16 September to 12 September 2011
Fri, 16 Sep 2011
by Keith
Friday, 16 September 2011 En-route to Vilhena Mike and Jean decided to landed in Porto Velho for fuel, and then departed to push till Vilhena Airport before sunset. A while after landing at Porto Velho, Mike sent us this message: “Landed for fuel. Got bad fuel and engine was running rough. Storm overhead now. Filled
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21 September to 16 September 2011
Wed, 21 Sep 2011
by Keith
Wednesday, 21 September 2011 Photo Log: Vilhena to Rio
Herewith some photos of Mike & Jean's leg from Vilhena to Rio
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28 September to 21 September 2011
Wed, 28 Sep 2011
by Keith
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 Video clip: Cape Town Arrival Thanks to Louis Chanu for sending through this video clip of the arrival at Cape Town International and Stellenbosch Saturday, 24 September 2011 Our final leg completed James, Jean and Mike landed a short while back at Tedderfield Airpark completing the final
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Leg Departure from Arrival at Designator Distance (km) Time (hrs) Date 1 Tedderfield Airpark, Johannesburg South, South Africa Lanseria Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa FALA 46 0.3 2011/08/07 2 Lanseria Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa St Denis Gillot, Reunion FMEE 2,866 13.5 2011/08/07 3 St Denis Gillot, Reunion Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka VCBI 4,071 21
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The Aircraft
Thu, 29 Sep 2011
by Keith
What Makes This Sling 4 Different? Apart from the standard features our production Sling 4 will have, this Sling has been adapted in the following ways for the trip: Fuel tanks – increased from 150 liters to 450 liters (giving 24 hours endurance) Improved instrumentation – 2 x MGL Voyagers, TCAS, high quality gyros, Navcom radio Satellite
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11 September to 7 September 2011
Mon, 05 May 2014
by Keith
Sunday, 11 September 2011 Shared Mexican delights! 2011-09-11 08:43:39 UTC+2 Howdy, howdy, howdy…….I wish you were all here! In fact as I was strolling up from the beach to get a beer and then proceed to the business centre, I thought about an idea. It means so much to us that there are so many of
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