To Johannesburg for the weekend

 We flew up to an icy Johannesburg at the weekend to have a look at our new Sling aircraft in production at The Airplane Factory at Tedderfield Airfield. Ice glazed over the water features in the morrning as we felt the Joburg chill.

Some excitement as I flew from Lanseria airport to Tedderfield in a Sling, being collected by the designer and factory CEO Mike Blythe.

Llewellyn and I enjoy a drink at the Airport

Kulula flew us to Lanseria

Check out the photos of our Sling in production at The Airplane Factory on my separate Flying blog by clicking on the link here.


Watering the frost-bitten garden in a dry Johannesburg





A few days in Johannesburg



Down a Gold Mine while Dave holds up the roof



Lauren and Dave on the Anaconda

We spent a great few days in Johannesburg using the Wednesday Freedom Day public holiday to break away. Here we are - Llewellyn and the kids and I - at Gold Reef City where we went down a gold mine for the first time and went on a few crazy rides... the Anaconda, my favourite. We also went to the Johannesburg Zoo, Rand Airport to check aeroplanes and a little shopping. Click here to see more pics.

Does this really hold up the roof? 3000 m mine shafts!

See more pics of the holiday break here.

More pics - Gold Reef City April 2011

We watched the wedding of the century before heading out to the Zoo

Raging Rapids ride at Gold Reef City

We picked the kids up at their granny's farm near Groblersdal

I saw a giraffe first



We checked out planes at Rand Airport

 

Kulula.com pointed the way home with a cheeky "This way up" slogan on their aeroplane.

A great few days break in Johannesburg, then back to Durban.