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Interesting - belongs to Mamelodi Quarries (PTY) LTD according to the register - but why a ZU
registration?

Proberly because the aircraft it is ex-mil?

Or somebody lost a logbook?

Probably - I see it states "Westland" - don't think they built any civvie versions.

Nope was not the Gazelle the Dauphin came right over town and turned away from Onrus heading towards Gansbay, spoke to a ret. Airforce Generaal here in town that also confirmed it was the Dauphin as I was not too close to see the markings on the chopper.

There is NO Dauphins in the SA registry what I know.it must of been the one off the ship,My brother which was nearby Hermanus also says he saw this Dauphin.

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None seem to be on the local civil register.

Lock away your daughters .. the French are coming ashore

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They are once again rubbing the Mistral class against the envious navy/politicians. How many times are they going to try? They even used to take out ads for it in Navy News.
Floreal is a regular visitor. Georges Leygues class is getting a tad long in the tooth.

Ja boet, these Mistral class visitors are getting really boring!

I wonder what the pastis is like aboard these days. We used to have a fairly regular visitor to Simon's Town back in the seventies in a landing ship called the Argens. She was based in the Indian ocean and would come in for dry docking, etc. The brow would hardly be down and half the SA Navy would be up it. In every mess there used to be large earthenware jugs of pastis - wonderful stuff. Never tasted anything in a bottle as good as whatever the French navy used to supply it's sailors with. Not even genuine Ricard. The beer was lousy though!

Advertisement in Vol XXVI No 4 of Nay News - 2007.
They took several more over the years.

Not many ships still carry the title "Royal Mail Ship"

RMS St. Helena entering harbour on Sunday 15th.

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She chugs on - despite being overdue for retirement and will continue to do so until the airport at St Helena is constructed. Must say she's still looking mighty good - externally at least - for a veteran of the Falklands war. Originally built in the early 1960s - but extensively refitted in the 70s for her present role.

Yeah, she looks in good shape, but those diesel's look a bit smokey. Perhaps it should be like that.