Where to start………..
Gone are the days of jumping across dune belts at lighting speed inches of the deck playing hide and seek, soaring with the eagles at 20 000 ft, flying formation that would make the air force jealous, doing approaches using ‘man made features’ with no margin for error, and so much more…….
How can one forget the awesome parties that lasted long after the mist has cleared! Doing an early morning scenic through valleys, over rivers, seeing wildlife all round and stopping off for a few hours to enjoy that famous Opuwo pie. Thereafter starting the amazing race down the Skeleton Coast in search of that ice cold ‘TAFEL’ awaiting one at the entrance to the skydivers!
Then tomorrow we do it all over again but heading south across the desert this time. Waving to the locals on the Kuiseb banks, dodging vultures “next to” the Tsondab, saying hi to the boys at Sesriem before ending up at the all too famous Sossus Vlei! But before touching down in Swakop we’ll first investigate the Diamond Camps in the search for survivors, patrolling the Forbidden Coast scattered with ship wrecks and finally ending the flight with a low past over a famous dune south of the Swakop river! Again we take the ‘TAFEL’ awaiting us to the right of runway 24 short!
To the boys and girls that roamed the skies of the mighty Namib, hats of to all, we’re in a league of our own! Made friends for life and the good times we will have again pretty soon.
On another topic, I actually know the dude that made that video that is doing the rounds. Said he made it for the selected few that occupied the Namib at the time and it would not be up for grabs on the net! Was told there is an updated version in progress that is going well with even more spectacular shots of the boys mastering the art of ‘bush’ flying!!
Arrow…..