The Project:
On April 24, 2013, Werner and myself left for Johannesburg, South Africa.
Early next morning after landing, we drove to the Wonderboom airfield (FAWB),
north of Pretoria, to meet with Markus, the owner of "Bush Pilots Adventures".
for more details, visit:
http://www.bushpilot.co.za
During the following 2 days I did:
- the South African Civil Aviation Authority theoretical exam, with a 89% result
- a check flight on ZS-SPO, the Cessna 172 shown above, to convert the swiss pilot license
to a license from the South African Civil Aviation Authority,
and finally
- a check flight on ZS-IAE, the Cessna 182 shown below, which we flew on our "projectbig5africa"
Once this was done, we flew on April 29, 2013, with the C182 ZS-IAE to Barbeton, about 2 hours flight east of Wonderboom for another set of trainings.
The "Bush Pilot" training course is a 2 days training on a C172 with CC Pocock, a local specialist, see below how he describes the training:
And then we took off with ZS-IAE for 2 weeks, slightly more than 30 hours flight, to tour 5 countries.
The planned route is shown on the "tab", "Follow us" (go to the top of this page)
Early next morning after landing, we drove to the Wonderboom airfield (FAWB),
north of Pretoria, to meet with Markus, the owner of "Bush Pilots Adventures".
for more details, visit:
http://www.bushpilot.co.za
During the following 2 days I did:
- the South African Civil Aviation Authority theoretical exam, with a 89% result
- a check flight on ZS-SPO, the Cessna 172 shown above, to convert the swiss pilot license
to a license from the South African Civil Aviation Authority,
and finally
- a check flight on ZS-IAE, the Cessna 182 shown below, which we flew on our "projectbig5africa"
The "Bush Pilot" training course is a 2 days training on a C172 with CC Pocock, a local specialist, see below how he describes the training:
Short field, soft field and unimproved surface take off and landings, low flying, slow flying and mountain flying, engine diagnostics and repair, this course covers just about everything you need to know to fly and survive in the bush. The training is run by CC Pocock from Bushair, which is based at the Barberton Valley airstrip. The strip lies in the South African lowveld, approx. 150nm east of Johannesburg, nestled in the middle of the bush with Swaziland, Mozambique and the Kruger National
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Park on the doorstep. The area also provides all the necessary scenarios, mountains and challenging strips within a 15nm radius, and its natural beauty is complemented by an easy-going and friendly people who make it their home the C172, ZS-CSZ, we flew on our Bush Pilot course | ||
The planned route is shown on the "tab", "Follow us" (go to the top of this page)
