World AirNews June 2018
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FLY-AWAY<br />
FLY AWAY<br />
NAC<br />
HELPS BRING<br />
COMMUNITIES<br />
TOGETHER<br />
Mark Mansfield reports<br />
ENdiNg a vErY SuCCESSFuL 10th aNNuaL NaC FLY aWaY, WaS thE ‘aLiCE iN WoNdErLaNd’<br />
thEmEd gaLa diNNEr<br />
L<br />
ANSERIA INTERNATIONAL Airport-headquartered National<br />
Airways Corporation (NAC) recently hosted its 10th annual<br />
fly away, and, as part of its commitment to the various communities,<br />
it visited each during the fly away which took place recently.<br />
The aviation company pulled out all the stops as it was instrumental<br />
in bringing the small community of Prince Albert together<br />
under the theme, “Groet is ‘n Moet” (which, loosely translated into<br />
English, means: A Greeting is a Must,).<br />
As guests of NAC, the Prince Albert Community Trust, Prince<br />
Albert Tourism, schools, and law enforcement, as well as the local<br />
community came together for a social event for the first time as<br />
one undivided community with the intent of the evening being<br />
to create social cohesion and to celebrate community by eating<br />
together/<br />
But it did not end there, as over R95 000 was raised at another<br />
community outreach in Prieska, when NAC and its guests came<br />
together in support of the Prieska Round Table’s “Winter Knight”<br />
project.<br />
Being the 10th NAC Fly Away, this year the trip included an extra<br />
stopover, and in total covered just under 1 300 nautical miles<br />
which saw 23 aircraft, including two RV’s, a Sling 4, Cirrus, and an<br />
Extra, from all over South Africa meet at Beaufort West, then a<br />
quick hop to Prince Albert for the first night stop, then on to Carnarvon,<br />
Prieska, and finally at Gariep Dam.<br />
As has become the norm with the NAC Fly Away, guests were<br />
once again exposed to entertainment and sightseeing that was<br />
specific to each location, and included a very special trip to the<br />
SKA (Square Kilometre Array), the legendary ‘Blikkies Bar’ (One of<br />
the largest tin can collections in a bar), the breath-taking ‘Wonderdraai’<br />
(or Wonder Bend in English,) is a spot along the Orange<br />
River in the Northern Cape that gives the illusion that water defies<br />
gravity by appearing to flow upstream, as well as the beautiful<br />
Swartberg mountain pass in the Western Cape. Q<br />
the legendary ‘Blikkies Bar’ (One Of the<br />
largest tin can cOllectiOns in a Bar)<br />
thE NaC FLY aWaY briNgS LoNg LoSt FriENdS togEthEr<br />
aNd iS thE pErFECt opportuNitY to makE<br />
NEW FriENdS<br />
aN Extra takiNg oFF From CarNarvoN bLoWiNg<br />
up a duSt Storm<br />
a group photo oF thE <strong>2018</strong> NaC FLY aWaY guEStS<br />
at thE SWartbErg mouNtaiN paSS iN thE<br />
WEStErN CapE<br />
thE FirSt arrivaL at priNCE aLbErt airFiELd WaS<br />
WELComEd bY thE NaC baNNErS<br />
a LoW LEvEL FLY paSt bY oNE oF thE viSitiNg rv<br />
airCraFt ovEr griEp dam<br />
<strong>World</strong> Airnews | <strong>June</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
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