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Forum: African Aviation

1st Jan 2013, 00:57

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You Know You Are In Africa When.....

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Posted By 727gm

You know you are in Africa when:

after a trans-Atlantic crossing, unloading, refueling, the crew flies the airplane to ANOTHER (more secure) country for hotel/crew rest.

Forum: African Aviation

25th Jun 2011, 07:47

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

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Posted By 727gm

You know you're in Africa when:

Your flight is scheduled to arrive and depart during daylight hours, so that the loaders may walk to and from the airport in daylight, as a measure of protection from wild animals and bandits.
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Forum: African Aviation

30th Oct 2010, 06:04

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

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Posted By 727gm

You know you're in Africa when:

They actually call you "Commandant" when you're in your engineer/FO uniform.

You are always flying in with brand-new, properly labeled, TSO'd cargo nets, and all outbound freight is covered with...

Forum: African Aviation

12th Dec 2009, 08:23

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

Views: 1,087,223

Posted By 727gm

You know you're in Africa when: it sucks ass...

You know you're in Africa when:

it sucks ass bad enough in a certain country's capital that when the starter fails, you just ferry out on a single engine, and windmill-start the other one. (wasn't...

Forum: African Aviation

4th Jun 2009, 05:49

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

Views: 1,087,223

Posted By 727gm

You know you're in Africa when:

You have a fresh new F.E. Rating, etc, validated in-country that day by the relevant local authorities while you slept at the hotel, and then blast off that night with a full load of passengers for...

Forum: African Aviation

4th Jun 2009, 05:03

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

Views: 1,087,223

Posted By 727gm

You know you're in Africa when:

After experiencing the disappearence of mom-n-pop-style FAA Flight Service Stations in the USA 20-some years ago, you can walk in to the met office, and without a common language, get an excellent WX...

Forum: African Aviation

4th Jun 2009, 04:41

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

Views: 1,087,223

Posted By 727gm

You know you are in Africa when:

When the some of the "company's" minions, who have been sleeping while you flew all night on another "mission", wake up, meet you in the lobby, and try to get you to fly an all-day mission when you...

Forum: African Aviation

4th Jun 2009, 03:56

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

Views: 1,087,223

Posted By 727gm

You know you're in Africa when:

The locals advise that when the wild dogs that nap in the shade of the airplane are under wingtip shade rather than center/landing gear shade like usual, to beware of cobras on preflight inspection. ...

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