Thunder City
Aircraft maintenance company in Cape Town / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thunder City was an aircraft operating and maintenance company based at the Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa. It was well known for owning the largest civilian collection of former military jet aircraft in the world.[3] These aircraft were used to perform in airshows and could also be chartered by the general public for recreational flights, including going supersonic and climbing to altitudes around 50,000 feet. Following a fatal accident in 2009 in which an English Electric Lightning crashed at an airshow, the company ceased flying operations after the accident investigation found major shortcomings in its maintenance programme.[4]
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Aerospace |
Founded | Cape Town, South Africa (1998-05-07[1]) |
Headquarters | Cape Town, South Africa |
Key people | Owner/Founder Mike Beachy Head; CEO Emilio Titus[2] |
Revenue | unspecified |
unspecified |
The company's other activities included upgrading older models of the Aerospatiale Puma helicopter with modern avionics and renovating airframes and engines.[5]