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ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby saraf » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:58 am

Happy new year to all , hope 2012 will bring only good to us all.

I started my New Year with a flight down the cost along the beach at Langebaan. What a nice day to fly.............
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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby saraf » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:00 am

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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby saraf » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:02 am

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Paul Beardsell - SOlO

Postby saraf » Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:49 am

Congrats to Paul on his solo flight on the RAF 2000. Congrats to Mark as well with his first solo student. Great job Mark.

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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby saraf » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:21 pm

Soon to Start with Training in the RAF 2000 is the following persons.

Donovan Gordon - Cape Town - Instructor - Mark Bellingham

Acee Strauss - Sweizer - Instructor - Eben Mocke Jnr

DB Lubbe - Prieska - Instructor - Eben Mocke Jnr - Already started

Ben Pierre Stemmet - Oudsthoorn - Instructor - Eben Snr

Ferdie Richter - Keimoes - Instructor - Eben Snr

Fred Swannepoel - Upington - Instructor - Eben Mocke Jnr - Already started

Kobus V Der Westhuizen - Instructor - Eben Mocke Jnr

Good Luck to all of them.

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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby saraf » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:54 pm

This is how you land a RAF 2000 GyroCopter.

Great Job Oom George, hou so aan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1vZIW40 ... e=youtu.be
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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby Vertical Tango » Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:50 pm

Very Good !
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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby mikemat » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:57 pm

Nice going Mark - congrats!
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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby saraf » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:26 am

Buks and Acee Strauss started there training 10 days ago..........all going well and we are at 20h with each of them already.

Photos attached is of there wife's going for a flip , they loved it..

Enjoy
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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby saraf » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:02 am

Ons was so bietjie Kalahari toe vir 2 dae.

Van Upington tot by Gramond, Molopo , die panne in die omgewing en terug Upington.

Hier so paar Photos,

Geluk ook aan Stanley Pieterse met sy conversion na die RAF 2000.

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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby saraf » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:29 am

ANd some more
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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby saraf » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:32 am

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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby saraf » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:33 am

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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby Learjet » Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:47 pm

Very lekker pics. Looks like you guys had lots of fun in the RAF's. Thanks for sharing :-)
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Re: ROTARY AIR FORCE SA - RAF 2000

Postby mak » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:35 pm

Nice pics Eben. A trip I still want to do.
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