Aeroden Runway Intrusion!

[John.com]

Just a quick headsup to fellow aviators planning on landing at Aeroden (runway 18) . . . . . "WATCH OUT FOR THE WILDLIFE!"

Even flying over the airstrip you will need to look hard to see these critters!

Safe Flying!

John

[Dish]

One does need to be careful indeed...

[John.com]

Oh ya, and if you were wondering what a Hartbees could do to you or your aerie, check out this clip of what one did to a mountain-biker!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHy ... lf=mh_lolz

OUCH!!!!

[Dish]

Properly taken out - That lightie became a worldwide phenomenon overnight after that incident - you tube went from zero to 4 million hits in two days - !!! Aerodens a lovely runway though and if Basie hears a plane he normally bolts out on the quad to chase the intruders away.... stay on your toes though.....

[Triker]

...anders het jy wilds biltong
en mens droewors

[James Bentley]

Here is a selection of what we see on our airfield including "Buck Norris" the Blesbok
he believes he owns the runway and needs to be chased off a lot of the time so be observant of him whenever you come to visit us

here he is marking his territory

Buck Norris marking his territory

some of our visitors have the nerve to say they would like to turn him into biltong, that will never happen guys!!!!

we also have a small herd of Oribi who are quite shy but always around in the early evenings and mornings

One of the Oribi males

and some really beautiful birds including this Black eagle pair who hunt on the valley edge

Black eagle pair

besides the birds of prey we also get visited by crowned cranes and just this week we had a pair of blue cranes wandering around
unfortunately they flew off before I could get my camera ready!!!

Crowned cranes

the Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve is our immediate neighbor, and there is no fence between us, so we are very lucky to have all of these wonderful creatures around our house and airfield

Only in Africa

[Ian]

so we are very lucky to have all of these wonderful creatures around our house and airfield


Very lucky indeed Sir.

We also have wonderful creatures around our airfield, they stand on 2 legs dont always go away

MUST get down your way one of these days !

Cheers Ian

[Madman]

This is a nice thread

Tribal..show dem what you have running around on your strip

When Tribal says "buzz the runway to clear the animals".. I now know why

[Tailspin]

Aerodens wildlife and myself have nearly had some yucky outcome.

Ask Alpha - he will tell you.

[aeroden]

You are a w......y

[Tailspin]

You are a w......y

Would rather be called that than put an Aircraft down Two up Heavy, downwind landing with no brakes and it was not my Trike.
All i needed was one YAMAZAN to run in the wrong direction and not enough space for a go around.