The Flying Fish

Ok, maybe not "Trojan s ", but rather the singular, Trojan. ZU-VNM graced the Stellenbosch Flying Club, and stuck around for a good few days. Once it's on the ground, one realises how massive the T-28 really is. And once you stand next to it, or park a Cessna 172 next to it, you realise that it isn't just massive; it's an absolute beast! But wow, does that beast have a beautiful sound. I had the opportunity to do a formation sortie with it (I was in an RV-8, as seems to be the norm). Now, if this thing is a massive beast on the ground, you can only imagine what it's like flying off its wing... It's humbling, and scary, and awesome, all at the same time. Afterwards I had the opportunity to climb into the cockpit. And I'm not kidding when I say you have to literally climb! The view from up there is astounding. It left on 24 July. It's got quite a chunky sound, something to do with the numbers of exhausts vs cylinders. But bring the t...

I can’t believe that it has already been over half a year since my adventure to Botswana. And I still haven’t put all the photos up. I was going to post all the details of Bots, and driving there, and the camping, and so on and so forth, but that’s going to take too much time. So I’ve scrapped that. There also won’t be a “Part 3 – Going Home”. For the flying side, I had this idea that I’d put everything up in a logical order, with a detailed story for each. But now, I know I’ll never get around to it, so here are a load of photos! My first flight was with Mack Air, in a Cessna 210, to a strip called “Deception Valley”, way south of Maun in the Kalahari. I was there to see the Delta, not the desert! However, this was my first flight in a C210, so I was still happy. * My second flight was with Delta Air, in the GA-8 Airvan. I was purely self-loading cargo, for the purposes of a training flight around Maun. * My third flight was also with Delta Air, but this time in the Cessn...