Leg 91, Margate, South Africa, via Lesotho to Bloemhof, South Africa
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Lesotho is awesome! The resolution is a bit low but from a bit higher up this mountainous country looks amazing. Fun navigating around the mountains even though the under powered Bonanza is struggling to take off at 7K ft. Taking off with the stall warning going off constantly until there is some room to climb in a straight line. Fun.
11-21 Margate FAMG 4:06 AM
11-21 Port Shepstone FA88 4:11 AM
11-21 Virginia FAVG 4:43 AM
11-21 Pietermaritzburg FAPM 5:02 AM
11-21 Howick FAHC 5:11 AM Nelson Mandela capture site in between
11-21 Siteka FASM 5:19 AM
11-21 Malefiloane Airstrip FXML 6:02 AM
11-21 Mokhotlong FXMK 6:13 AM
11-21 Tlokoeng FXTK 6:26 AM
11-21 Thaba-Tseka FXTT 6:40 AM Short runways
11-21 Seshutes FXSS 6:52 AM
11-21 Katse FXKA 7:02 AM
11-21 Thaba-Tseka FXTA 7:11 AM
11-21 Mohlanapeng FXMP 7:19 AM
11-21 Sehonghong FXSH 7:31 AM
11-21 Matabeng Village FXMV 7:43 AM
11-21 Matsaile FXMA 7:48 AM
11-21 Lebakeng FXLK 7:55 AM
11-21 Qacha’s Nek FXQA 8:18 AM
11-21 Semonkong FXSM 8:27 AM
11-21 Matekane Airstrip FXME 8:40 AM
11-21 Nohanas FXNH 8:50 AM
11-21 Quthing FXQG 9:07 AM
11-21 Mohale’s Hoek FXMH 9:19 AM
11-21 Mafeteng FXMF 9:33 AM Not sure what a runway is here
11-21 Moshoeshoe I Intl FXMM 9:51 AM
11-21 Mejametalana AB (Maseru) FXMU 10:05 AM
11-21 Ladybrand FALB 10:10 AM
11-21 Bloemfontein Intl FABL 10:37 AM
11-21 New Tempe FATP 10:43 AM
11-21 Kimberley FAKM deep mines 11:14 AM
11-21 John Weston FAKY 11:20 AM
11-21 Barkley West FAIT 11:29 AM
11-21 Ganspan FA0F 11:44 AM
11-21 Christiana FAJI 11:56 AM
11-21 Bloemhof FAEJ 12:10 PM Drone cam landing
Flight time 8:04 35 stops
Durban, coastal port city in South Arfica on the Indian Ocean
Royal Durban golf club on the left
Moses Mabhida stadium, in the back on the picture above
There are races held in the stadium as well. I couldn’t find any good footage of them but here’s a video from today about Durban
A view from Durban where the Umgeni River flows into the Indian ocean
Inanda Dam inland on the Umgeni River
Nelson Mandela capture site near Howick, now the location of the Apartheid museum
Cool looking monument at the site
Approaching Lesotho, quite a climb to get in the country
I’m not used to flying at 10K feet
Malefiloene next to the Mokhtlong river, airstrip on the lower left
Mokhotlong, along the road from South Africa across the Sani Pass
Tlokoeng, landing is not a problem, taking off at 7,000 ft is the tricky part
Seshutes, this whole country is a landing challenge
Katse Dam on the Malibiamatso river
that water fall is on the sat image, from the right angle it’s pretty convincing
Near Sehonghong
Near Matabeng
Lakabeng, it’s getting more green this way
Oacha’s nek
On the way to Semonkong
Matakane Airstrip, one of the star airports, in the rain
Beware of the boulders when taking off, the airstrip is not marked. Fun launch.
Nohanes
Quthing, southern most town in Lesotho
Mohales Hoek
Maseru, capital of Lesotho
Different angle
Mokoanyane Square on the left, Besotho Hat on the right
Back into South Africa, Bleomfontein
Die Nasionale Vrouwemonument
In remembrance of the 26,270 women and children who perished in the concentration camps and druring the war of 1899-1902
De Beers diamond mines at Kimberley
The big hole in Kimberly, retired diamond mine pit
The big hole on the left, Oppenheimer gardens on the right
Ganspant to Christiana, after the rain come the pretty sunsets
Christiana
On the way to Bloemhof
And landing in the dark.
