South Africa

What do you expect when opening big hangar doors and you look at a sparkling Stearman and a couple of colourful Pitts? Right – there must be an aviation lover nearby. In this case the aviation lover is Ivan van der Schaar – Captain at BA ComAir, aerobatics instructor, airshow […]

Ivan van der Schaar – Amercian Flying Classics & Aerobatics

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Yes, we are crazy about flying and yes, we are even crazier about flying in South Africa. But the good thing is….we are not the only ones! So for the first time I organize “my” flying holidays together with 8 more people: Petra, Reinhard, Jan Robert and Rick will spend […]

Let’s do it again! South Africa & Botswana May 2018…a ...

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There is a saying in German: when doing something 3 times it becomes a tradition. Well, I guess with this third trip South we have a tradition started then! While previously sticking to South African home turfs, this time we went border crossing towards Botswana and…nearly also to Zimbabwe. Unfortunately […]

Botswana 2017 or: the tradition to fly in South Africa

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