[PICTURES] NAMIBIA

[Frederic FUCHS]

Hi,

About 20 new pictures from Bitterwasser on

http://www.planeur.net/galerie/ then "Notre passion en vol" / "Afrique"

Regards

Frederic
www.planeur.net

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Hi Frederic,

Could you elaborate a bit about the cost of flying in Namibia, glider
rental availability, tows, lodging, etc. It looks like a perfect place
for good soaring.

Thanks,
Jacek Kobiesa
Washington State

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Check out http://www.bitterwasser.com/-newsite/ww/index.html

Regards
Ian

[chris]

Those are some really beautiful photos!

I was struck by how much many of the photos look like the Marfa TX
area. I've seen a lot of hill, mountains, and redish soil that
resemble SW Texas.

some of my pictures are at
http://www.chilhowee.com/marfa.htm

Chris

[Bruce]

chris wrote:
> Those are some really beautiful photos!
>
> I was struck by how much many of the photos look like the Marfa TX
> area. I've seen a lot of hill, mountains, and redish soil that
> resemble SW Texas.
>
> some of my pictures are at
> http://www.chilhowee.com/marfa.htm
>
> Chris
>
Can't talk about Marfa, but I have some experience of Namibia. None soaring
unfortunately.

You are correct, this is a beautiful, and in most places unspoiled country. The
infrastructure works, and it is a great place to holiday. (although it can be
expensive)

The weather pattern is such that there is a vast area that has almost perpetual
ideal soaring weather. The trough line extends all the way to Gariep with semi
desert all the way too.

One major difference to Marfa, there are no significant mountain ranges. Most of
the inland area is a 4,000" or higher plateau with low hills. Where this drops
to the coastal plain you get some spectacular scenery, and temperatures. Even in
the urban areas population density is really low, it would be easy to land out
and not be found.

Local soaring? Many of the regulars apparently don't bother to log anything less
than 1000km on OLC... As a hint, they are complaining about the unusually cool
and wet weather the whole of Southern Africa has experienced in the last while,
and reporting "low" average speeds of 120km/h and only around 80 "long" flights
this season. Both Bitterwasser and Pokweni offer outstanding soaring - look at

http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp/2006/ausw_wertung.php?olc=olc-kaf&spr=en

--
Bruce Greeff
Std Cirrus #57
I'm no-T at the address above.

[Frederic FUCHS]

Hi Jacek,

For the moment I've never been in Namibia. It's expensive but I will be
there one time in my soaring-pilot life -;)

About 3000/4000 euros for 1 week, about 5000/6000 euros for 2 weeks ......

Regards,

Frederic


> wrote in message
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> Hi Frederic,
>
> Could you elaborate a bit about the cost of flying in Namibia, glider
> rental availability, tows, lodging, etc. It looks like a perfect place
> for good soaring.
>
> Thanks,
> Jacek Kobiesa
> Washington State
>

[[email protected]]

Bitterwasser, the main soaring location in Namibia, has its own website
with plenty of information:

http://www.bitterwasser.com

The default site is in German but if you look closer there is an
English flag in the lower left corner that takes you to the English
version. Plenty of photos there as well.

Markus