Sunday, March 27, 2016
Sky Grand Prix of Aerobatics 2016 : Nigel Hopkins - Freestyle video
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Sky Grand Prix of Aerobatics 2016 : Make a weekend of it: Sky Grand Prix of Aerobatics...
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Sunday, March 20, 2016
A day with the Yaks
Yaks line up. Picture: Paul Godwin
What started out as rather sedate Saturday afternoon enjoying the
hospitality of the Yak fraternity at Virginia Airport, Durban North became a flurry of
activity which could have easily have ended in tragedy.
The day started calmly enough, sitting at the Wings Club enjoying a cool and welcome draught beer. The aviation enthusiasts arriving all keen to see the Yaks in action and enjoy the splendid Durban weather.

The Yak 18T getting ready and taking off , approximately 10 minutes later she was in trouble and on her way back to Virginia, crash landing approximately 1.5km from the Airport. Picture: Paul Godwin
Rescue workers had
to scurry to pull the wreckage from the ocean before it completely broke-up.
The Crash site in front of Beachwood Golf Club
All pictures courtesy Paul Godwin
It was
interesting to see the dismay and concern of the Golfers who came to view the
incident and the apparent nonchalant attitude of the fishermen who seemed quite
unperturbed by the fact that a hunk of metal nearly fell on their heads and
continued to merrily cast their lines.
All in all , certainly a day to remember.
Paul Godwin / Durban / South Africa / 19/03/2016
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