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Forum: African Aviation
4th Jul 2015, 16:59
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

Why is this important..because walk along the...

Why is this important..because walk along the boteti now, and you will come across so many stone age tools, this was a place of great signifacnce in the past, in terms of stone age tools...and not...
Forum: African Aviation
4th Jul 2015, 16:25
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

I tested the drinking water in maun as a...

I tested the drinking water in maun as a stable..it was so saline I had to use the river water, and distill it myself...god the salty maun water
Just to clarify I wasnt looking for an inland sea..I...
Forum: African Aviation
4th Jul 2015, 16:22
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

All good but when your university has given you...

All good but when your university has given you the equipment to test potassium, nitrates etc in the soil,,and you come back and say, there is no positive corelation, the delta just is..well
Forum: African Aviation
4th Jul 2015, 13:53
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

Anyway a huge inland sea did once exist, but it...

Anyway a huge inland sea did once exist, but it did not engulf the okavango delta..it existed more south..and the river boteti probably filled it...because above that there is no evidence of a huge...
Forum: African Aviation
4th Jul 2015, 07:42
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

So it looks like another pretty dry episode for...

So it looks like another pretty dry episode for the delta, the peripheries will be drying next year..goodbye Lake Ngami..you will be missed...until the next 20 year cycle..although becoming more...
Forum: African Aviation
3rd Jul 2015, 22:12
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

She sounds lovely..Ive taken the details..

She sounds lovely..Ive taken the details..
Forum: African Aviation
20th Jun 2015, 17:04
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

I grew up in Botswana and cant fault it soo much,...

I grew up in Botswana and cant fault it soo much, but there is culture of lack lustre, like go to one of the lodges and hotels, they are standing around discusssing sht, you have to ask for the menu,...
Forum: African Aviation
20th Jun 2015, 16:39
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

If I can untagle what corvoting said,,perhaps the...

If I can untagle what corvoting said,,perhaps the CAAB should take a step back, and realise the fruitless point of making pilots apply sometimes 3 times to get a work permit..is all for show..to...
Forum: African Aviation
15th Jun 2015, 14:27
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

I was with an aspiring Motswana pilot, trained at...

I was with an aspiring Motswana pilot, trained at Babcock got his own 172 to do as he wishes, I was only hoping for one thing, get the machine down safely...but yes cant argue with the mentality of...
Forum: African Aviation
15th Jun 2015, 12:04
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

Well in all honesty..and pilots will shoot me...

Well in all honesty..and pilots will shoot me down for this..I wanted to experience the country I grew up in again, and I used to be a motswana, Botswana citizen, but they make choose your...
Forum: African Aviation
15th Jun 2015, 11:09
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

Make the trip..your illusions will be...

Make the trip..your illusions will be clarified...good bunch...keep a donor liver in the fridge, lock the door safely, because there is something about this land that is so strangely appealing, and...
Forum: African Aviation
14th Jun 2015, 14:36
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

I was actually with one of the training local...

I was actually with one of the training local pilots a couple of ears ago, he had his own cessna 172 which he flew in from Gauteng, sponsored by the government. We had the unpleasant meeting as it...
Forum: African Aviation
14th Jun 2015, 11:57
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

Have they finished the new runway at Maun yet, it...

Have they finished the new runway at Maun yet, it has been a few years now of some grumpy men looking for some shade underneath their bulldozers!!
Forum: African Aviation
14th Jun 2015, 07:20
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

Yes the Air botswana incedent, they found HIV in...

Yes the Air botswana incedent, they found HIV in the pilots blood, and Air Botswana admitted that was the reason for grounding him, dont quite know the acceptaple levels, but he was not a happy chap...
Forum: African Aviation
13th Jun 2015, 10:11
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

Im sure some guys must remember whenthe RAF used...

Im sure some guys must remember whenthe RAF used to come down to Maun, in their Hercules, to train the BDF, Botswana Defence Force, I was allowed into the cockpit but dont touch!
Forum: African Aviation
13th Jun 2015, 09:13
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

Well I think about time, I think Ethopian...

Well I think about time, I think Ethopian airlines are soon going to be starting a flight to GABS, it is an underutilised airport, although a refurbished one. I remeber the days when the british...
Forum: African Aviation
13th Jun 2015, 09:01
Replies: 1,373
Views: 869,903
Posted By lightning bird

The real reason is Botswana is getting more...

The real reason is Botswana is getting more tougher on its migrant laws, the old days of a freindly nation looking for for expats are over, compared to the rest of Africa it is still friendly, but...
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