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 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.
