Atlas Cheetah "Spotty"

My one Editor send me a picture of "Spotty." Known around South Africa, at various Airshows, "Spotty" was an attraction for many South Africans. She is now retired and part of the SAAF museum display at AFB Swartkops. 

Please visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Cheetah for a better description of the Cheetah. Here is a little extract of that page: PLEASE: The following is an Extract and although not correct in spelling and grammar, was placed here as it appears on the Wikipedia page.

The Atlas Cheetah is a South African fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aviation company Atlas Aircraft Corporation (later Denel Aeronautics). It was developed at the behest of, and principally operated by, the South African Air Force (SAAF).

The Cheetah was developed amid the Border War of the 1980s as a major upgrade of the French-built Dassault Mirage III fleet operated by the SAAF. The program integrated technology from the Israeli-built IAI Kfir,^[2] which had been derived from the Mirage 5/IAI Nesher. The upgrade program, which was known as Project Cushion, produced three variants; the two-seat Cheetah D, the single-seat Cheetah E, and the single-seat Cheetah C. All three models were inducted into the SAAF, functioning for a time as the service's most capable fighter and strike aircraft. A single Cheetah R, intended for aerial reconnaissance, was built as a prototype, but this variant never entered service.

During 1992, the Cheetah E model was withdrawn from SAAF service; both the Cheetah Cs and Cheetah Ds were retired during April 2008, having been being replaced by the Swedish-built Saab Gripen. Since its retirement by the SAAF, a limited number have still operated in South Africa as flight test aircraft. Some have been exported, such as to the Ecuadorian Air Force (EAF) as a source of spare parts. The privately-owned company Draken International intends to use the Cheetah as an adversarial aircraft for combat training services in the United States.

Go to the "Spotty" page for some pictures. I promised my Editor to show him some screenshots of Spotty in FSX. Intermixed with the REAL Spotty pictures will be some FSX screenshots of Spotty flying down runway 29 at Wonderboom at 777KIAS (1852 Km/h or 894 mph)

There's also a screenshot of turning on finals in a 5.1g turn at 570 KIAS.

For the model builders out there - Spotty is available in a 1/72 scale kit. Just google it.