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maddogmcewan posted in the group Angolan / South African Border War
Vlamgat – the term the South African Air Force personnel affectionally called their Mirage fighter jets. Vlamgat means ‘flaming arse’ in direct translation – and for good reason.
Here two Mirage III D2Zs, numbers 843 and 849 at the weapons camp in #Langebaanweg in 1985 – one of which is having a ‘wet start’ – where excess fuel in the combustion chamber and tail pipe is burnt off in a phenomenon called ‘torching’ .. a flaming arse indeed.
Photo copyright, thanks and courtesy to Allan Southern. Posted for the SA Legion by Peter Dickens #MirageIII
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