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Completing the second round of Africa
Dear Friends,
It was an epic journey discovering Central and West Africa by private plane. We are glad to share our impressions from over five weeks visiting the “off the beaten track” places in Africa in order to complete our ongoing collection of countries. To sum it up, we labelled it “the dirt eating trip” — but it was a hell of an experience, yet again.
Until the next time,
Rainer, Albert and Tom
Our Stops
Mollis, Switzerland — Burgas, Bulgaria — Baku, Azerbaijan — Tel Aviv, Israel/Palestine — Cairo, Egypt — Djibouti — Hargeisa, Somaliland — Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Bujumbura, Burundi — Kigali, Rwanda — Brazzaville, Congo — Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) — N’Djamena, Chad — Lagos, Nigeria — Lomé, Togo — Accra, Ghana — Abidjan, Ivory Coast — Monrovia, Liberia — Freetown, Sierra Leone — Conakry, Guinea — Bissau, Guinea-Bissau — Banjul, The Gambia — Dakar, Senegal — Atâr, Mauritania — Ad-Dakhla, Western Sahara — Gibraltar — Mollis, Switzerland
Travel Blog
Our Crew
Rainer
Rainer is in charge of the expedition. He also flies the aircraft most of the time. He is also taking pictures that will be published on this site.
Tom
Tom, being professional pilot, is responsible for the flight logistics like landing/take off permits, makes sure we will get fuel, have all the necessary papers, maps, etc.
Albert
Albert is responsible for on ground logistics as well as maintaining the website and travel blog.
Our Guests
Eric
Eric was a guest on this expedition and joined us from Sierra Leone back to Switzerland.
The Plane
PC-12 NG
This aircraft is powered by a Pratt & Whitney 6A-67P Turboprop and has the capacity for two pilots and 8 passengers. The max cruise speed is 280 ktas, max range 1‘560 nm and max operating altitude is 30‘000 ft.