(Hennie) wrote in message . com...
Rocky,
Earlier this year a few friends and me did a helicopter
trip down to this same wild coast. There were 5 helicopters
1 R44,1 Bell 47, 2 CH7 Kompresses and my R22.
All the guy's left from Johannesburg and we joined up at
the town of Frankfort and flew from town to town enjoying the
Drakensberg mountains, the Natal subtropical coast line and then
the Wild coast. The trip lasted a week before we were back home
again. We landed at the most exotic beaches and waterfalls.
We cooked fresh crayfish on remote beaches and had a ball.

Hennnie Hennie Hennie
Please stop it.....fresh crayfish (crawdads as we call them here in
the southern USA) on the beach and a helicopter fly in with friends?
Voetsok man!
How do you like your R22 up there on the hiveldt? I recall one trip
while flying a 206 out of Jo'berg down to the coast at Richards Bay
and on south to Stanger and Durban. While flying down the coast at
perhaps 100'awl (above water levelggg)and just off the beach, I
suddenly came around a point and in a pretty little bay saw a couple
coupling on the beach. I was startled and did a quick stop and they
did a quick jump for the covers!! I laughed and continued on down the
coast. Lusikisiki was the place where we got our fuel in that other
story.
Beautiful country that Natal province....... Did I ever tell you the
time when we flew up to the face of Augrabie Falls and hovered? Hmmmm,
perhaps another time........ lots of stories about the Karoo and
adventures.
Rocky

We stayed in Port St Johns for a few nights and used the small town
as a base wile flying up and down the coast every day.
The trip was in excess of a 1000 nauticle miles and I logged
more than 20 hours for the week.

Twice we had 30 knot coastal winds to fly in. The first time
it was a tail wind and the second time a head wind. This slowed
the Bell 47 down to only 35 knots ground speed. Imagine what
this do to you planned fuel consumption!

We are already planning next years trip.

Regards


Hennie