For The Love Of Flying
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The Tiger Moth Experience
This Tiger Moth was flown by a friend of mine, a 747 Captain of SAA who also flew for LUXAVIA for a short period on contract.
I
had the good fortune of being taken up for a flight and even taking the controls for a
while. This is as real as it gets. There is no closed cockpit! The air strokes your skin
and plays with your hair while you sail through the sky and fly with the birds.
This Moth won the trophy in an air race.
The
Tiger Moth in its full glory. Off into the sunset!
The Puma
This Puma was photographed on a training exercise. Note
the winch on the side for extraction of troops and rescue operations. My husband was part
of the team being extracted. A very rare occasion of getting to see a picture of my
husband. He is very camera shy, and was hiding inside the doorframe.
Those Magnificent Men In Their Wonderful Flying Machines
Click on the names for some nice pictures, mostly admired at air shows!
An Historic Flight Section was established to preserve South African Airways heritage and it now boasts the largest and most diverse fleet of airworthy and functioning vintage aircraft owned by any airline in the world. The fleet comprises of a Junkers, JU-52/3m, ZS-AFA, JAN VAN RIEBEECK, a Douglas DC-3, ZS-BXF, KLAPPERKOP, a Douglas DC-4, ZS-BMH, LEBOMBO and a North American Harvard AT6D, ZS-WLP, SPOOK which was restored by the SAA Apprentice Workshop.
All pictures are from my personal photo album. If you would like to see professional photos and read more about the Historic Flight Section and SAA visit the:
SAA Museums' beautiful website
Tiger Moth - more friends of the one above
Shurlok Team - Scully Levin at his best!
Rooivalk -South Africa's own attack helicopter
Puma - more on this tactical troop transporter
Boeing 747 - Cargolux, SAA -SP and others
Clouds
Here is a beautiful picture of a cumulus nimbus cloud we avoided flying into with our
Jumbo.
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Clouds out of aeroplane window
Aerial Views
I was going on holiday to Canada. I flew on Icelandair from Luxembourg. Here the flight
took me over the incredible sight of Greenland. It is definitely not green there!
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Shiny engines over the Limpopo River
Sunrise over Mount Kilimanjaro
Madagascar and the Wonders of Nature
