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Old 15th Jun 2007, 04:23
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Dear Guys flying in Namibia,
A friend of mine forwarded me a pix of a C-172 who hit a giraffe...
The only info I got is the reg. V5-ETS ....
Does anyone knows who took the picture(contact thkx), where and when that happend, take off, ldg,any injuries (beside the giraffe).
I'm sure one of you saw that picture or ear anything about it!
I need to contact the guy who took the picture!
Thank you very much, in advance, for your informations!
Cheers
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Here is the pix:

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A truly amazing picture!!!
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Tell that to the giraffe!
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Old 15th Jun 2007, 11:06
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Sorry. Amazing is maybe a tasteless choice of words. But u get the idea
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check out http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB2/viewto...=281802#281802

some more info there..

pic from airliners.net as well
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Old 15th Jun 2007, 14:12
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...Thank you very much LIne-Driver!

Cheers

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Old 15th Jun 2007, 18:17
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Why?

Speedbreak,

You sound like an Insurance assesor.
 
Old 15th Jun 2007, 22:51
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...You sound like a FBI agent!
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... a paranoid insurance assesor?
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Pic

According to the link
The person who took the photo is Lee Ouzman, He owns a store in Maun Botswana called Jacarna. Probably in the phone book or something...
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...thankx Pyote!

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Poor giraffe ....................
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