Loki
 

Its been a while since I was in Loki. Can anybody tell me what is going on up there these days?

I would be interested too , I stayed at the Trackmark camp in 94-95 were great days.

Trackmark camp
 

I remember downing a few at their pool myself.

Loki's looking sadder than ever these days - if that was possible! After the peace happened most of Loki moved to Juba. ICRC, the Hilton & Lopideng closed in 2006. Trackmark stopped flying and the camp was sold, I believe, to Twig. Some of the UN is still there but, last time I was there, the Hercs had been replaced by Antonovs - because they're cheap, as is the norm with UN contracts - cost over safety! Still, good memories! :O

I was looking at some of the airstrips in southern Sudan that Trackmark used to fly into. I spent several days on the ground at Mapel but the satellite imagery doesn't look anything like I remembered. Are those strips and drop zones becoming overgrown?

Loki Airport
 

Sadly, It's nowhere near as busy as it used to be. The UN's operation was limited to a single daily Dash 8 flying to Rumbek and Juba the last time I was there in 2009. East African withdrew commercial services last year and I believe the only surviving regular service from Nairobi is ALS with a daily Beech 1900 that routes via Lodwar. A few private operators still run flights into South Sudan from Loki.
The authorities opened a brand-new control tower in 2008 and published a whole set of RNAV SID's and STAR's that can be found in the Kenyan AIP.

Although it sounds like things are kicking off in the East again with just over a week to go before the South secedes.

I was there in 1992 for the first time and it was a dirt strip with funny twotter there, with a big round nose. I later found out it was a twotter off floats. I was then last there in 1998, so I had seen it through the years in between. BTW, my good friend has the big Buffalo prop on his veranda in Nairobi with all the names still on it from the ICRC.
Those years will be remembered and surely missed.
"Don't call me Surely"

Call me a cynic but, as SRT says, it may all kick off again if they're not careful, especially around Bentiu. I think most of us thought that, when the (re-arming) truce/peace deal happened. Loki may still be resurrected! :hmm:

This is a problem that is not about to go away.

They need a prolonged visit from the Four Horsemen to get the population down below the resource limit.

Sadly, all of our efforts to provide aid and keep the warring factions apart are only making matters worse by prolonging the real problem of unsustainable overpopulation.

Loki
 

Wow - memories I worked in Loki 95/99 probably the greatest time in my working life, what a place full of memories:Trackmark for Sunday Curry lunch,Kate for a few beers in the evening with the Safair and TransAfrik boys,the Caltex bladder starting a leak!!!Tony Freeman doing the donkey run early morning!
Wonderful times, oh is 5y-Taj STILL flying???
In closing Wet but landable!!!!

loki
 

I forgot - Hugh Prior ICRC!!!!!

wet and landable or wet unlandable???