The 4 Corners

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The 4 Corners

Postby Lone Ranger » Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:16 am

Straydog and myself landed safely at Panorama & Springs yesterday. vhpy

Thank you. (^^) Thank you. (^^) Thank you (^^) to all of you who helped us and supported us along the way.
We couldn't have done this without you. I have got 48 names, from slabfish to slowpoke, mostly members of this forum.
What a great bunch, these microlighters!

For those of you who didn't know, the aim was to fly to the most Northern, most Eastern, most Southern and most
Western point of South Africa in one week with our trikes.

We left on the 6th of September and returned on the 13th of September.
Circled at all 4 corners.
Flew 5083 KM
Clocked 50.7 Hours
Captured nearly 2000 photos
Lowest maintained groundspeed longer than 10 Minutes was 32 miles
Highest maintained groundspeed longer than 10 Minutes was 139 miles
We aimed at maintaining our most economical airspeed 75 miles - 12.5 litres per hour
No incidents.
Even though the weather was really foul, and we were flying close to the edge, we still
knew the edge was in front of us.
We got enough stories to fill a whole book.

Once more, thank you.
(^^) (^^) (^^)
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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby Tumbleweed » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:05 am

Lone Ranger,

You're an inspiration to us all.

Thanks goodness someone's taught you how to type so you can share your experiences.

Now to get you to post sone pics. :)
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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby Dre'man55 » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:12 am

Sounds awesome, I look forward to more detail and some pics. Well done (^^) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: (!!)
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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby cobra » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:32 am

Welcome back guys and looking forward to some pics on the forum 8)
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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby 3wheels » Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:38 pm

=D* =D* Well done guys !! =D* =D*

Sure it was awesome

This is going to be a much followed thread ! Can't wait for the details and pics.

(^^)
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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby Wart » Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:57 pm

Well done guys!!!

Pull up a chair, pour yourself a drink and let's hear all about it??
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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby Sukkelaar » Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:09 pm

Welcome back guys and welldone

Cant wait to see and read the stories (did you seethat speed for 10 minutes, wow :o :o :o vhpy vhpy )

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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby Nkwazi » Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:18 pm

Well done Robert, must have been a fantastic trip. Are we seeing you at Numbi
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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby Jetman » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:13 pm

Well done Gassy.
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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby Slabfish » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:21 pm

Truly a inspiration to us ,the cabbage patch gang 8)
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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby LarryMcG » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:27 am

Well done, very jealous!

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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby IceAge » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:07 pm

It would also be nice to get some sort of list on the "do's" and "dont's" on such a trip and the actual airstrips (with facilities) that was used........... just in case some other members of the forum plan on doing a similar trip in the future. (^^) (^^)

Well done. Can't wait for some nice pics.
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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby Thatchman » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:45 pm

Well done lads. Glad you made it back safely. (^^) (^^)

Robert is it true that Straydog had to keep coming back for you because the Tanarg could not keep up to the GT :?: :lol: :lol:
Its ok though, you have a much prettier wing. vhpy

Look forward to the pics and stories
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Re: The 4 Corners

Postby Henk » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:53 pm

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