With less than 12 hours of PIC time remaining and having already started the instrument rating, I am hoping to be only one month away from holding a Commercial Pilots License.
Since finishing my last CPL exam in May, it has been a busy time of hour building and dual instruction flights for the instrument rating! I have even begun flying an immaculate Mooney M20J in preparation of flying a multi engined aircraft, to get used to the speed and 'complex' systems of Multi/IF flying. That, and its an excuse to fly an extremely fun aircraft... ;)
To get rid of a large chunk of hours in one go, I decided to fly down to Durban in my most trusted C172, ZS-PXI. I invited my friend Simon who was only too happy to go along (read 'get a free holiday'), and we flew down on Monday July 14, stayed over one night and flew back the next morning. Attached are some pictures from the experience-building 8 hour return trip!
On our way
Stunning South African expanse
My map reflecting
Beautiful early morning, low-level cloud
The start of the majestic Drakensberg Mountain range
KwaZulu-Natal farmlands
Hills and valleys
Arrival via the Durban Harbor
The Bluff
Durban Harbor
Virginia Airport, right on the beach
Departing early the next day
The breath-taking sunrise
Some low-level practice
The beach beneath us, before turning inland for Johannesburg
