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Airlink will take us out of Hoedspruit today...

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... departing over the nearby Balule Game Reserve...

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... and with some fine views of the northern Drakensberg mountains.

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For those sitting on the left.

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This flight passes Jo´burg, ...

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... and Kimberley (yes, there is also a Kimberley in this mining country), ...

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... before we descend towards the Ceres mountains (no, they are not close to Geelong).

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But there are some famous winelands around, ...

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... for example near the city of Paarl.

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We head into a town with some famous sights, ...

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... and from the cockpit you catch them best.

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Okay, sitting on the right would do as well, and compensates for the missing Drakensbergs after takeoff.

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Slightly offset, ...

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... but safely arrived in Cape Town.

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Quite a straight way, with about 2:45 h block time.

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Gerold, wonderful flight over less seen terrain in the flight simming world. Great job covering more of this less traveled area. Your images and information are great looking and informative. And yes, that flight route map is awesome indeed :D

 

Landon

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13 hours ago, wain71 said:

very nice flight and narrative there Gerold, looked like a great journey..

Thank you Wayne. It was in virtual, and I hope it will be in real as well...

 

12 hours ago, paulb said:

A great flight again Gerold. It's many years since I last visited SA in real life. 

You lucky guy Paul, you have been there at least once!

 

8 hours ago, BradB said:

Marvelous shots Gerold . :):)

Thank you John!

 

7 hours ago, adambar said:

Great flight and shots Gerold! :) 

Thanks a lot, Adam.

 

3 hours ago, Captain Lars said:

A great journey with no less great views!

Thank you Lars. I will try to add some comparison shots later the year...

 

3 hours ago, andiflyit said:

Great set again Gerold featuring the OLC Africa. :) Do you have some addon scenery for FACT? Looks a bit more than I have.... 

Thank you Andy. Yes I HAD to. The big airports are not in the scone of OLC, and sadly the whole continent is not in the scope of Orbx... so I can only PM you, if you need. No top quality, but at least an idea...

 

2 hours ago, wain71 said:

are there many good addon airports for this area? I am not sure who to look at for these, there's not a lot on Orbx really...

just like I said to Andy in the previous answer: I wish there was some more of Orbx quality in Africa. But I added the most important airports with other providers.

 

1 hour ago, Sniper31 said:

Gerold, wonderful flight over less seen terrain in the flight simming world. Great job covering more of this less traveled area. Your images and information are great looking and informative. And yes, that flight route map is awesome indeed :D

Landon

Thank you Landon. Not the most complex route today, but some interesting places.

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21 hours ago, mikee said:

Great set of shots Gerold :)

Thank you Mikee!

 

On 7/18/2022 at 10:22 PM, VH-KDK said:

A great flight Gerold and the OLC scenery looks good even from the rarified atmosphere in your flight.:)

Thanks for commenting, Martyn. Quite a lot of flat land during this flight, I expanded the start and landing phase a bit in the post...

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