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Forum: African Aviation

23rd May 2011, 08:24

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You Know You Are In Africa When.....

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Posted By Doodlebug

4runner, I think you'll find your F/O... ...

4runner,

I think you'll find your F/O...

''F/O in question kicks off autopilot at 80 ft in VMC and calm winds and manages to initiate stall protection system and align a/c 45 off runway...

Forum: African Aviation

14th Nov 2010, 21:48

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

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Posted By Doodlebug

...oh, and when the country's capital city's...

...oh, and when the country's capital city's airport has been closed, yet again, with no prior notice due to endless 'VIP movements', so much so that the Russians/Ukrainians driving the AN12s and...

Forum: African Aviation

13th Nov 2010, 19:18

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

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Posted By Doodlebug

...when you know that getting start is going to...

...when you know that getting start is going to take so long that you stay in the airconditioned shack/nissen hut/container next to your aircraft where at least you can smoke, talk nonsense with your...

Forum: African Aviation

18th Jul 2008, 09:09

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

Views: 1,087,575

Posted By Doodlebug

...when a C310 involved in ostrich-egg smuggling...

...when a C310 involved in ostrich-egg smuggling (remember when that was all the rage?) prangs on takeoff out of an unlit strip at night and is then literally hacked into pieces, stuffed down an old...

Forum: African Aviation

16th Jul 2008, 18:06

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

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Posted By Doodlebug

Chuks, A 200 once carried 27 pax out of...

Chuks,

A 200 once carried 27 pax out of Kuito, Angola, when the latter was being attacked by Unita. Refugees stormed all available aircraft on the ramp, it was completely impossible to get the...

Forum: African Aviation

13th Jul 2008, 15:56

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

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Posted By Doodlebug

Capster - you've been/are there! :D:ok::} Swamp...

Capster - you've been/are there! :D:ok::}
Swamp - relax. Nobodies bitching. Funniest thread in ages. Africa's great.

Forum: African Aviation

9th Jul 2008, 16:45

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

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Posted By Doodlebug

There was the bloke at Eros who flew charters...

There was the bloke at Eros who flew charters along with the rest of us on all sorts of Cessna twins and the 200, about 12 years ago. Now he'd putter around on one of those hilarious...

Forum: African Aviation

8th Jul 2008, 14:15

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

Views: 1,087,575

Posted By Doodlebug

That reminds me. Ferried a Lear down to Lanseria...

That reminds me. Ferried a Lear down to Lanseria about 8 years ago. The company didn't object to me taking my then-girlfiend along, Scandinavian blonde. When pit-stopping in Accra, this huuuge local...

Forum: African Aviation

2nd Jul 2008, 11:40

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

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Posted By Doodlebug

A Namibian Air Farce officer had just returned...

A Namibian Air Farce officer had just returned from China, where he had attended the ground-school for some or other chinese turboprop heap that said military had procured. On inspecting the lineup...

Forum: African Aviation

28th Jun 2008, 21:58

Replies: 864

You Know You Are In Africa When.....

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Posted By Doodlebug

A pax dropped a coil in the aisle of a WFP 200...

A pax dropped a coil in the aisle of a WFP 200 once, inbound Luanda. Not much thinking outside of the box there :mad:

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