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Old 21st Apr 2011, 18:34
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Originally Posted by MerryDown
Transited back through South Africa several years ago and recall seeing these up-engined Dakotas being putting to use by a SA cargo company.

A colleague I was travelling with told me they were the result of the strong embargoes placed on SA during the apartheid days....
I work with a couple of guys who used to fly them for the South African Air Force - they never stop talking about how great the aeroplanes were.

Mind you, they also never stop talking about how great they themselves are!
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