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Old 22nd Feb 2008, 07:59
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whiskeyflyer
 
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I have had aircraft based at Rand and Lanseria
Lanseria can be amazing quiet on weekends (often came in as no.1 on approach on a saturday afternoon) but also had the experience of landing on 06R with a GV on my left and a helicopter passing over and me in my little aerie. Your skills at coping with heavy traffic improves. Down side is long taxi time and you may spend time waiting clearance for take off (and if you paying by the hour thats a problem)

Rand can be very busy on weekends but the tower is good at clearing the traffic. Circuits in Rand I find are busier than Lanseria. Taxi time is short

But the Havard cafe is definitely the best airport restuarant around with a good vibe, so good excuse to base aircraft elsewhere just for the excuse of flying to Rand for Sunday breakfast (or you could just taxi up to the fence from your hangar and pretend you a real pilot for the breakfast people, for less money )

Click on the following links of AVCOM for private fliers in RSA. Good source for finding aircraft etc

http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB2/viewfo...8a46f946c70e5a
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http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB2/viewfo...8a46f946c70e5a
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