Circus to Phalaborwa

[HENNING JOHAN]

Hallo,Porra!Maybe I must join you to Palaborwa with CAI and the 503 Ratax. We can fly with the locals like Louis Fourie and Oom Willie.Oom Willie help ons en gee ons meer inligting oor julle area. Jy ken mos al die lekker plekke! If all is going well just maybe we will return for the Hippo fly inn Porra and me will talk this afternoon about the trip!

[Willie]

Ja julle ouens wag mos tot ek weg gaan dan kom julle kuier Porra jy kan my hanger gebruik want ek is dan op Kariba. Jy sal sien daar is plek langs die KR2. Ek vlieg 2 April na Kariba. Is in Durban die week voor dit. Johan as jy saam kom kry die sleutel by Pieter vir die Chalet
Trikes vlieg nie lekker deur die dag hier by ons nie. Beplan julle vlugte baie vroeg of baie laat.

[Slabfish]

Porra it sounds like a nice trip.I once did a round trip ,Wonderboom,Carolina,Barberton-Piramid,Palaborwa,Tzaneen,Pietersburg,Pogietersrus Wonderboom what a nice erea to fly !!!.That was after flying from Jeffreysbsy ,Kimberly Rhino and then Wonderboom. I can tell you that although there is safety in numbers ,there is nothing that beats the feeling of achievement when you do a well planned trip like that solo !I say go for it ! Just watch your weather,try not to fly later than 10 in the mornings ,rarther take 2 days as the lowveld gets blerrie hot ----turbulence!!!--- and plan your flight and fly your plan !I am following your trip on Easyplan,can you give me the co-ords for the strip at the game farm you are landing at please.
Regards
Clem

[Porra]

Hi Clem, the co-ords are: S24 44 07 & E 030 27 18. Wayne is the man to speak too. Such a freindly guy and so accomodating too. Thanks for the info, I am going to try everything to make this trip as safe and as much fun as possible. The guys that say there are some great bunch of people out there arent joking. There really are a bunch of great people out there willing to help us microlighters out there!!

[Porra]

Hi Clem, i forgot to give you the number for the lodge. It is 013 238 8100.
Porra.

[HENNING JOHAN]

Dankie,Oom Willie vir die chalet!

[Porra]

Ok will chat about it next week, sounds good!

RED[/quote]

Hey Splinter, have you spoken to the Softness yet??

[Splinter]

Ok will chat about it next week, sounds good!

RED

Hey Splinter, have you spoken to the Softness yet?? [/quote]


Softness is not a problem! Sent you a PM with my number! Sounds like good fun

RED

[Tailspin]

Hi Porra.

This is a trip I am going to do. So if you can post all your Waypoints and info here I would appreciate it greatly.

Oh and say hello to Uncle Spud Murphy if you are there.

Tailspin

Keep me posted Gavin. Busy little bee I am, but it would be good to see you again if you fly in. Been a difficult year so it has

Alles van die beste to you and all the other okes

Hi Uncle Spud.

It is a trip i have planned to do as one of my first long ones after the Sun bird is flying. Hopefully during the winter sometime.

[Porra]

Hey Splinter, checked out your suggestion on easyplan. Estimated 6hrs and 20 min flying time. Sounds great!!
Middelburg, Sabie, Hazyview, Pilgrims Rest, Blyde Canyon, Hoedspruit and Phalaborwa.
Now all we need is to speak to the weather Gods and hope they are good to us

[Splinter]

Hey Splinter, checked out your suggestion on easyplan. Estimated 6hrs and 20 min flying time. Sounds great!!
Middelburg, Sabie, Hazyview, Pilgrims Rest, Blyde Canyon, Hoedspruit and Phalaborwa.
Now all we need is to speak to the weather Gods and hope they are good to us

Good flying down there. This was just a quick suggestion, maybe just check the vertical navigation, great alt difference between Sabie, Hazyview and back to Blyde. Dont need to go there if you think its gonna be a problem with a heavy loaded 503 but I assure you the scenery is GREAT and so is the Hazyview breakfast!

RED

[Porra]

Good flying down there. This was just a quick suggestion, maybe just check the vertical navigation, great alt difference between Sabie, Hazyview and back to Blyde. Dont need to go there if you think its gonna be a problem with a heavy loaded 503 but I assure you the scenery is GREAT and so is the Hazyview breakfast!

RED[/quote]
This is it, we must do it this way. Brekkie sounds great

[Blue Max]

Sorry gents , I will also want to take part in this outing..so count me in..
Last year during August Mervin from Microland organized a similar trip and about 7 trikes went from Microland to Hazyview. One of the 7 was a lady pilot in a 502 from Microland..(Forgotten her name ) Myself flew from Marble Hall via Lydenburg over the escarpment to hazyview where I joined up with them.
From the Numbi Hotel we went on Daily excursions to some of the places mentioned above...
It was the most fantastic experience I have had for a very long time..
The outing was organized during August because it is the safest time of the year to fly over those mountains..
We flew all along the border of the Kruger Park and spotted plenty game..We also flew along the Escarpment and had the oportunity to enjoy plenty of Gods-window like scenary...FANTASTIC..
Make sure about the weather the Mountains are very intimmidating.

[Willie]

Voorsmakie

[Willie]