Since I work closely with DOT and have access to this kind of stuff, here you go: http://www.dme.gov.za/energy/breakdown03.stm Just click on the amounts and it wil lshow you the break-down. I've sent an e-mail asking about fuel for aviation vs road users, but I can imagine there is a levy on FUEL no...

Thanks,

Some more educational writings at:

http://www.arrivealive.co.za/pages.asp? ... dentinvest

Also some "free education" in there...

Arrivealive.co.za is a fantastic sit - perhaps we need similar trends here?

Stan.

Listen all! A good friend of ours and one of our investigative volunteers (Tasch) is having her (40th?) birthday party on Saturday 21 October (Next Saturday)… It’s one of those “Medieval” evenings. You go there, they give you some Viking (or whatever) clothes to put on, and ...

In another thread, RV4Ker made some comments about training, so I decided to start a seperate thread: Depends on your budget and timing. Unless you gonna get the PPL in quick time , I would suggest 3 axis ML, then trike convex (or visa versa) and then PPL "crossgrade". Will get you in the sky quicke...

Check out my new desktop...

Try to find the icons on there!

I love this "effect," but it HAD to go now in favor of the second one!

Stan.

Ok, Since I am an incurable romantic about my business and what we do - here is the best pic of my day... I don't fly planes, but I have done Cape Town to Beaufort West in 2.5 hours... In a CAR! No - I am not crazy! We were called to an accident where 9 people died, and "responded" there for Provinc...

Demon... JUST for you - go look at the softness thread... Then read my new ones on my "Experiences of FFL and Jackie" thread... Me thinks you might enjoy! I've thanked you and polished you balls so much there, I won't... No CAN'T thank you more here, lest people think there's "something going on...!...

Hehe! Yes - the FFL can easily be so grossly abbreviated, converted and raped - durex and all... Thanks for the compliments about the writing... I tend to just chat on my keyboard. Been writing so many reports, articles, letters and sh*t that I am ACTUALLY able to think better on a keyboard... As fa...

And finally, some other general pics of the day...

So Demon took Jackie (my softness) for a flip… The funniest thing happened! If I had my camera handy, I could have proven it! Jackie had her goggles on upside-down! But even funnier than this – I am the one that put them on her head, shame! We giggled quite a bit at this! Then Demon too...

So, while I was in the air with Demon, we heard another aerie pull in! We got back and saw this lovely craft standing there! It was Bo! I had met him on Saturday evening when him and his softness took Jackie and myself out for dinner! It was SOOO cool to see him there! We had spent quite some time t...

Getting into and out of a trike is a breeze – easier than you may imagine. You literally just flop in there. I got hooked up and strapped in, and donned my headset and dark glasses. Now I even looked like a pilot… OK – I looked like pax that THINKS he looks like a pilot, but you ...

While Demon and Dark Helmet were making some loop-ti-loops old Thunderboy also pulled in! He’s a very nice guy, and very “reserved.” I didn’t see him suddenly exploding into a loud song or running butt naked along the full length of the runway soon, but he was still a super...

Then the day became interesting! In the distance, we noticed two silhouettes of trikes, as they approached from a distance. It was Demon, Trixie and Ratman! They gave us a spectacular impromptu show, doing some very fancy “windgat fly-by’s” as Demon calls them. That 450 really f**...

While we were busy, a lekker little helo (baby Belle) cruised in and landed right there. Cool pilot. 22 Years old. Commercial Fixed and Rotary. Flies King-air’s and shit, and has FAAAAR too many credentials to my liking. At a stage I mused at killing him and eating his brains to get all his Ã...