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Forum: African Aviation
22nd Mar 2005, 05:18
Replies: 13
Views: 1,965
Posted By Amabokoboko

Check that, Sultan. I made enquiries about Hire...

Check that, Sultan. I made enquiries about Hire and Fly a few weeks ago and they were more than happy to let me take an aerie up to a grass strip to fetch my old man and little bro'.
Forum: Private Flying
26th Oct 2004, 06:40
Replies: 290
Views: 32,963
Posted By Amabokoboko

You're picking a fantastic part of the world to...

You're picking a fantastic part of the world to honeymoon! Welcome! One of your compatriots contacted us at www.avcom.co.za (SA Pilots' Forum) and we recommended CFS but he subsequently had a problem...
Forum: African Aviation
26th Oct 2004, 04:45
Replies: 2
Views: 592
Posted By Amabokoboko

Thanks Andy. You're a man amongst (bad) men. :ok:

Thanks Andy. You're a man amongst (bad) men. :ok:
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
25th Oct 2004, 05:44
Replies: 37
Views: 6,599
Posted By Amabokoboko

As one of the posters below the picture pointed...

As one of the posters below the picture pointed out:



Can't really top that myself, I'm afraid :rolleyes: .
Forum: African Aviation
20th Oct 2004, 06:44
Replies: 2
Views: 592
Posted By Amabokoboko

Info on FIRs in SADC?

Hi,

I'm looking for info on the SADC FIR's, particularly the northern ones (Luanda, Dar, Lusaka, Lilongwe, Kinshasa and the Indian Ocean Islands). I'll settle for a website with a map and...
Forum: African Aviation
25th Sep 2004, 15:42
Replies: 19
Views: 2,621
Posted By Amabokoboko

Fancy a return to minority rule, Skies? :yuk:

Fancy a return to minority rule, Skies? :yuk:
Forum: Private Flying
16th Sep 2004, 11:44
Replies: 32
Views: 3,526
Posted By Amabokoboko

Ah! Fair enough 'beans :ok: . My golden...

Ah! Fair enough 'beans :ok: .

My golden rule? I'd have to go with :

"Pick a VERY still day the first time you take your significant other up on that first flight".

Not a very happy flyer,...
Forum: Private Flying
16th Sep 2004, 06:51
Replies: 32
Views: 3,526
Posted By Amabokoboko

I'm not sure what the going rates are in the UK...

I'm not sure what the going rates are in the UK on credit cards but this is just about the worst piece of financial advice I've ever heard.

If you're going to pay off the credit card fast enough...
Forum: African Aviation
2nd Sep 2004, 05:06
Replies: 5
Views: 999
Posted By Amabokoboko

I initially didn't want to mention the airline...

I initially didn't want to mention the airline but I don't think it actually matters (feel free to moderate if it does ;)). It was indeed Antrack (or so it says in the original story).

The...
Forum: African Aviation
1st Sep 2004, 06:15
Replies: 5
Views: 999
Posted By Amabokoboko

Pax eye view

This from a mate of mine, presently working in Ghana. It's a wonderful description of what the folk down the back end of the plane go through in darkest Afrique. I've changed their names, and the...
Forum: Cabin Crew
27th Aug 2004, 04:52
Replies: 83
Views: 19,592
Posted By Amabokoboko

Oh, man! my coffee nearly came out my nose :D ! ...

Oh, man! my coffee nearly came out my nose :D !

From a pax perspective:

Once saw a hostie explain to two mothers why they couldn't sit next to each other with their kids on their laps (not...
Forum: African Aviation
24th Aug 2004, 11:03
Replies: 3
Views: 947
Posted By Amabokoboko

Jangys, that's a rather extreme reaction to what...

Jangys, that's a rather extreme reaction to what appears an innocent accident, isn't it!?

Do you have further details you're not sharing?
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Aug 2004, 05:36
Replies: 7
Views: 956
Posted By Amabokoboko

Front page in The Star (Jo'burg's daily) today is...

Front page in The Star (Jo'burg's daily) today is a story of a young woman who survived an equipment malfunction from 11500 ft. Apparently her main 'chute didn't open and her backup opened really...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Aug 2004, 14:22
Replies: 13
Views: 1,151
Posted By Amabokoboko

Yeah, thanks guys. I am surprised that there...

Yeah, thanks guys. I am surprised that there isn't some sort of group effort by the thousands of young PPL's and FI's hanging around at the Florida schools not to organise a mass migration, but I do...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Aug 2004, 10:41
Replies: 13
Views: 1,151
Posted By Amabokoboko

Although the 1987 hurricane did come as a...

Although the 1987 hurricane did come as a surprise to many :rolleyes:, not least Michael Fish.

What I think I meant to say was, in a place that is affected so regularly by hurricanes as Florida,...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Aug 2004, 09:56
Replies: 13
Views: 1,151
Posted By Amabokoboko

A more serious Hurricane Charley thread.

I was watching coverage of the storm and saw a number of light aircraft that had been trashed by the storm.

Now aircraft are about the most mobile assets you can buy. Who on earth leaves their...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
12th Aug 2004, 05:52
Replies: 133
Views: 30,248
Posted By Amabokoboko

Interesting thread. I must admit (from my...

Interesting thread. I must admit (from my perspective as a PPL student) that it seems crazy to put yourself unnecessarily into a position that could kill you, but I do understand the need to have at...
Forum: African Aviation
20th Jul 2004, 05:15
Replies: 12
Views: 3,230
Posted By Amabokoboko

To save everyone the hassle of hauling out the...

