Grand Central and Rand Airport, Johannesburg, South-Africa

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Grand Central and Rand Airport, Johannesburg, South-Africa

Post by Chr!s85 »

Hello all,
Today (19th September) I made a trip with a Cessna 172 from Johannesburg Grand Central Airport (FAGC) too Johannesburg Rand Airport (FAGM). On both airports where some nice aircraft standing on the ground so I made some pics to share with you. I also included some inflight pics. I hope you like them, enjoy.

Johannesburg Grand Central Airport.
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Our plane for today, ZS-NXW.
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The cockpit
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Before we went in the sky I walked down the apron to take some pictures of the aircrafts and choppers standing there. Here are some of them:
ZS-JZJ
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ZS-DWK
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ZS-ICC
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ZS-JEM
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ZS-ONH
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ZS-RKX
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V5-MGF
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Ready for take-off from Grand Central airport.
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Some pictures taken during the flight.
The skyline of Johannesburg
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This ain't houses but it's a part of a cemetary.
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Soccer City stadium
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And arriving at Johannesburg Rand airport.
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After lunch we went walking to the aircraft standing outside on the apron. Also some of the hangars where opened. There where some nice ones among it. An impression.

ZS-NTE
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There was no registration on this Catalina but it should become the N427CV
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ZS-SPO
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There was no registration on this one
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ZU-BAL
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ZS-WBG
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ZU-HIT (it was standing between other planes so I couldn't make a descent photo of it but I think the tail was beautifull)
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TN-AHH
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ZS-AUA
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ZS-NWJ
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ZS-BAK
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ZS-WFD
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ZS-RGT (This police chopper I saw during taxiing for departure to Grand Central again)
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And Arriving at Johannesburg Grand Central again.
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This was it. GrtZ
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Re: Grand Central and Rand Airport, Johannesburg, South-Africa

Post by Boudewijn van Oirschot »

Looks cool Chris! A nice report :)
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Post by canberra »

Great stuff Chris :shock:

Jetstar, V5- Commander, DC-4 etc... Makes me very jealous :mrgreen:
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Re: Grand Central and Rand Airport, Johannesburg, South-Africa

Post by pwbotha »

Hi , You got the wrong photo for ZS-SPO.
Its a Cessna 172M
http://www.bebacus.co.za/ZS-SPO.HTML
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Post by tomba2247 »

Love the soccer stadium shot, nice set
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