MiG-21 Overview & FAQ
What makes this club special?
South Africa is currently the only place in the world where civilians can arrange a supersonic flight in a legendary MiG-21. Favorable exchange rates make Supersonic Club membership and flight packages extremely affordable. Break the sound barrier without breaking your budget.
Who can join the club?
The MiG-21 Supersonic Club of South Africa is the exclusive club almost anyone can join. No pilot’s license or flight experience is required. You need only be in reasonably good health with no known heart or back problems, be at least 16 years of age, and under 6’7” and 275 lbs.
Where are flights based?
Supersonic Club MiG-21 flights take off from an airport near South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park. Combine your flying adventure with a safari for the adventure of a lifetime.
When can I fly? Flights are offered all year long, but currently must be scheduled six or more months in advance. (A flight this incredible is worth the wait!)
How long are the flights? Typical flight time is 30 to 45 minutes, from engine start to engine shut down. Consider adding a second flight for additional supersonic fun. Break the sound barrier and perform loops, rolls & more!
The Incredible MiG-21
The single-engine Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 is a robust high altitude interceptor capable of Mach 2 speed. Utilized extensively in the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf Wars, the ultra capable MiG-21 delivers an abundance of speed, reliability, resilience and responsiveness. The MiG-21’s high climb rate is comparable to the performance of the F-16A.
Strap into a MiG-21 and blast off on a high-speed, low-level sortie through the mountains and across the African Bush. It’s an incredible adventure unlike any other.
MiG-21 Supersonic Club Sample Itinerary
Saturday: Arrive Eastgate / Hoedspruit Airport. Take shuttle to Kapama Private Game Reserve or alternate lodging. Evening free to relax.
Sunday: Free day to recover from jet lag. Time to see the Big Five: Elephants, Lions, Leopards, Rhinos and Buffaloes.
Monday: Arrive at Hoedspruit Air Base. Meet your pilot. Fitted for flight suit, g-suit and helmet. Pre-flight safety briefing, cockpit familiarization and ejection seat training. Incredible Supersonic Flight. Post-flight briefing. Awarding of flight certificate and celebration.
Tuesday: Safari Day / Flight Back-up Day*
Wednesday: Safari Day / Flight Back-up Day*
Thursday: Depart for home or extend your adventure.
* IMPORTANT - It is mandatory to include at least two flight back-up days in your adventure schedule. In the event a flight must be cancelled due to weather or mechanical issues, there is no refund. Your flight will be rescheduled, so a flexible schedule is important.
MiG-21 Supersonic Club Sample Pricing
You’ll receive complimentary photos and an edited DVD of your Supersonic Club Flight
Supersonic Flight Club Lifetime Membership
Single Supersonic MiG-21 flight
Six days (five nights) at the Kapama Private Game Reserve
Meals
Twice daily Game Drives
Estimated price: $10,000 US (Final price determined by travel dates, selected lodging, number of travelers and currency exchange rates.)
Air Force Base Hoedspruit
Air Force Base Hoedspruit is located adjacent to the world famous Kruger National Park in the eastern reaches of South Africa's Limpopo Province. In the late 1990’s, an unused portion of the South African Air Force Base was converted into a civilian airport known as Eastgate Airport. The airport is situated within the Air Force Base and makes use of Air Force runways and control towers. Your MiG-21 flight will take off from the second longest runway in South Africa. Eastgate/Hoedspruit is about a 90 minute flight from Johannesburg and three-hour flight from Cape Town and is serviced by South African Airways Express.
Hotels & Safari
Kapama Private Game Reserve, with its portfolio of luxurious safari lodges, occupies a vast area between the northern Drakensberg mountains and the Greater Kruger National Park and is the largest single-owned game reserve in the region. The adjacent Eastgate airport (Hoedspruit) is perfectly situated to receive guests flying in from either Johannesburg or Capetown, and Kapama includes free transfers in open safari vehicles directly to any of our four lodges on Kapama.
