Sea bottom, not very deep obviously. Pemba island, Indian ocean.
A detail of the Selous wetlands.
More of the Selous reserve.
Kipili Bay, lake Tanganyika.
Wildebeest migration, Serengeti.
Empakai crater, Ngorongoro highlands. Notice the mounts Kilimanjaro and Meru far away. One of those days with an exceptional visibility.
Elephnats in the Great Ruaha river.
Socialist traces in Zanzibar…
but colors are available too.
Engoveroni, a most difficult airstrip on the slope of a crater, Empakai, in the Ngorongoro highlands. At 6500 ft our Cessna 206’s seriously lack power. A turbocharger would be welcome. The airstrip itself is located on a ridge, there is no way a safe go around can’t be done, the airstrip slope is at 11% (for the pilots, the VSI shows 600 feet a minute down on take off). So when something went wrong just before landing, the pilots tried a U turn in a narrow valley and unfortunately hit the side …
that’s the white speck in the middle of this picture. The airstrip sits on the upper left.
quite in the middle again. Brian at the controls while I shoot during the second flight to rescue the passengers. Just cuts and bruises and a wrist fracture…
they didn’t miss by much….
some cropped pictures for details. Masai people came to the rescue, very helpful. Nobody died whatever the f... rumors said.
the red cross…that’s our belly pod which was ripped off on impact, then the airplane flipped over 30m away. Notice the white spots? The medicine bottles and jars littered along the crash path. The passengers looked terrible, were in pain obviously, there is blood everywhere inside the cabin which is only a bit crushed by the way(thanks Cessna for the good design) but most have been released from hospital already.
Wings are chewed, the tail is nearly severed, the engine is completely ripped off the aircraft, the propeller looks designed by Picasso…
the belly pod and the medicine trail...
a better view of the valley side.
a friend mentionned a broken butterfly…
we flew again today with various team members and an inspector to have a close look and salvage many little things like instruments. It looks way worse from the ground than from the air!
And impressively enough there is a lot more to salvage so it was decided to drive there tomorrow with a pick up and bring the big stuff back. A little adventure awaits Jacek and I. Oh yeah baby…
to be continued….
happy zebras running in a filled up pond
shower just before landing.
an airstrip covered by new grass and white flowers. The lake downhill has been quickly filled up.
a river that is dried mot of the time. So to see it that full is quite impressive.
elsewhere people and cattle cross a lake by foot.
the Ngonrongoro crater is 700 m deep, its bottom is quite flat so the smallest rain an fill up that little lake.
the active volcano Lengai getting ready for a thunderstorm.
colors have changed quickly and dust is gone.
2 pictures 5 minute apart. One area is getting finally wet whereas the one below has been drenched a few times already.
the area was dry when I landed then a storm started and within 5 minutes the landscapes had changed drastically.
believe me or not the same airstrip can be seen on this picture. The take off was interesting to put it mildly.
A propeller seriously damaged. That was a prop strike with engine running at high speed. Tip: the 3 blades are equally twisted. One blade damaged means the engine was off and the propeller had no inertia. Some pilots have been caught lying...
Facing an active volcano, Lengai. Flying Medical Service has about 30 various airstrips to provide mobile clinics. Here is Monik on lake Natron.
Pilots will appreciate this sloped airstrip, Engoveroni, at 6500 feet, 400 meter long, 170 ft difference between the ends. Our C206's have a normally aspirated engine
Somewhere in the Ngorongoro area, Olbalbal0
Landing with a strong crosswind at Ngaresero, the volcano Lengai lies in the distance.
yes this is an airstrip.
This one is located in the middle of Sengerema village, with houses on each side. Congratulations to the decision makers…
Funny little white flowers during the rain season, Olbalbal.
Another airstrip but of much better quality than it looks like. The Masai ladies are sheltering from the rain.
stormy weather, always lovely to watch and sometimes not so when flying through.
Ngorongoro Crater. The city of Paris would fit in!
Mt Kilimanjaro close to sunset, just before the descent.
Volcano Shombole on lake Natron. The artistic pattern on the foreground is made of salts.
Mt Kilimanjaro.
Coming back to land in Arusha.
Mt Gelai, another mountain around lake Natron.
Mud flow on lake Natron after heavy rains upstream.
A few neighboring mountains: Gelai, Kitumbeine, Lengai.
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