TOURIST AVIATION FEATURE: INT. PETER CLAXTON [SEA PLANE PILOT]; REAX TOURISTS; GOOD TAKE-OFF & LANDING; CIVAIR HELICOPTERS TAKING OFF & LANDING INT. JAMES BLOMERUF [PILOT]

Record ID: 893526

  • Title: TOURIST AVIATION FEATURE: INT. PETER CLAXTON [SEA PLANE PILOT]; REAX TOURISTS; GOOD TAKE-OFF & LANDING; CIVAIR HELICOPTERS TAKING OFF & LANDING INT. JAMES BLOMERUF [PILOT]
  • Date: 22nd December 1996
  • Summary: TOURIST AVIATION FEATURE: INT. PETER CLAXTON [SEA PLANE PILOT]; REAX TOURISTS; GOOD TAKE-OFF & LANDING; CIVAIR HELICOPTERS TAKING OFF & LANDING INT. JAMES BLOMERUF [PILOT]
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  • City: CAPE TOWN
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 96DEC22R06
  • Story Text:TOURIST AVIATION FEATURE:

    01.00.04 PETER CLAXTON [PILOT SEA PLANE] SPEAKING TO NEW GROUP OF TOURISTS ..so are we going to have some fun. What are we going to do - half hour? What did Greg line up. An hour....down to Cape Point...it's lovely. Hey I better check if we have enough fuel.
    01.00.37 WIDE OF SEA PLANE AT END OF GANGPLANK
    01.01.21 WIDE OF TOURISTS CHATTING TO PETER
    01.02.11 TOURISTS WATCHING WHILE PETER FILL OUT FORMS / PAYMENT
    01.02.17 INTEVIEW: FRANCOIS TE WATER NAUDE [TOURIST] I've never flown in a sea plane before and I think it's unique to be able to take off in a place like CT and see the whole Peninsula from the air.
    01.02.35 The landing worries me a little bit; I've never come down on water before and that's a little bit worrying, maybe the wind as well...
    01.02.48 INTERVIEW: BRIAN GRUAR [PILOT] A sea plane is something completely different to normal land flying & the Beaver in itself I think is a very unique aircraft; I have flown this one once befre & it's quite a nice experience. You couldn't see the Cape peninsula better than in an aircraft.
    01.03.16 WATER TILT UP TO TOURISTS WAITING TO BOARD
    01.03.47 BOARDING
    01.04.28 BELL RINGING
    01.05.15 PETER TALKING TO PORT TRAFFIC CONTROL...WAITING...they're having their lunch. LOOK ON WATCH
    01.05.48 OK we standby on channel 12 & 60
    01.06.01 CLOSING COCKPIT DOOR
    01.06.04 START ENJIN MOVING OFF
    01.06.29 SEAL POPPING UP
    01.07.11 SEAGULL PERCHED
    01.07.38 SEAGULL WALKING AROUND STRETCHING WINGS - VARIOUS OF BOATS
    01.08.04 TOURISTS WALKING AWAY FROM PLANE AFTER FLIGHT SO HOW WAS IT? Absolutely lovely. magnificent. Something completely different...JANE DE WATER NAUDE...we had wonderful visibility It was nice and clear.
    01.08.22 SIGNING VISITORS BOOK
    01.09.10 INTERVIEW: PETER CLAXTON [PILOT] A sea plane is a very interesting animal...you got to have your finger right out; you've got to be careful which way the wind's blowing; take off and landing on water can bite you if you're not careful and it keep you on your toes...
    01.10.01 ...you've got to stick to your procedures & then particularly the take-off & landing area that you're looking at, make sure that that's clear and obviously what sort of movement either side left or right...
    01.10.38 ...it's a classic aircraft and it's on the water taking off & landing from it is really exciting...
    01.10.57 ...it's exciting it;'s nice it's romantic it's all of those things that you can up and I love the ocean and I surf & sail & I also fly planes so put all that together hey sea plane is the way to go.
    01.11.13 DESCRIBES THE PLANE - CAN LAND ON LAND AS WELL - VERSATILE
    01.11.47 CRANES HARBOUR
    01.11.55 SAIL BOAT - OTHER YACHTS
    01.12.56 PLANE TAKING OFF ************************************
    01.14.27 TOURIST BOAT CRUISE
    01.14.53 LANDING ************************************************
    DOLPHINS PAINTED ON FLOATS = CLEAR

    00.00.10 CIVAIR: HELICOPTER FLIGHTS FOR TOURISTS
    00.00.45 FRENCH TOURISTS WAITING
    00.03.32 WALKING TO CHOPPER
    00.03.53 BOARDING
    00.04.20 PUTTING ON EARPHONES
    00.04.33 COLOURFUL CHOPPERS ENJINS ON - PAINTED IN OLYMPIC COLOURS
    00.06.05 LIFT OFF
    00.07.28 INTERVIEW: JAMES BLOMERUF [CIVAIR PILOT] We offer scenic tours of the Cape peninsula which lends itself to helicopter touring...20'/30'/full hr...it's a pretty high ticket item so it's very popular with the foreign tourists...
    00.08.03 TOURS TO THE WINELANDS
    00.08.18 ...very popular. It's a growth industry for us as is the whole tourism industry in the Cape & Southern Africa; so over the last 2/3 years we've seen enormous growth...
    00.08.35 ...within bounds of environmental & noise problem MORE GROWTH
    00.08.45 ...with the influx of foreign tourists in the country we've seen it grow; our local users are more corporate or industrial type of stuff...survey work...
    00.09.13 it's just the wide perspective of a particularly beautiful place that lends itself to aerial tourism, some fantastic sights that you really can only appreciate from the air.
    00.09.31 ..the whales are very popular; we have a growing whale tourism industry...and a whale from the air is amazing and you can also see the calf which you can't ofetn see from the land...
    00.09.59 100% ACCIDENT FREE RECORD ...he would feel as safe in a helicopter here as he would at home..
    00.10.46 WIDE TOURISTS STANDING AROUND
    00.11.09 CHOPPER LANDING
    00.11.37 BOARDING
    00.12.11 LANDING
    00.12.38 OTHER ONE TAKES OFF
    00.13.42 OLYMPIC CHOPPER LANDING
    00.14.27 DISEMBARKING
    00.14.58 PUTTING IN FUEL
    00.15.29 BOARDING RED CHOPPER
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