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The page features aircraft created by various Flight Simulator enthusiasts
The two seater D model first appeared in the mid 1980s. All Cheetah D's were
converted from retired SAAF Mirage IIIDZ and D2Z trainers. The type was
operational by the summer of 1987 serving in the Cheetah conversion and fighter/ground
attack role. They continue in use today primarily as operational trainers with
No. 2 Squadron, the "Flying Cheetahs", at Louis Trichardt AFB.
Since the Mirage III, Mirage F1, and Buccaneers have retired, the Cheetah is currently
the SAAF's front-line, multi-role, fighter-bomber. The Cheetah is expected to serve
with the SAAF well into the new century.
This Flight Simulator aircraft was made specifically for FS2000 by Jason Ashworth of
South Africa. It includes moving control surfaces, gear, speed brakes, and a
deployable drag chute (a quite effective one I might add). The flight dynamics are
the work of Jason and Henning van Rensburg. The highly detailed 512 x 512 textures
are the work of Neels Smit. More images are available at the
Mirage Aircraft for Flight Simulator website.
Information for these notes is from the IPMS South Africa website.
This aircraft does not require conversion for use in FS2000/FS2002.
All aircraft featured on this page are Copyrighted by the original author(s)
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from around the world. The goal is to feature a new aircraft each week.
DENEL Aviation Cheetah D, South African Air Force
During the United Nation's Arms Embargo against South Africa (1977 to 1994) it
became necessary to develop a locally designed and manufactured aircraft to
eventually replace the Mirage F1. Atlas Aviation (now DENEL
Aviation) proposed a program to rejuvenate the retired Mirage IIIs.
The aircraft is available for download
as CHEETAD1.ZIP (279KB) from one or each of these sources:
Mirage Aircraft for Flight Simulator
FlightSim.com
Simviation.com
Avsim.com
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