better to keep indoors for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 One just flew by my house... Pretty loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1fanatic Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I saw them in the Rawai/Nai Harn area around 9.30 a.m (everybody looked up to see what the noise was about!), and then again around 2 p.m. in Rawai. Not annoyingly loud, but I did wonder what was going on! Beautiful looking 'planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Half hour ago I heard a couple of them over Karon .... very LOUD ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1fanatic Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Half hour ago I heard a couple of them over Karon .... very LOUD ... Fortunately, they are so fast that they don't hang around long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g00dgirl Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Seems like they are flying again today. 2 fighters just made a lot of noise circling right over Naiharn a couple of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadJoe Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) Had two buzzing my house near Promthep Cape a few minutes ago. Maybe 60 meters off the ground. Deafening sound. I haven't been that close to a fighter in flight since airshows back home. So close I could make out the pilot. These two were not the new Gripens though. They were old Northrup Grumman F-5 Tigers likely out of Surrathani airbase. Edit: Just realized the original story above is from last year. There must be an airshow on today. Besides the F-5's I can hear lots of helicopters and prop aircraft nearby. Edited March 4, 2013 by NomadJoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I heard them buzzing about Kata, but could not see them. Must have been around the headland and flying low. Quite a roaring noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I actually thought this may have started early. www.lima.com.my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I heard them as well. They made a few passes, very low along the coastline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Hmmmmmmmm, go for a holiday up north for a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Hmmmmmmmm, go for a holiday up north for a few days. Why did they fly by your house as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Hmmmmmmmm, go for a holiday up north for a few days. Why did they fly by your house as well? Today the old stuff where l am are doing stuff over the city, lunacy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadJoe Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 ^ Er..huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potosi Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 One can see the resemblance within the Saab family. Saab automobile was restarted this week, so the Gripen for the road might be build eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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