Table Bay Sunset Flight

[jtresfon]

My plane is in the workshop for it's 1000hr service... no plane = no fly!!! Unless of course you are a member of the gyro community where there is always someone willing to take you along for the ride!

As the cold front approached the Cape from the west yesterday the clouds and the light was just spectacular. A sunset flight was a must so Gyronaut, Learjet and myself headed skywards. Being a passenger I had plenty of time to take pictures and will be working through them for a while yet but here are a few:














Happy Flying
Jean.

[nicow]

Beautiful pics

[jj le roux]

Really nice pictures!

[mak]

Nice pics Jean. I still want to do a Peninsula tour in a gyro. Tinkerbell and myself are in Cape Town next weekend. If anybody has an open pax seat for their Friday afternoon or Saturday morning flight, please, please, keep us in mind.

[Gyronaut]

Tinkerbell and myself are in Cape Town next weekend.

WHAT?
I have two perfectly good serviceable Gyro's available for the two of you!!!
(The same two that Dave, Jean and I flew in) - doubt you will want to fly the Sycamore.

Tsk.

I will be most offended if I cannot take you guys around the Peninsula while you are here! If it requires a conversion onto the M16/M24/Sycamore before we go then we will do it - and I'll go along in the other machine. DONE.

Do you want to fly on the 3rd, 4th or 5th?

Lyk my julle vergeet gou julle het vrinne innie Kaap. sjoe

Ons sien uit om julle te sien

Len & Cx

[Pieter Smith]

Mak, probeer maar in die oggend gaan vlieg. Die manne in die kaap is vol verskonings in die middag!


"Ai man, ek het nou net my eerste bier gedrink, anders kon ons gou gaan vlieg het"

[mak]

Sjoe, thanks a lot for the offer Len. I will keep an eye on the weather and contact you closer to the time. Really looking forward to it.

[Tinkerbell]

3rd, 4th and 5th, pls, Len!

[Low Level]

doubt you will want to fly the Sycamore

[Gyronaut]

Sorrie Leon maar die mense is te Opstairs om eers te sê hulle kom Kaap toe... wat nog van in my getroue ou Sycamore te wil vlie. Min weet hulle...

Ek sien uit na die 3e, 4e EN die 5e se vlieg saam met Mak en Tinkerbell!

Pieter, skaam jou. Jy ken die waarheid.

Groete

Len

[Tinkerbell]

What an experience! Flying in the most beautiful Cape was a dream come true for us. Thank you, Len, for taking us around Cape Point and Table Mountain. Even the wind throwing us around a bit (well, a lot actually), couldn't mar the breath taking feeling of exhilaration! I am still smiling. Everyone flying around such scenery every day must never get blasé about it. Thanks again, Len!

[FLYNOTE]

Kyk hoe sit daai blerrie Xenon verraaier in die pax sitplek van die M24 met n ligte glimlaggie op sy gevreet... Skaam jou Marius !
Mind you... nou dat ek weer n slag kyk... jy lyk bietjie benoud. Dis meer van n grynslag as n smile. Ek dink die waterfront lyk vir jou bietjie te ver daaronder vir 'comfort'

[mak]

I think Tinkerbell said it all, a dream come true for us. Len & Christine, thank you very much for your hospitality and time on Saturday to make this happen for us. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
It was nice to meet Nick, thanks for the flip in your M24 and to see Mark B and Dave L again.
Johan, Xenon or M24, with the wind that we got around Cape point I was just glad it was a gyro.

Dis meer van n grynslag as n smile.

I can confirm it was most definitely a smile, the same smile that I still have since Saturday's flight. People of the South, you are very fortunate, enjoy every moment.
Len, hopefully we can do this again when we come for our advance training.

[Gyronaut]

Flynote,
Los die suur druiwe nou maar & maak gebruik van jou staande uitnodiging en kom vlie saam met my!
Ek het vir jou 'n Xenon om te vlieg as jy dan WIL opstairs wees. By the way - Mak sit links en dis PIC sitplek in die M24 - dis nie 'n benoude glimlag daai nie - dis die lekkerste ding wat hy al ooit met al sy klere aan gedoen het (en die lekker hou langer)


Mak en Tinkerbell, dit was 'n voorreg om dit saam met julle mee te maak. Julle vlieg altwee baie mooi.
Maak sommer gou weer so!

Len

PS. If it wasn't for Tinkerbells keen eyesight we would have missed seeing 2 different pods of Dolphins!

[FLYNOTE]