Monday, December 23, 2013

Christmas spirit



Great to have ZDL back in Durban and to see the sun shining again.. wow, 2 days in a row. So a flight "around the cabbage patch" was in order just to show a prospective Sling purchaser how beautifully the plane flies. And of course a chance to show some Christmas spirit with our hats.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

 
ZDL has been sitting in Louis' hangar in Cato Ridge in the place of his plane as the next flight was going to be to Tedderfield in Johannesburg to fetch his plane back from it's 25-hour service. A month has gone by and with the shitty weather en route it has been impossible to go sooner. Yesterday we managed the trip, starting out on a misty morning with the clouds hanging over Pietermaritzburg in the hollow. After skirting the clouds and getting over the ridge, the sky was relatively clear and we made it to Jhb and back in a morning.
 
The clouds hang over Petermaritzburg as we picked a route to skirt them

8500 ft passing the craggy koppies half way

Estcourt and Wagendrift dam on the way home

Getting a bit hot as the morning sun burns down

A quick glimpse at the Sling 4 in production at The Airplane Factory


The familiar sight of Durban's Bluff at the reporting point near home, with the harbour and city in the distance
We left at 6.30am in ZDL taking Louis to Johannesburg, picked up his plane and flew home in our respective Slings completing the round trip by 12noon.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Goodbye to a dear father

The modern father of our nation and South Africa's favourite President died at the age of 95 last night on the 5th December 2013.

Nelson Mandela will be remembered as a world Statesman who brought unity to South Africa and peace to this part of Africa and a man loved by everyone.

CNN sets out well his life history and the passage to a peaceful transition from the National Party government pre-1994 to the democratic elections and the inauguration of our first black President under the new negotiated Constitution of the Republic. The Constitution introduced a Bill of Rights and widespread new freedoms for all citizens, regardless of race or gender. We salute you dear father and thank you for your gift to us all. May you Rest in Peace.

President Nelson Mandela