Flying Adventure: Indian Ocean Coast – Day 14 (FABL – FAPY): We wake up to a beautiful morning with clear skies and fantastic visibility. It makes us not really feel like flying all the way back to base yet. We…
Flying Adventure: Indian Ocean Coast – Day 12 (FAEL – FABL): We have to plan our route back to Gauteng. Essentially we have two options, either back up along the coast and around Lesotho to the east, or route towards…
Flying Adventure: Indian Ocean Coast – Day 11 (FAVG – FABE – FAEL): Fortunately the weather looks much better this morning, and we are on our way after breakfast. It should be a beautiful flight along the South Coast and…
Flying Adventure: Indian Ocean Coast – Day 8 (FAKN – FAVG): Nelspruit was just an en-route stop, and we are therefore on our way back to the airport after breakfast and check out. It is time to fly back to…
Flying Adventure: Indian Ocean Coast – Day 4 (FQIN – FQVL): It is day 4 on our tour and we decide to move onwards to Vilanculos and the Bazaruto archipelago. Vilanculos is about an hour flight further up north the…
Flying Adventure: Indian Ocean Coast – Day 2 (FQMA – FQIN): Maputo is not really a place where we felt like staying for longer than a night. We have thus decided to fly up north to Inhambane and the secluded…
Flying Adventure: Indian Ocean Coast – Day 1 (FAWB – FAKN – FQMA): We are heading out to Maputo, Mozambique’s capital, today. It’s the start of an unplanned flying adventure. In essence, that means we haven’t made any bookings for…
Flying at night under the stars is an amazing experience, particularly on a clear and cloudless night, which allows for VFR night flying. Winds are generally calmer and there’s far less traffic in your airspace than during the day. Many…
Almost every pilot is taught, and may even believe, that the lift force must equal the force of gravity or weight in order to maintain flight. But if that was true, then aviation as we know it, wouldn’t be possible.…
Flying Adventure: Weekend getaway to Phalaborwa and the Northern Kruger Park (FAWB – FAKN – FAPH – FAWB): After a week of rainy and cloudy weather across the South African interior, the skies couldn’t be clearer. So it’s definitely time…