Nice place if it wasn't for some of the locals
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Airline Grounded By SACAA
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ian16th » Sun Feb 04, 2018 4:06 pm
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The one and only airline to fly between Margate and Joburg.
We're cut orf, we are!
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It seems as though we, in banana land, will have a service to JHB again!
On 17 October 2019 CemAir received its renewed Aircraft Operating...
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Mon Oct 21, 2019 1:10 pm
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SAA Mismanagement Causes Problems For Others
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ian16th » Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:10 pm
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SAA Mismanagement Causes Problems For Others.
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Maybe BA should use LHT, as one A380 flight to JNB operated 14 hours late earlier this week and last nights BA59 to CPT currently has a 20 delay,...
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Last post by Woody
Sat Sep 21, 2019 8:40 am
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Grace Mugabe
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ian16th » Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:27 am
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It would be 'unwise' for Grace Mugabe to visit SA again, say legal experts
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Of course this has nothing to do with Bob and Grace X(
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Last post by Woody
Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:40 am
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Botswana Hunting Ban
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Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sun Sep 10, 2017 5:27 am
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Just read this article on the beeb online .
Throws a very positive light on the hunting ban here, and is well written in my opinion. :)
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I think it's great that they're going to Southern Africa, but do we really have to let them come back?
Couldn't we, y'know, just leave them there?...
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Last post by ian16th
Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:59 pm
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This wasn't mentioned....
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ian16th » Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:54 am
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...... as one of the 'perceived benefits' when the building of the Square Kilometre Array in the Northern Cape was punted.
Just how may current...
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Could have put the whole thing in Western Australia without any problems but no, politics got in the way which is why half the system will be built...
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Last post by Sisemen
Mon Mar 25, 2019 1:29 pm
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Helicopter down Gaborone
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Ex-Ascot » Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:00 am
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Reports coming in of a chopper down in Gabs. Apparently only the pilot killed. Landed on a pile of cars which are all on fire. Just been shown a...
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Actually guys I think I was given duff info. I am sure that it must be the incident that Cape has reported. Just too coincidental. Also the clip I...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:37 am
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Airlink and Safair to merge.
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ian16th » Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:19 am
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Airlink and Safair to merge.
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Don't like to start more threads so put this here. Airlink bird strike yesterday out of Kasane. Could have been a worse place to hit.
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:36 pm
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Moremi Air Prang
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Ex-Ascot » Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:29 pm
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Relax Cape. Understand that they plonked an Airvan in this morning. Statistics balanced. First since the tragic AKD in 2011. Seems no one hurt.
For...
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I have just skimmed the AKD report to see if I could find what height he got to after take off it is over 250 pages. Can't see it but found a map of...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Sat Feb 23, 2019 12:31 pm
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Last post by ian16th
Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:18 pm
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A new Effrican Blog
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ian16th » Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:35 am
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A welcome new site to replace one much missed.
Long may it reign.
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Thanks Ian, as will see I have signed up.
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:36 pm
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Air Zimbabwe to Lease a/c from Malaysia
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ian16th » Tue Dec 12, 2017 7:43 am
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I know that Malaysian Airlines have spare A-380's but what would Air Zim use them for?
Do Malaysia want rid of any (more) B-777's?
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Kuala Lumpur - State-owned Zimbabwe Airways, has lost one of the four Boeing 777-200ER aircraft expected because of the payment delay.
The wide-body...
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Last post by Capetonian
Thu Nov 22, 2018 6:14 pm
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SAAF Chief apparently suspended
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ian16th » Fri Oct 05, 2018 11:14 am
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From African Pilot:
The officer commanding the South African Air Force (SAAF) Lieutenant General Zakes Msimang is apparently on special leave after...
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There's a surprise. an African official misusing and abusing the trust placed in him. I am struggling to believe that this is true,it must be 'fake...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Sun Oct 07, 2018 11:24 am
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New a/c type for Ex A to spot.
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ian16th » Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:57 pm
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On Monday 20 August Mahindra the holding company of GippsAero announced the sale of the first GA-10 Airvan to Major Blue a charter and scenic flight...
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The Airvan is certainty a nice aircraft. I think that I am correct in saying that the GA-8 has a very similar engine to the C206. The Airvan has much...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:46 am
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Did anyone know Len Morgan?
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boing » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:07 pm
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Probably a pretty closed pilot community in SA so someone might be able to help.
Len retired from the RAF and I flew with him in Saudi Arabia with...
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Sorry, was not very clear.
As far as I know Len had no connection with South Africa until he moved there sometime after his Saudi Arabia period. The...
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Last post by boing
Sat Jun 23, 2018 2:30 pm
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Gauteng Aviation School Shuts Its Doors
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ian16th » Thu May 31, 2018 2:42 pm
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Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
Gauteng Aviation School Shuts Its Doors.
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Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
Gauteng Aviation School Shuts Its Doors.
Pretty sad for the would-be pilots.
This sort of things happens here...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:22 pm
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SA Express Grounded
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ian16th » Thu May 24, 2018 1:55 pm
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From African Pilot's breaking news: SA Express grounded
On Thursday 24 May the SACAA suspended SA Express’s Air Operator's Certificate (AoC) as well...
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Not surprising and sad to hear, not least, because a couple of the posters at FlyAfrica.Info (now defunct), including the chief moderator there were...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Fri May 25, 2018 7:24 am
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The Fun Has Started!
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ian16th » Wed Feb 14, 2018 7:47 am
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Gupta's Home Raided.
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Several sources say that one of the Gupta brothers has been arrested, and the Police will oppose bail.
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Last post by ian16th
Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:40 am
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SAAF VIP a/c servicing
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ian16th » Sun Aug 27, 2017 8:14 am
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It is only tax payers money.
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Ah, but they're politicians and a cut above the rest of we oiks in their view. They still fail to grasp that they work for us, not we for them. Until...
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Last post by Woody
Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:03 am
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Last post by Boac
Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:57 am
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Flights between Zim & SA Cancelled
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ian16th » Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:00 am
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Flights between Zim & SA cancelled!
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Is this an opportunity for Alison to get back into the business? She used to fly charters from Rand to Beit Bridge on a regular basis. The "con...
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Last post by Alisoncc
Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:08 am
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Last post by Alisoncc
Thu May 25, 2017 4:17 pm
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Driving in Efrica
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ian16th » Wed May 10, 2017 4:02 pm
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Today on the R61
This is from my dashcam today, on a highway!
Solid white lines make the road very pretty, don't they?
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Reminds of when I gave a black a driving test in Rhodesia. I asked him what the white line in the middle of the road is for.
"Eh, eet ees so if...
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Last post by Capetonian
Wed May 10, 2017 4:19 pm
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Last post by Capetonian
Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:39 am
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Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:37 am
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Air Botswana loses 10 ATR pilots to Middle Eastern airlines
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ian16th » Mon Mar 13, 2017 1:35 pm
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From African Pilot Aviation News
Botswana’s troubled flag carrier Air Botswana has confirmed the mass resignation of pilots, with at least 10 having...
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We have of course flown Air Bots many times. We now fly Airlink to JNB.
I have serious doubts over safety standards with Air Bots. This latest...
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Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:27 pm
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