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    Arrested pilots return to SA

    Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailMay 11, 2013No Comments2 Mins Read
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    A disappointed but relieved group of South African aviators has finally touched down in Grahamstown on Saturday morning after a five-day ordeal with Namibian authorities.

    The pilots of a group of 12 microlight planes travelling through the country were arrested upon landing in Ondangwa, Namibia, on Saturday night, with no explanation from police.

    A disappointed but relieved group of South African aviators has finally touched down in Grahamstown on Saturday morning after a five-day ordeal with Namibian authorities.

    The pilots of a group of 12 microlight planes travelling through the country were arrested upon landing in Ondangwa, Namibia, on Saturday night, with no explanation from police.

    Grahamstown Flight School owner and organiser of the trip Larry McGillewie said a large group of police officers and Namibian Directorate of Civil Aviation officials awaited them upon landing around 8pm on Saturday. Their aircraft were also seized.

    Grahamstown locals Larry and his wife Sharon McGillewie, Matthys Bosch and Ron and Loraine Weissenberg were among a group of 20 people travelling through Namibia in microlight planes on a cancer-awareness campaign.

    'The Gaggle', as the small group of aviators called themselves, were on a two-week trip around Africa in several NTCA aircraft in support of the Cancer Association of South Africa.

    Read the full report in Grocott's Mail on Friday 10 May.

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