Up and down the coast

Umhlanga just after take-off from Virginia

Umdloti, a few kms north of Virginia/Durban

The north Durban coastline

North Durban in the King Shaka International controlled space.. they keep a beady eye on you as you fly at 500ft past the tower along the coast, and 800 ft returning.

I was going down the coast to Margate this morning, but my passengers bailed on me and then I found out the coffee shop/restaurant at the airport has closed down, which totally scotched plans for brunch there.

So I had to make do with the cabbage-patch up to Ballito and back twice, a touch-an-go at King Shaka International and a couple of glide-approaches back at Virginia. The wind was pumping, so I was keen to see how far out to sea you could go and still do a 180 deg turn and make the shore to land upwind without the engine, in the event of a failure. Both of mine were well judged and I made it to the runway which runs parallel to the shore. The temps were up in the 30s c, so it was pretty hot on the ground and a sweaty day flying, but fun.