Trike flight from Cape Town to The Netherlands

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Trike flight from Cape Town to The Netherlands

Postby Thom » Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:34 pm

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Hi,
Are you interested in long trike journeys? Follow Thom and Merle in their two trikes flying from South Africa to The Netherlands.
Go to http://www.microview.nl and read their Blog all about their adventures and watch the pictures. ( Website in Dutch and English).
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Re: Trike flight from Cape Town to The Netherlands

Postby MPL Pilot » Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:11 pm

This looks like great fun (^^)
As read on their blog, 7 hours without a toilet call for serious endurance (**)
Wondering how much you should budget for such a trip, there and back?

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Re: Trike flight from Cape Town to The Netherlands

Postby Thom » Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:42 pm

Hi!
Nice to read that the flying side of our adventure does get appriciated in SA ;-)
(In Holland no one flies microlights)

We started 2 months ago in Saldanha (100 kilo's above CapeTown) and flew through Namibia (absolutely beautifull), Zambia, Malawi and are now in the north of Tanzania (Mwanza) awaiting our permit to fly into Kenya...

the direct link to our blog is:
www.microview2010.wordpress.com
(you can subscribe if you like, so you'll receive our updates automaticaly in your emailbox)
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Re: Trike flight from Cape Town to The Netherlands

Postby ICEMAN » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:05 am

Thom wrote:Hi!
...... in the north of Tanzania (Mwanza) awaiting ...
Be sure to pop into the Tulapia Hotel for some lunch or dinner on the banks of Lake Vic
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Re: Trike flight from Cape Town to The Netherlands

Postby extra300s » Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:47 pm

Hi guys

Following your blog with great interest. Most trike pilot would not dare to fly so far. Very inspiring to me. Please do tell more about the trip if possible.

Enjoy and keep safe!
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