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Old 10th May 2015, 01:07
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Africa

- Lining up on runway 16 in HAAX you notice the number 16 has been painted over the number 34 which has been scratched out with grey paint.

- Discovering exactly how 10 years of erosion has converted an officially declared asphalt runway into a loose gravel strip.

- When local pilots tell you the runway is "TAM" - that's africa man!

- ATC involves someone shouting ilegible instructions at the top of their voice into a portable 2-way radio at the top of an half-built tower with in Ravens and other birds nesting on it.

- All controllers base their instructions on the same hand drawn map of radials and distances to all destinations based on only one partly serviceable beacon.
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