Full steam ahead for the Cape trip

Aerial view of Table Mountain

Maps, flight planning software, frequencies and airfield directory and route planning

It's been a mad Easter weekend doing some planning for our Cape Town trip with our friends in their Savannah. Our plane is a bit faster so we'll have to be on a go-slow so that we can keep up with each other. The plan has gelled into a trip on the first day (Fri 20 April) to Hitgeheim in the Addo Elephant Park area via Port St Johns and Wings Park, East London. The second day see us head towards Cape Agulhas where we will stay for the weekend, then Stellenbosch and some flying around Table Mountain; then it's off to Saldalha Bay and inland to Sutherland where South Africa's large telescope is sited (SALT). From there we head back to the coast for a return trip to Durban via Mossel Bay and Port Alfred... 10 days in all!!

Marc has been working on the Durban to Port Elizabeth leg and we have worked on the PE to Agulhas leg and next week will work on the remaining legs.

Already quite hectic is the Port Elizabeth Special Rules area, the George Special Rules area as well as the restricted areas around Overberg military area and the Overberg control zone (CTR) which we need to fly through to get to Agulhas.

Here are some of the places we will be visiting...

http://vimeo.com/4697586 Port St Johns


Hopefield Country House


Villa @ Cape Agulhas  http://www.villacapeagulhas.co.za/

Agulhas - the southernmost tip of Africa


Stellenbosch - Cape Winelands


Table Mountain - flying around the mother city


Saldanha Bay


Sutherland, home of SALT and stargazing


Port Alfred


Wild Coast