Barberton 2007

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Barberton 2007

Postby Massimo » Mon May 14, 2007 9:39 am

Well its with a very long face that i walk into the office today :cry: After such an awesome weekend of flying the thought of sitting behind the desk all day is not appealing. But i guess somehow we have to make our loot in order to do the next fly away (wild coast) :D

Last friday morning 5 trikes took off in big windy and cold conditions for barberton. Head wind was strong and i was just waiting for the call to say we turning back. But it seems that we were all too adamant to do this trip and pushed on. By the time we reached Witbank we CLIMBED and found a beautiful stable tail wind and clear skies all the way to Carolina.

Carolina was partly closed in by clouds so low level for approx 15 min to the field. That was one very very bumpy ride with loads of experience gained. A short refuel at Carolina and off again onto badplaas then Barberton. Flight ended with beautiful weather into barbs and we touched down at pyramid (barberton) after 3h20 min, i think.

Pyramid is a fantastic airfield, extremely well kept and Brian is a great guy. A big thanks to Brian for all the assistance over the weekend and for making such a beautiful place available to us microlighters.

The rest of the weekend was full of amazing flying to gods woindow, numbi, sabie, kaapmiuden, over rivers, dams, mountains valleys and all around, including extreme short filed landing, water drops and sugar cane low level :lol:. We could not have asked for better weather and the scenery was fantastic. :D :D

The group was great with 13 people all inn. With two long time flyers like Captain Reynolds and Brian around there was no shortage of awesome flying stories around the fire and videos.

A massive thank you to Captain Reynolds for arranging this weekend and guiding us through the trip, we learnt so much over this period and could not have done it without you. Please secure my place for next years trip.

All in all there were big smiles from everyone over the weekend and this is a trip not be missed EVER. I have tons of photos and will post some during the course of the day/week.

Now let me go back to dreaming about the weeknd gone by.........again!! :D :D
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Postby Massimo » Mon May 14, 2007 10:09 am

the start....
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Postby Big-D » Mon May 14, 2007 10:12 am

Yip, got me jealous - Sounds great
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Postby Massimo » Mon May 14, 2007 10:16 am

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Postby DieselFan » Mon May 14, 2007 10:31 am

Sheez what a flight! Good to hear you guys had fun and no incidents! Very cool pics! What was total flying time and times of day?
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Postby Massimo » Mon May 14, 2007 11:23 am

yes the flying was GREAT!! Times from 6.20 am to 11.00 am then 3.30pm to 6.45pm.
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Postby Massimo » Mon May 14, 2007 11:29 am

more.......excuse the enthusiasm :D
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Postby Massimo » Mon May 14, 2007 11:39 am

first prize to my camera lady....thanks baby :D
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Postby Massimo » Mon May 14, 2007 11:42 am

more.......yes more!!
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Postby Massimo » Mon May 14, 2007 11:44 am

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Postby Massimo » Mon May 14, 2007 12:00 pm

and more
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Postby Massimo » Mon May 14, 2007 12:02 pm

this should be it :wink:
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Postby Gyronaut » Mon May 14, 2007 12:15 pm

WOW! Awesome trip, thanks for sharing!

I did my GPL at Pyramid a year ago and echo your sentiments about Brian Young and his beautiful facility. Pity I am so far away from it or I would be there far more often. Brian, I exceeded the 150hr mark this weekend. (Safely thanks in part to your excellent ground school!)

Hope 'Varkies' is also well and please buy him some sweetpotatoes from me!

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Postby Low Level » Mon May 14, 2007 12:52 pm

Massimo wrote:
more.......excuse the enthusiasm :D
No worry - I can't get enough. Nice trip, nice pix. That's the only way to share a remote substance of what you have experienced. These kinda pix make the entusiasm cook.

Fluntastic. :D

P.S. Short info with pixs, or picture name would be nice. :wink:
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