Leg 80, George to Margate, South Africa
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Beautiful coast, relaxing flight, but it’s getting darker earlier now I’m moving on to the Eastern side of Africa.
11-20 George FAGG 4:04 AM
11-20 George FAGF 4:08 AM
11-20 Knysna FAOV 4:24 AM
11-20 Willowmore FAWO 4:39 AM
11-20 Beaufort West FABW 5:10 AM
11-20 Victoria West FAVW 5:43 AM
11-20 De Aar FADA 6:12 AM
11-20 Petrusville FAPV 6:33 AM
11-20 Gariep Dam FAHV 7:04 AM
11-20 Venterstad FABI 7:14 AM
11-20 Cradock FAJD 7:38 AM Camoeflage hard to spot
11-20 Cradock FACD 7:56 AM
11-20 Kirkwood FAUW 8:23 AM
11-20 Uitenhage FAUH 8:49 AM
11-20 Port Elizabeth FAPE 9:03 AM
11-20 Kirkwood FARX 9:17 AM
11-20 Kenton On Sea FAKX 9:39 AM
11-20 East London FAEL 10:12 AM
11-20 East London FAWG 10:23 AM
11-20 Brown’s landing FABC 10:33 AM
11-20 Keimouth FAKE 10:35 AM
11-20 Trennery’s Airport FATR 10:39 AM
11-20 Wavecrest FAWR 10:43 AM
11-20 Mazeppa Bay FAZP 10:50 AM
11-20 Mthatha FAYU 10:58 AM
11-20 Port St Johns FAPJ 11:27 AM
11-20 Magwa FAGW 11:39 AM
11-20 Mkambati FAEE 11:48 AM
11-20 Margate FAMG 12:04 PM Lighted runway
Flight time 8:00 28 stops
Near Hot Springs where the Olifants rivier cuts through the mountain range
Near Beaufort West
From Beaufort West to Victoria West, up another plateau
Melted mountains, this area could use an upgrade, still pretty
Google and Bing can use an upgrade as well, another unnamed river
Almost at Victory West, unnamed mountain peaks except the one on the left back, Leeukop 5,604 ft
De Aar on the railway line between Cape Town and Kimberly
Solar Capital De Aar, 167,580 solar panels
Vanderkloof Power Station on the Orange river
Doornkloof Nature Reserve
Gariepdam and hydro power station, a bit further up the Orange river
And serves as a waterfall as well
Cradock on the Groot-visrivier (Great fish river)
Taking a back seat from Kirkwood to Uitenhage
Uitenhage, home of the biggest car factory in Africa from Volkswagen, the complex on the left
Port Elizabeth on on Algoa Bay
Port Elizabeth Donkin Reserve
Kenton-On-Sea in between the Bushmans and the Kariega Rivers
East London on the Indian Ocean
East London golf club and Bat’s cave along the coast
Bat’s cave close up
Passing Wavecrest
Mgazi, the beaches are awesome on the Indian Ocean
Mngazi river next to Mgazi
Port St Johns on the Wild coast at the mouth of the Umzimvubu River
Amazing place to land
And my final stop of the day, Margate