South Africa's Limpopo province in which Kapama is situated is renowned for its wildlife and includes areas such as the well known Kruger National Park. Our reserve with its 13000 hectares of pristine wilderness shares a large number of biomes with the Kruger Park and therefore are able to host all animals including the Big 5: Elephant, Lion, Leopard, Buffalo and Rhinoceros, to name but a few of the approximately 42 different mammal species calling Kapama home. Approximately 350 bird species and a myriad of smaller species can also be seen in their natural environment. Game drives are conducted twice daily with expert guides and trackers who will eagerly share their bush experiences and knowledge with you whilst driving through some of the most beautiful savannah woodlands, grassland and riverine bush which makes up the Kapama Game Reserve.
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Students from the University of Texas created a custom GPS spoofing device that allowed them to take over a superyacht's navigation system, changing its course.
The White Rose of Drachs.
(Credit: University of Texas)
In a project designed to discover just how easy it is to remotely hijack a yacht, a research team at the University of Texas designed a custom GPS device that allowed them to successfully take over the navigation equipment of a US$80 million superyacht off the coast of Italy last month.
The team, led by assistant professor Todd Humphreys of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the Cockrell School of Engineering, used what it is calling "the world's first openly acknowledged GPS spoofing device" to override the GPS signal received by superyacht the White Rose of Drachs (volunteered for the experiment) to steer the boat off course.
Two students aboard the yacht used the device to broadcast a faint ensemble of civil GPS signals toward the White Rose's two GPS antennas. These overpowered the authentic signals received from satellites until the students obtained control of the ship's system. Since the ship could not distinguish between the real signals and the false, this did not trigger any of the navigation equipment's alarms.
Once in, the team tricked the ship's navigation system into showing that it was a few degrees off course, alerting the crew to correct it. Little by little, the yacht was moved into a parallel course several hundred metres from where it should have been — and all the while, the display showed a straight course, even though there was physical evidence that the boat had turned.
"The ship actually turned and we could all feel it, but the chart display and the crew saw only a straight line," Humphreys said.
The aim of the experiment was to highlight just how vulnerable ships and other equipment can be to navigation attacks. Last year, Humphreys and his team successfully spoofed a drone, steering it off course several times, leading to Humphreys having to testify before US Congress.
"With 90 per cent of the world's freight moving across the seas and a great deal of the world's human transportation going across the skies, we have to gain a better understanding of the broader implications of GPS spoofing," Humphreys said. "I didn't know, until we performed this experiment, just how possible it is to spoof a marine vessel, and how difficult it is to detect this attack."
(Credit: University of Texas)
The team, led by assistant professor Todd Humphreys of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the Cockrell School of Engineering, used what it is calling "the world's first openly acknowledged GPS spoofing device" to override the GPS signal received by superyacht the White Rose of Drachs (volunteered for the experiment) to steer the boat off course.
Two students aboard the yacht used the device to broadcast a faint ensemble of civil GPS signals toward the White Rose's two GPS antennas. These overpowered the authentic signals received from satellites until the students obtained control of the ship's system. Since the ship could not distinguish between the real signals and the false, this did not trigger any of the navigation equipment's alarms.
Once in, the team tricked the ship's navigation system into showing that it was a few degrees off course, alerting the crew to correct it. Little by little, the yacht was moved into a parallel course several hundred metres from where it should have been — and all the while, the display showed a straight course, even though there was physical evidence that the boat had turned.
"The ship actually turned and we could all feel it, but the chart display and the crew saw only a straight line," Humphreys said.
The aim of the experiment was to highlight just how vulnerable ships and other equipment can be to navigation attacks. Last year, Humphreys and his team successfully spoofed a drone, steering it off course several times, leading to Humphreys having to testify before US Congress.
"With 90 per cent of the world's freight moving across the seas and a great deal of the world's human transportation going across the skies, we have to gain a better understanding of the broader implications of GPS spoofing," Humphreys said. "I didn't know, until we performed this experiment, just how possible it is to spoof a marine vessel, and how difficult it is to detect this attack."