1st flight to Africa...tips?
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Cheers!
Well, for sure if all of your life you are used to drink bottle water, or European Tap water, you might have to run quite often to the toilet once you end up drinking some "African water"..but then, its like for everything, just a matter of beeing used to diferenet stuff , its sometimes painful and can take a while... (I still struggle to get used to German Beer)... Anyway, lets get back to the Aviation Part...
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Funny Boys?
Reading this very interesting stream of advice,,,,,,,
Even I, with limited English know that the topic of this is TIPS.
Water drinking is a tip.
On with the topic please, no more HA! digressions!
Do not swim in puddles....Bilharzia...read about it....worms wrigggle up your bottom, come out through eyeballs, visit interesting places en route. Makes piloting very difficult. European doctors do not know about it, make wrong diagnosis, chop wrong bits off you...YUP! read all about it!
Reading this very interesting stream of advice,,,,,,,
Even I, with limited English know that the topic of this is TIPS.
Water drinking is a tip.
On with the topic please, no more HA! digressions!
Do not swim in puddles....Bilharzia...read about it....worms wrigggle up your bottom, come out through eyeballs, visit interesting places en route. Makes piloting very difficult. European doctors do not know about it, make wrong diagnosis, chop wrong bits off you...YUP! read all about it!
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I remember at one NBAA conference in the US many years ago, the Africa Region Rep said the following (if memory is correct)
"In Africa we have airways, we have airports, we have runways, we have nav-aids, we have ATC, we have ground handlers. They may not work, but we've got em"
After having spent some time in East & West Africa, this did make me chuckle. I got to speak to him after the presentation, and his candor and advice was uplifting.
He was a Hawker TRE/IRE and now runs one of the best BIZAV facilitation companies in West Africa.
PM me for his details.
"In Africa we have airways, we have airports, we have runways, we have nav-aids, we have ATC, we have ground handlers. They may not work, but we've got em"
After having spent some time in East & West Africa, this did make me chuckle. I got to speak to him after the presentation, and his candor and advice was uplifting.
He was a Hawker TRE/IRE and now runs one of the best BIZAV facilitation companies in West Africa.
PM me for his details.
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Well... If you want another tip that goes in the Drinkable water topic style, I'm sure you heard about it, but if you have a quick look at this map (see link: http://abbott.com/static/content/ima...ccess_map1.gif )... These are just "official numbers"... No need to tell you to bring some bullet-proof Kevlar high resistant Condoms...and to use 5 or 6 of them in the same time if you can... TRF Nomad PS: Sorry for my mistake: Algeria ordered 25 Sukhoi 30MK's (and not SU-35 as I stated previousely...) and anyway, that wont make the difference if its a SU-30 or SU-35 if you end up making a city tour around their military bases by mistake...
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Reading this very interesting stream of advice,,,,,,,
Even I, with limited English know that the topic of this is TIPS.
Water drinking is a tip
Even I, with limited English know that the topic of this is TIPS.
Water drinking is a tip
Any tips will be most appreciated (ATC procedures, radar, position reports etc).
I really think that this guy is asking about flying and navigation tips in africa. At least this is what I understood with my also very very limited english sir.
