Summary Disused Royal Air Force fighter jets thunder across the evening sky outside Capetown towards Table Mountains. They are Lightnings, Hunter and Buccaneer planes, names that only airforce pilots and a few flight madmen have said so far. But this community is getting bigger and bigger. For five years Mike Beachy Head, a former test pilot of the South African Air Force, has dedicated himself to this expensive and dangerous hobby and founded "Thundercity", a quite noisy company. Mike and his crew buy decommissioned fighter jets, completely refit them and offer solvent air tourists supersonic flights in the sky above the South African cape. "There are people looking for the last kick," says Mike, "people from Hollywood or rich Russians. Sometimes it's just normal people who scratch the last cent together just to have a good outbreak of sweat. Many get out and think bungee jumping is kid stuff." The film tries to get to the bottom of this - admittedly charming - madness.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Richard Gere The Dalai Lama
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7169/414839
Language : German
Production companies : Martin Thoma Film- und Fernsehproduktion Haberci Productions
Summary Disused Royal Air Force fighter jets thunder across the evening sky outside Capetown towards Table Mountains. They are Lightnings, Hunter and Buccaneer planes, names that only airforce pilots and a few flight madmen have said so far. But this community is getting bigger and bigger. For five years Mike Beachy Head, a former test pilot of the South African Air Force, has dedicated himself to this expensive and dangerous hobby and founded "Thundercity", a quite noisy company. Mike and his crew buy decommissioned fighter jets, completely refit them and offer solvent air tourists supersonic flights in the sky above the South African cape. "There are people looking for the last kick," says Mike, "people from Hollywood or rich Russians. Sometimes it's just normal people who scratch the last cent together just to have a good outbreak of sweat. Many get out and think bungee jumping is kid stuff." The film tries to get to the bottom of this - admittedly charming - madness.
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7169/414839
Language : German
Production companies : Martin Thoma Film- und Fernsehproduktion Haberci Productions
