Fun Stuff With Helicopters

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.

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