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Old 12th Nov 2015, 15:05
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JW411
 
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Here is a shot of one of our Slingsby T.21 2-seat gliders. If you look closely you will see that the two camel wagons are being closely escorted by some of our pi-dogs who would make sure that the occupants departed peacefully.

Talking of camels, there was local herd of milking camels which used to cross the main east/west runway twice a day (north in the morning then south in the evening). We launched the gliders using a couple of thousand feet of Kenya fencing wire towed by Nissan Patrol 4x4s. The camels had worked out that the wire could cause them a nasty injury so each camel would stop at the edge of the runway, look both ways and then cross only if it was clear!
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