Spoke101

Hey Stretch, the town store closed a few years ago.

You were spot on: Aviation: The Group owns and operates a fleet of aircraft for private and charter use, and employs an in-house crew of 10 people. The Aviation Department contracts services from Execujet for aircraft management and maintenance with oversight from Josie van Niekerk (Head of Aviation) and Dean Smith (Chief Pilot). The fleet consists of: Bombardier Challenger 850 – ZS-ZORBombardier Challenger 601 – ZS-SGCHawker Beechcraft Premier 1 – ZS-SRUAgusta 119 Koala – ZS-ZAMBell 430 – ZS-RTZ

Defiantly should get my eyes checked. The missing winglets should have been a dead giveaway the it wasn't a Honda. Impressive sleuth work by the way.

Yip, defiantly a Honda. I tried to find the tail number but to no avail.

I flew out of King Shaka on Thursday night and as we arrived a Maybach was leaving so I took a little walk down the terminal and came across this. I could not make out the tail number but defiantly ZS-.....

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Baby sitting this little guy.

Optical illusion as the center spoke goes to the oposit side of the hub as the two outer spokes. I'll second Morph and say originals.

I found the flight levels a little odd, on the A380 we were at FL410 but on the 777-300er only FL360 I did check service ceiling and both are FL430. Any reason why the 777 would be flying so low?

I'm sure I read about that somewhere. We felt nothing, but then it was also an amazing day over the alps and the sky looked like a chess board with all the contrails hanging around, so it could have been there for a few mins before we went through it.

A few months ago on a A380 from DXB to CDG we flew slap bang through the contrails of another jet at 90° it was quite something to see vortex coming off the wing. We also had a little drag race with a private jet (I couldn't make out exactly what) but we lost.

and a terrible job of it.

Reports are that it was in fact the water tanks on the roof that broke and not the pool.

10 were brought into SA USN have 2/3 if memory serves and one is a Brabus version! I know someone who has been lucky enough to drive one of them.

I would not go as far as to say only in the US. Not sure if you know him and his brothers background and how "learning disabled" they were. Almost anything is possible if you put in enough time and effort, the man's work ethic is crazy. He's the type of guy pulling +100hr work weeks and if you can sustain that with a little smart thinking you will almost always be successful.

Ok I've broken 7 over the years. 5 being in the last 7 years 4 of which have been plated. So here's the list: Went down the back steps in a walking ring as a baby.Pushed down a bank at school paying silly buggers.Drop-off collapsed under me on take-off.Caught a rock hiding in the grass with a pedal, OTB and T-boned another rock with my shoulder.Pulled a cleat out in a sprint, big OTB.Dog ran into the road, got brake checked and front wheel taken out.Last week I T-Boned a Bushbuck 100m from my gate going down the hill (I have bad luck when it comes to these things). I'm back on the bike with no pain and have been off the med's since the 3rd day, as I find I do to much when on painkillers. Every break is different and there are positives and negatives for plating and letting it heal on its own. I have never broken a clavicle with the plate still in so cannot comment on that. I do have some discomfort when hiking with a large backpack but that is mainly to being a human bean pole with almost zero coverage.

Sounds like you have a very cool Mom!

There are more than 27 if some are open to interpretation.

It was cleaned up in 2001 when the new owners took over.

I feel for you bud, it's a long road to recovery with this depending on the severity. I managed to go OTB and then hug a rock with my chest a few years ago and I actually heard the cartilage rip. I was out for 3 months and it makes broken ribs look like a joke. Then in December I some how managed to punch the zipper of a life jacket into my Sternum and aggravated the old injury, another month on not being able to breath properly.

The actual winner finished 100th in 2h:28 and was on the podium.

Please tell me you have a high res copy.

Looking super fresh!!! I'll be driving though your neck of the woods on the 6th of March from Como up through Swiss to Chamonix. I wouldn't mined a locals opinion on likely snow levels and driving conditions? Thanks

Haha, its madness one quote was 9k so self insure and you could buy a new one in 18 months.