Cosmos 2009

[cobra]

Pics taken on Sat Morning

[cobra]

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[ZS-NEL]

More of this morning. It's a pitty we could not hook up with more okes.

[Leprachaun]

Now this is why i like flying -- dis nou mooi , *&*%$# mooi - nice pics , grat flying .Leprachaun

[The Agent]

Well done lads some brilliant shots there.

[JFK]

Would like to thank Rudi And ALL the guys at Rhino that made this trip possible for all of us and hope to see every body and more next year

[beabeast]

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORD PUT IN TO ACCOMODATE US ALL FROM MIDDELBURG, ESSPESIALY RUDI. I THINK COSMOS RUN 2009 WAS A GREAT SUCSESS EXEPT FOR SOME RADIO PROBLEMS. I HOPE TO SEE ALL THERE NEXT YEAR. ZS-VOV

[Tinkerbell]

Hi Everyone
Yes, wasn't the flowers beautiful? Thank you for the tasty breakfast and "lekker kuier". I hope we will be able to do this every year. Thank you, Rudi, for a great morning.

[Skinner]

A big thank you to the guys from Rhino for an awesome day out . Although we did not see a lot of cosmos we enjoyed the trip and clocked 4 hours of airtime on Saturday
It was great to meet JFK and beabeast, we had some good laughs over lunch at the Rhino restaurant. Thanks to Rudi for the hospitality and fuel, and to Leon for helping us find a bolt for one of the Cobra's spats that lost along the way, you guys are life savers
We'll definitely see you again soon, even before next years cosmos run
I'll post some pics of our trip as soon as I get them from Tobie.
Why don't you guys pop in for the Henley Airshow on 09May09, It's going to be awesome, hope to see you there


Mike Skinner & the Circus Clowns.

[Thermal]

Hi guys!

Looks like you had heaps of fun!

I am going flying from Rhino this weekend, where about did you guys find the cosmos? Would like to go and take a few pics.

Cheers

[Low Level]

Nice alternative pix Cobra.

I am going flying from Rhino this weekend, where about did you guys find the cosmos?

Check out Cobra's post on page 9. Co-ordinates are spot on very nice fields.



Some of the pix I got. Unfortunately the pictures does not tell the story. The beauty of this fields ought to be experienced.

Rudix and Sailor - as pic - for Rudi to be in control of the camera, just after sunrise.

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[Low Level]

.......and some more.

The pure bliss experienced while flying here cannot be explained.

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[Skinner]

I'm going to kick myself now

On route from Circus to Rhino and back we probably passed within 5miles from the co ordinates posted by Cobra. Thinking that we would meet up with someone at Rhino to go fly over the cosmos, I did not take much notice of the co ordinates
Little did I realize that these spots are less than half way from Circus to Rhino
I must say that Rudi tried his best to direct us to the spots closer to Rhino, it however looked as if most of these fields started to loose their flowers already. I must say we got knocked around quite a bit as we only flew out there after breakfast, we probably did not go far enough south
Nevertheless, we still enjoyed the day out a lot, I'm saving these coords now for next year

Nice pics Cobra, I heard guys routing in that direction after we passed Petit Saturday am on our way to Rhino, I first thought that you could not be part of the group going to the cosmos as it was in the opposite direction, If I only paid attention we could have joined you...

Till next year

[ZS-NEL]

I need some names for my story of okes that came from far . Let me know who flew in, with what and from where. And who stayed at Rhino for the week-end. Even those who missed the good fields like Skinner.
or email me with your experience and pics of the week-end.

[Lesser_spotted_owl]

I saw Cobra lurking near the bapsfontein tower on our way back from Rhino on Sat AM, should probably have followed them

Anyway, thanks for a great Brekkie at Rhino, was good to meet the other folks there.

Can you send me some pics Mike?