2 of FM Zambia's 4 airplanes at their farm in Chilongolo, near Lusaka
Guillermo (a Canadian-Mexican-Russian of Mennonite background) lands at the farm over the wing of my plane.
My steed greets the morning sun.
Bradley finds a friend
Some of our team stayed at the "Lundazi Castle." Accommodation wasn't quite what you might expect from a castle.
The Castle
Some places we stayed were a bit spartan. In a heavy malaria area, the mosquito net had holes big enough to let a mouse through.
A drying up lagoon behind our rooms in South Luangwa National Park area. Waiting on the rains.
Riding to the airport in the morning
The observers assigned to my plane, Shower and Wisdom (or Jatton and Kaumbwe, since I made them tell me their real names too). We spent many hours in the airplane together.
Rigging up ropes from the strut in preparation for calibration.
Mfuwe International Airport, where we were based for a week of surveys.
Mfuwe tower and Avgas pumps
Count all the animals between the ropes.
Hills and green, a nice change from Botswana
All our fuel had to be brought out to the remote areas in drums and then hand-pumped into the airplane. Three airplanes surveying used 4-5 drums of fuel every day (about 200-250 gallons).
Many sunrise trips to the airport in a pickup.