To save everyone the hassle of hauling out the Excel, kichwa's package appears to be $US 3812.50 per month with an additional tax free 1980 per month.

Or around ZAR 22875 with about 12g's of tax...
Forum: African Aviation
19th Jul 2004, 06:18
Replies: 81
Views: 10,771
Posted By Amabokoboko

Oh, come on! There are so many factors involved...

Oh, come on! There are so many factors involved here that if you take such an arrogant view, you run the risk of disaffecting many perfectly capable young pilots.

At the school I train at, even...
Forum: African Aviation
10th Jul 2004, 14:26
Replies: 81
Views: 10,771
Posted By Amabokoboko

Yyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwnnnnnnn:bored:...

Yyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwnnnnnnn:bored:

No, maybe that's not fair. Thanks ... I guess
Forum: African Aviation
15th Jun 2004, 06:19
Replies: 26
Views: 4,388
Posted By Amabokoboko

I think perhaps togabutton said what I was trying...

I think perhaps togabutton said what I was trying to say a little better. Contraxdog, I wasn't attacking you at all. In fact, agreeing with you, sort of ;).

What sparked this whole debate was...
Forum: African Aviation
14th Jun 2004, 05:19
Replies: 26
Views: 4,388
Posted By Amabokoboko

The policy is to benefit PREVIOUSLY disadvantaged...

The policy is to benefit PREVIOUSLY disadvantaged folk, contraxdog. Not really unreasonable when you consider how many black folk were able to fly for SAA pre-1990. Don't let this twit smudge an...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jun 2004, 05:21
Replies: 12
Views: 2,886
Posted By Amabokoboko

Hmmm. HAL Pilot might have the explanation. It...

Hmmm. HAL Pilot might have the explanation. It defintiely wasn't a religious thing, just two strips of black masking tape stuck diagonally across the top of his cadet cap. This guys certainly wasn't...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jun 2004, 04:52
Replies: 12
Views: 2,886
Posted By Amabokoboko

Black tape on USAF cadet dress uniform?

Watching Dubya equating his war with WWII at a USAF Cadet parade on CNN yesterday. All the cadets were dressed in full dress uniform complete with white dress cap but one guy (that I noticed, there...
Forum: African Aviation
1st Jun 2004, 15:12
Replies: 17
Views: 1,276
Posted By Amabokoboko

On the plus side, this was the first genuine...

On the plus side, this was the first genuine belly laugh I've ever got out of the Northcliff Melville Times. Imagine how miserable it must be to be a journo, limited to stories of where dogs can and...
Forum: African Aviation
7th May 2004, 04:34
Replies: 3
Views: 659
Posted By Amabokoboko

Hi, I think the advice here shouldn't be...

Hi,

I think the advice here shouldn't be limited to PMs. While not a pro pilot, my freelance contract is very similar to that used by pilots. I always used to do my tax myself but then went once...
Forum: African Aviation
7th Apr 2004, 05:16
Replies: 1
Views: 701
Posted By Amabokoboko

Hey Gas, Like everything else in Aviation...

Hey Gas,

Like everything else in Aviation "it depends". If you are trying to work out weather related delays then your brit-based worries are behind you (provided, of course, you're flying on the...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Mar 2004, 05:43
Replies: 137
Views: 21,006
Posted By Amabokoboko

Not serious but embarrassing nevertheless... and...

Not serious but embarrassing nevertheless... and it happened last week!

All checks completed and start takeoff run when something claters up off the cowling, hits the windscreen and disappears...
Forum: African Aviation
19th Feb 2004, 13:27
Replies: 4
Views: 739
Posted By Amabokoboko

Hi, Only daily business newspaper is the...

Hi,

Only daily business newspaper is the Business Day, although all of the other dailies have pretty good finance sections.

Financial Mail is probably the choice of weeklies

The best web...
Forum: African Aviation
6th Feb 2004, 22:04
Replies: 11
Views: 1,186
Posted By Amabokoboko

Vic's Flite Centre, Hangar 28, Rand airport is...

Vic's Flite Centre, Hangar 28, Rand airport is just down the drag, to the southwest.

Nice airport with all sorts of interesting planes lying about - Harvards, Pitts', a Cavair, various Tigermoths...
Forum: African Aviation
23rd Jan 2004, 12:28
Replies: 25
Views: 2,652
Posted By Amabokoboko

Hail the free market!

It's also simple market economics, the rights to which half the free world seems commited to foisting on everyone else. The price charged for a service offered decreases in relation to the number of...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
14th Jan 2004, 12:45
Replies: 9
Views: 2,822
Posted By Amabokoboko

When I went to my local flight school (in South...

When I went to my local flight school (in South Africa) to find out about starting a ppl, they took one look at my qualifications (Post-grad in Climatology) and immediately put me in touch with the...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
14th Jan 2004, 12:18
Replies: 13
Views: 1,003
Posted By Amabokoboko

Damn, Damn Damn. Just wrote a whole long missive...

Damn, Damn Damn. Just wrote a whole long missive and then got bounced when I tried to post. Hey, webmaster! Why do I have to log on an average of five times per visit to PPRUNE???

Anyway,...
Forum: African Aviation
10th Jan 2004, 00:22
Replies: 19
Views: 3,638
Posted By Amabokoboko

A marginally lighter note on a very sad topic...

And the head of training in France is called "Max Coffin...":hmm:
Forum: African Aviation
8th Jan 2004, 00:01
Replies: 29
Views: 4,513
Posted By Amabokoboko

Okay, ss. Just be careful, lad. And remember,...

Okay, ss. Just be careful, lad. And remember, you're someone's son. No job is worth the price you seem willing to pay. Good luck.
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