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ZU-TAF Departing FALA - Slightly different angle; the bare metal really catches the light
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Beautiful!!! Bon Voyage TAF!
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Earlier at Tedderfield the Sling departing its Hangar at the start of its journey
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The other four Slings departing FALA
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A Gaggle of Slings
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My French is very dodgy, but it would seem like James & Jean are safely on the ground on Reunion
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In which case - whats wrong with the satellite tracking? - which shows them south east of Madagascar - last position 08 Aug 2011 01:02:43 UTC

But ETA Reunion is around 10.00 am our time i think.
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GL wrote:In which case - whats wrong with the satellite tracking? - which shows them south east of Madagascar - last position 08 Aug 2011 01:02:43 UTC

But ETA Reunion is around 10.00 am our time i think.
My mistake. Seems like the ETA is 10H47 Reunion time.

The snafu with the tracker is causing some confusion for us followers.
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GL wrote:In which case - whats wrong with the satellite tracking? - which shows them south east of Madagascar - last position 08 Aug 2011 01:02:43 UTC

But ETA Reunion is around 10.00 am our time i think.

Why is the last track at 2:43 UTC which is 04:43 our time ie 3 hours ago!!! 8-[

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They have landed safely in Reunion +- 30 min ago
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Hi guys, just got up and saw the feed got stuck. As confirmed James and Jean are already on the ground...and we are trying to find out whether it is our website hosting company that is blocking the feed suddenly or something else. Our apologies for this, but we will have it sorted before the depart on the next leg.
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Morning Guys

It was realy great to be part off the goodbyes to the boys on their travels.Just a big thanks to atc at Lanseria for letting us all in to say a last goodbye to James and Jean.Great pictures from everybody and please keep on posting them.



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AirplaneFtyWeb wrote:Hi guys, just got up and saw the feed got stuck. As confirmed James and Jean are already on the ground...and we are trying to find out whether it is our website hosting company that is blocking the feed suddenly or something else. Our apologies for this, but we will have it sorted before the depart on the next leg.

Phew, I am very relieved that all is well and please inform us sooner if this sort of glitch should occur again, there are many of us following this epic event!!

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Mags wrote:Morning Guys

It was realy great to be part off the goodbyes to the boys on their travels.Just a big thanks to atc at Lanseria for letting us all in to say a last goodbye to James and Jean.Great pictures from everybody and please keep on posting them.



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Can someone please post the link on which they can be followed :?:
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