SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

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SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby Mervyn Reynolds » Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:06 am

Hi all

A group of us from Microland are planning a 3000nm marathon fly-away in May next year as follows:
Departing Microland and joining the Vaal at Parys, following on along the Orange River to Alexanderbay. Then along the Atlantic coastline around the Cape to Margate via the Indian coastline and to return to Microland via Ladysmith.

The flight log file is too large to attach to this forum and those interested are welcome to mail your request for the details to me on mervyn@hmsinternational.co.za

ALL are welcome!!

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Re: SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby Madman » Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:31 am

Whaaaaaattt...this sounds EPIC and BEYOND ## ## ## =D*

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Re: SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby nicow » Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:44 am

Wow,can trikers join?
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Re: SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby Madman » Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:18 am

nicow wrote:
Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:44 am
Wow,can trikers join?
Nico, the Microlanders are trikers...couple fixed wings, but majority trikers ##

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Re: SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby Lassie » Mon Sep 18, 2017 1:24 pm

Mervyn, can you give an indication of the number of days you plan to do this in? Some of us still have to work :(
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Re: SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby Cacofonix » Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:24 pm

this sounds awesome. I will give it lots of thought
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Re: SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby BuzzLight » Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:04 pm

Awesome, sounds epic...would love to join!
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Re: SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby Madman » Tue Sep 19, 2017 8:28 am

Lassie wrote:
Mon Sep 18, 2017 1:24 pm
Mervyn, can you give an indication of the number of days you plan to do this in? Some of us still have to work :(
Says "fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018" ##

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Re: SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby Frank Smallwood » Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:54 am

Mervyn,
I am very keen and in for this.
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Postby Tribal Croc » Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:03 am

Sounds like a lot of fun....
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Re: SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby Massimo » Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:12 am

It is going to be HUGE fun!! Allow for at least 2 weeks of flying vhpy vhpy .
Route has been amended so that we fly all the way up to cosi bay and then back home. West coast to east coast and border to border as Raf said.
Come on once in a life time event. (^^)
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Postby GavinL-W » Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:50 pm

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Re: SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby Madman » Fri Sep 22, 2017 4:40 pm

Buenas tardes s079

Well people, an opportunity like this does not come around often ##

A well planned, well organised trip...I have done the Pyramid trip with Merv and the Microlanders and I'm still smiling...EPIC flying, awesome people...M03r$3 great GEES...what more can you ask for ##

I really hope more people join in...I for one am in for sure (!!)

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Re: SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby Madman » Fri Sep 22, 2017 4:41 pm

Massimo wrote:
Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:12 am
Better to live 1 day as a lion than an entire life as a sheep!!!! xxx
Could not agree more =D*
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Re: SKYRIDERS Marathon (3000nm) fly-away 8 - 20 May 2018

Postby ME 109 » Sat Sep 23, 2017 7:59 pm

Count me in please Mervyn! I will try my utmost to fit these dates into my offshore work roster . A once in a lifetime epic adventure (^^)
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