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HF

167 posts

WA, 167 posts

2 Nov 2013 2:14pm

We managed to get up in the air at Luderitz yesterday and explore the entire coast, really beautiful place so here's a few images from the air or the canal and the rest are here www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.667643176599247.1073741845.299496563413912&type=1

KevinD002

226 posts

KevinD002

226 posts

2 Nov 2013 2:27pm

The turn downwind doesn't look so tight from the air!

looks like a 30degree change in course? Great pictures though! Didn't know the canal was that close to the water

Sputnik11

VIC

972 posts

Sputnik11

VIC, 972 posts

2 Nov 2013 6:02pm

great shots

love to ride this beast one day

eckas

NSW

323 posts

eckas

NSW, 323 posts

2 Nov 2013 6:48pm

Do I spy crop circles?

ikw777

QLD

2995 posts

ikw777

QLD, 2995 posts

2 Nov 2013 7:39pm

eckas said..

Do I spy crop circles?

Donuts maaate! They love them in Africa as much as we do!

HF

167 posts

WA, 167 posts

2 Nov 2013 5:47pm

Actually got photos of someone in a rental car doing donuts from the air, better not post it till I find out who it is. 11am here and wind is 20knots, expected to be 30+ again then no wind for at least another week so heaps going on today. Been trying to post photos here from yesterday for 6 hours but internet drops out every 1 minute so one last try soon.

jusavina

QLD

1504 posts

jusavina

QLD, 1504 posts

2 Nov 2013 9:12pm

HF said..

Actually got photos of someone in a rental car doing donuts from the air, better not post it till I find out who it is. 11am here and wind is 20knots, expected to be 30+ again then no wind for at least another week so heaps going on today. Been trying to post photos here from yesterday for 6 hours but internet drops out every 1 minute so one last try soon.

Cannot be anyone else than Albeau... He loves rental cars.

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

2 Nov 2013 9:44pm

I have been trying to see it on Google Map but can't find.
Could somebody post Google link ?

John340

QLD

3410 posts

John340

QLD, 3410 posts

2 Nov 2013 10:28pm

Macroscien said...
I have been trying to see it on Google Map but can't find.
Could somebody post Google link ?

Search Luderitz in google maps. The speed course is in the Southern end of the large bay about 15km south of town Luderitz

evets

685 posts

evets

WA, 685 posts

2 Nov 2013 8:34pm

Thanks for persisting and getting these onto Seabreeze Col. It is really interesting to see the canal from the air.

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

3 Nov 2013 10:17am

Is that is the place on the Google Maps ?
www.google.com.au/maps/preview#!q=Luderitz+Museum&data=!1m4!1m3!1d2529!2d15.1786428!3d-26.6040786!2m1!1e3!4m32!2m14!1m13!1s0x0%3A0xdffee640c2452ef1!3m8!1m3!1d19967!2d15.165722!3d-26.6425685!3m2!1i1920!2i1075!4f13.1!4m2!3d-26.6467683!4d15.1524639!5m16!2m15!1m14!1s0x1c6be6998f0e1a13%3A0xbe2d3687ec30cd56!2sLuderitz%2C+Karas%2C+Namibia!3m8!1m3!1d78926!2d153.3695875!3d-27.9595952!3m2!1i1920!2i1075!4f13.1!4m2!3d-26.6458333!4d15.1538889&fid=7

NotWal

QLD

7436 posts

NotWal

QLD, 7436 posts

3 Nov 2013 11:31am

No. Here:
26??41'13"S 15??08'54"E

NotWal

QLD

7436 posts

NotWal

QLD, 7436 posts

3 Nov 2013 1:40pm

Must be a Southerly wind I guess. I would have expected it to be a thermal from the west.

NotWal

QLD

7436 posts

NotWal

QLD, 7436 posts

3 Nov 2013 2:00pm

This is interesting.

The Namibians have dumped many of the German place names and replaced them with ethnically acceptable names. Luderitz is now !Nami=Nus, with the symbols indicating two of the four click noises used in the local Khoekhoegowab language.

It's now officially unpronounceable

Chris6791

3271 posts

Chris6791

WA, 3271 posts

4 Nov 2013 1:58am

I have to plead ignorant, what's the wind direction you are chasing, say in the top pic?

HF

167 posts

WA, 167 posts

4 Nov 2013 2:07am

This photo points s/sw which is basically the direction the wind comes from, down through the gap in the hills.

Just had someone tell me they did donuts for us while we were in the air, last person I expected it to be!

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