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Experience
the adventure of an African flying safari on a Self-Fly Safari®
with Hanks Aero Adventures. Fly over the Okavango
delta, overfly Victoria Falls, fly the coast of Namibia, or fly through South
Africa.
You are the pilot!!
COME
FLY IN AFRICA!
Hanks
Aero Adventures arranges self-piloted African bush flying expeditions -
The Self-Fly
Safari®.
There are two prerequisites for taking a
Self-Fly Safari®. First, you want
to go on an African wildlife safari. Second,
you are a pilot.
CONSIDER:
to arrange an ordinary safari you would go to your travel agent, look over
brochures, determine a schedule, determine what camps to visit, and off you’d go. Once in southern Africa, you would be transported
from camp to camp either by ground transportation or by charter aircraft.
BUT, YOU ARE A PILOT and this makes all the
difference! Instead of being chartered around from camp to camp – you can rent an
aircraft and pilot it around your planned itinerary!
You see the animals, stay at first class bush lodges and camps, have an
aircraft at your disposal. You come home with
great safari memories -- and the rare experience of flying the African bush!
Hanks Aero Adventures arranges and fixes
self-piloted bush expeditions – what we call the Self-Fly Safari®. You
can do it individually or as a group of aircraft. Let us set up your African flying
adventure!
Photo courtesy of Lyn & Jody Freeman
Photo courtesy of Bob & Kathy Carey
Southern Africa has many wonderful places to fly! This kind of
terrain -- long distances and poor roads -- is what airplanes are made
for! It is a big chunk of a big continent. Buffalo, lion, and elephant wander under your
wings. Dirt airstrips link far-flung towns
and camps across the African bush. A
day’s flight, and a dusty drive through herds of antelope, culminates with a
sundowner, an excellent dinner, and a cordial evening around a campfire with friends and
other travelers from around the world. As
conversation fades the night sounds of the bush come to the fore. Enjoy restful sleep in the wilds of Africa. A predawn wake-up call, an early start, and the
adventure begins anew!
Flying in Africa is challenging, fun, and
rewarding. We know it from personal
experience. It started after Christina
and I flew our plane, a Helio Courier, from home in upstate New York, across the Atlantic,
through Europe, and south all the way down
Africa. We got a sense of what Africa had to
offer as a place to fly, and what preparations are required. We spend a lot of hours every year flying in
southern Africa. We have flown many of the
routes, landed at all the bush strips we suggest, and inspected the accommodations.
We recommend it. Put some dust on your wheels! You’ll remember why you learned to fly in the
first place – adventure, excitement, and freedom!
It’s air, airplanes, and airstrips -- with an edge! An encounter with a frontier, the unfamiliar, the
untamed and unexpected -- a flight to the limits of the infrastructure!
A Self-Fly Safari®
is an opportunity for you to fly an aircraft in southern Africa. We make it possible for you to see Africa’s
wilderness and animal kingdom and to fly yourself around the route. You’ll have an aircraft, a tailor-made route,
full-flight planning services, someone to show you the way during the first several days,
assistance on departure day in dispatching, flight monitoring, and full support while
you’re on safari. You do the flying!
We will
broker a locally owned private aircraft that is yours to fly once you’ve had your pilot license validated. All required insurance is included in the price of the Self-Fly Safari® package. Your Self-Fly Safari® is tailored to your interests. Let Hanks Aero Adventures guide you on your African Flying Adventure!write or phone us at:
Hanks Aero Adventures Inc
139 Van Farm Rd, Warnerville, NY 12187
phone/fax: 518-234-2841
The SATSA Bonded logo
serves to testify to the fact that the bearer, being a SATSA member in
good standing, has a financial guarantee in place to cover monetary
deposits lodged with the member in advance of services to be rendered. Should the member
become financially insolvent prior to rendering the contracted service,
the bond, which has an indemnity limit of R1.5 million, guarantees that
deposits will be refunded, or the service replaced, to a maximum level
of R300 000 per event or R75 000 per claim against the insolvent member.
This is an insurance
bond underwritten by Lombard Insurance and certain underwriting
syndicates at Lloyd's of London and is administered by SATSA, a section
21 company incorporated not for gain. Any claim
instituted against the SATSA Bond should be directed, along with
substantiated documentation, to: The Southern Africa Tourism Services
Association (SATSA) PO Box 900 Ferndale 2160 Republic
of South Africa
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