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.
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Flying the Canyon
The second deepest canyon in South Africa - "Riet River Canyon" in the Cederberg Mountain range and more specific adjacent the Kagga Kamma Private Lodge in South Africa - next time we will fly the full length of the 45km canyon to explore the depth of up to 900 meters.
An awesome experience that I had with my flying buddy Noël Perrier flying the DTA Voyageur 1 - 912 and I was flying my trusted Air Creation Clipper 582.
A great weekend of flying a 1 200 km journey in fabulous weather.
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Hi Christopher, love the footage. Some of Central Australia looks similar. How deep is the deepest part of the canyon?
Hi YFT
It is said that the deepest point is 900 meters and it is 45 km long - 900 meters sounds a bit deep for me though.
We only flew about 8 km of the 45 km canyon - so next time we will do the full canyon after studying topographical maps ( for safety sake....) and see if the 900 meter claim is true - the deepest part that we flew was probably 350 - 400 meters
Thanks for the info and we look forward to your next adventure.
Wow Christopher that was awesome. I'm guessing that was sunrise rather than sunset. One of those flights / movies where you are just wishing you were there. Thanks for taking us along virtually!!!
Hey, did you publish part two of our last cool movie on the coast? I missed it.
Excellent video, especially with other triker in the canyon. It must be scary to fly over unforgiving terrain.
Thanks for your visit and comments guys - yeah Sally, I never am quite comfortable when flying over hostile territory like this - two previous "engine outs"certainly keep me on my toes, knees and praying.
Yes XC I dod publish part 2 of the "Sunrise flight" - will just check to see.
Enjoy
Christopher
With my 15 years of hang gliding, I'm trained to be flying within glide path of the landing zone. I'm doing the same thing with my trike.
Those are good habits Sally-- always have an LZ in mind, altitude is your friend & every landing is (potentially) an engine out. I fly that way too, same reason. But, I was scanning for potential outs in this video-- there were some, here and there ... (no passenger either)
Looks a lot like the terrain near Vegas as well. Great video!
I saw plenty of bailouts spots, although the trike would have been trashed. The guy in front and below had a lot fewer options.