Microlighters

Hi All,

We will be looking at re-launching the Kalahari Bundu Bash in 2013, this now all depending on the amount of interest we receive by the 28th of February 2013. This will be, since the last once in 2005, the 20th Bundu Bash organised by Mamma & Pappa Kalahari. Proposed dates will be 11 - 16 June 2013. Arrive on the Tuesday in Upington, Depart on Wednesday for the BBash and back on Sunday in Upington.

Let's make this a 20th Bundu Bash no one will forget!

Look forward to your feedback, the price and entry will soon be available on the website, we will keep you posted!

For readers unfamiliar with this event, here’s a
brief overview. The destination is Koppieskraal Pan,
a large dry lakebed right in the corner of South
Africa, adjacent to Botswana and Namibia. This is
about as far from civilization as you can get without
a passport. The hosts are widely known as Mamma & Pappa
Kalahari Ansa and Eben Mocke. They really deserve
their titles, for without them this event would be
wishful thinking. This has become a must- attend
flying event each year!

It is Tuesday afternoon. The abandoned Upington Air
Force hangar is coming alive. Already trike wings are
being assembled and rigged onto undercarriages. The
fixed-wing aircraft are tied down to a sturdy cable
between the missile shelters outside. The clubhouse
is filled with golf shirt boxes and cold
refreshments. Mamma Kalahari has been busy!

In 2013, the Bundu is five days long, not four as it
has been for the last 19 years. Wednesday morning
pilots will be flying to Augrabies Falls about an
hour’s flight from Upington. There the guys and girls will be
having lunch and will visit the great Augrabies
Waterfalls. After lunch the guys & girls
will return to Upington, flying along the mighty
Orange River. Mamma & Pappa Kalahari will treat them to
dinner.

Thursday morning, everybody is ready to take on the
big red Kalahari in full force. Departure from
Upington Airport is at 8 a.m. All the trikes, gyros,
and homebuilt fixed-wings are ready to leave for
Koppieskraalpan. Brunch and fuel are waiting for all
the pilots and ground crew.

Arriving at Koppieskraalpan, base camp for the next
four days, everybody is in great spirits after the
pleasant 111 naautical mile (128 mile) flight from
Upington. Here you can fly when you want, where you
want, as low as you want!

The Koppieskraalpan Pan, or dry lake, is about 10
kilometers (6 miles) wide and 15 kilometers (9 miles)
long, with no fences or telephone lines to worry
about. Just over the dunes to the northwest lies
Hakskeenpan, a pan so big you can land an Airbus
380-300 there and do touch and goes without even
doing a circuit!

At base camp, you are treated to 5-Star catering like
you have never seen before. It is supplied by the
local community, as is all the equipment. This
includes warm water showers (yes, you are reading
correctly, warm water showers in the middle of
nowhere!), toilets, and chairs. Every 5-Star
convenience you can think of is brought 100
kilometers (62 miles) to this spot in the middle of
nowhere.

The Kalahari Bundu Bash is a family event Bring your tent and come enjoy
the Green Kalahari from the sky with no worries about
ATCs or aircraft radios. The airmanship practiced by
the pilots attending the Bundu is without equal. On
Friday and Saturday, the skies above Koppieskraal Pan
looked like Heathrow in London. This is true flying,
and it is a must for everybody.

Sunday morning everybody packs up their camping gear
and returns to Upington after a weekend that will
surely not be forgotten.

That’s a look at what flying in the Kalahari and
flying the Bundu is all about. Come and join us next
year for the flying time of your life!

email address for enquiries: kalaharibundubash@gmail.com

Sal beslis by woon, kan nie wag nie!!!

Wow, klink goed! Ek wil defnitief kom

I am "in like Flynn"! In my diary . . . . DONE!

I will drive down from North West!

Please send entry form when available!

Sal dit baie baie graag wou bywoon, Eben my al so baie vertel van die Kalahari Bundu Bash en ek al so baie fotos daar by julle gesien van vorige trippies, maar 16 Junie is ons jaarlikse Alldays Vliegfees. Jammer, dalk n volgende keer. Sterkte met al die reelings!

Pieter Smith wrote:16 Junie is ons jaarlikse Alldays Vliegfees

Ek het gesit en wonder oor daai botsing.

This sounds like fun

..and Alldays. I will have to choose quickly where the Gyro goes in 2013 as time flies by!

Wat van einde Junie 2012? Dan kan ek en Pieter dit bywoon. Alldays is klaar op my lys maar ek wil baie baie graag die Kalahari doen! Dink bietjie daaroor? Goeie rede om dit te skuif dan sal die panne droog wees en nie die oorsaak wees, soos die laaste keer wat dit gekanselleer was nie. Ek try maar net!

Hi, Sal kyk of ons kan skyf, want ons wil ook Alldays toe.....................!!!!!!!!! Hou julle op hoogte van nuwe datums!

John.com wrote:I will drive down from North West!

Why not fly?

I'll fly down from North West

This will alway be the problem : events on the same date

It's simple decide which one you want attend and then do it

That said end of the months are normally busy at the lodge so I would also prefer the original dates

would love to go

what about fuel