ChristopherAir Creation TANARG 912 ES & Bionix 13, Aerotrike Safari 503, Air Creation Clipper 582 GTE XP15, Air Creation Skypper 912S & Bionix 13, DTA Voyageur 912UL, Aquilla 503, Northwing Maverick 13, P&M Quantum Pegasus 912 UL & Q15 wing.
Weekend flight to Verneukpan Northern Cape of South Africa with my BFF
A long distance trip inland to the Northern Cape of South Africa to VERNEUKPAN, the place where many world land speed record attempts have taken place. Verneukpan is a widespread dry salt pan south of Kenhardt, between Swartkop and Diemansput in the Northern Cape, South Africa. Verneuk is Afrikaans for to trick, mislead, screw or swindle. The pan is used for aerotowing operations. During the rainy seasons many birds flock to the pans, when they contain water. The surfac...e is completely flat, and is approximately 57 kilometres (35 mi) long and 11 kilometres (7 mi) wide.
In 1929 the pan was used by Sir Malcolm Campbell, who unsuccessfully attempted to break the land speed record in his Napier-Campbell Blue Bird. Andy Green visited the pan during 2008, while investigating surfaces for use by Bloodhound SSC.
And so did I ......with my flying friend Noel Perrier in his Tanarg 912 ES - we had a wondeful time.
Round trip 1325 km and approx 12.5 hrs of flying.
On my homeward bound trip of 465 km at 12 000feet ASL I hit 209kph with a nice stiff 100kph tailwind. I flew the 465 km in 2 hrs and 53 minues at an average of 160 kph. Going inland unfortunately is the opposite - it took much longer - Glad to have goten back home safely.
Comments
Wow really nice christopher looks like adventure to me. Thanks any wildlife vids or photos. Dont know much about SA
Thanks White Eagle, will post a videos some time.
Your photos are alway outstanding. Which camera and lens do you use normally ?
Hi There Happy Triker - I shot all these images with a NIKON D750 - The lens mostly used from the trike and on the ground is a NIKON 24mm-70mm F2.8 but the shots on the ground of me and the trike are with the wideangle zoom NIKON 16mm-35mm F4. Thanks for your compliments. Oh yes, and some of these where also taken with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Mobile phone!