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Old 31st May 2004, 21:27
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Cue Ball
 
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Must concur with Herc Jerk here, the cheese is way overated and make sure to land on R36L. On final approach to R36 you will see another runway off to the right about 2-3 miles , don't even think of going there bro it is a military airstrip in Rwanda. This may just be your last landing for quite some time as the Rwandans will be so happy to see you that they will insist you stay for ........... a couple of months if you are lucky,if you know what I mean. As for the nav aids, well the VOR works when it feels like it which is about never, but this is africa buddy.The area around Goma is very moutainous with a MSA of about 13000ft if I am not misatken. Also not the best weather for flying, plenty of cloud and thunderstorms around a lot of the time Otherwise Goma is not too bad a place, nice climate temperature wise and relatively few mosquitoes compared to the rest of the counrtry but still take precautions. Otherwise enjoy it, it really is a beautiful part of the world.

PS Herk Jerc how is runway 37 at Kalemie doing?
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