Category Archives: In English

Kodiac visiting Namibia

Posted on 28 January, 2012 by Anders

I got an invitation to attend a demonstration of an aircraft. It was the “National Airways Corporation” from South Africa going to demonstrate the new  Kodiac from Quest. So last Monday I went to Desert Air’s hangar on Eros airport. There is obviously … Continue reading →

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2012 training has started

Posted on 20 January, 2012 by Anders

For the last two weeks we have been training on how to use the Eurocat-X in a training program called “NEXT-1”. Today was exam day and four trainees got their diploma: Jeremia Kamati Noel Kröhne Abiud Mbaisa Victor Sitapata These … Continue reading →

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A lot of birds

Posted on 15 January, 2012 by Anders

Namibia must be a great country for bird-lovers. According to Wikipedia here are 706 species. I think this post is about only one of them, but in really big numbers! I am certainly not an expert on birds so I … Continue reading →

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A year of blogging

Posted on 1 January, 2012 by Anders

My first post on this Namibia-blog came December 2010. One year ago. Some statistics: 141 posts 243 comments More than 17,000 views in 2011. Busiest months was March with 2630 views, November with 2193 views and September with 2014 views. The … Continue reading →

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God Jul / Merry Christmas

Posted on 21 December, 2011 by Anders

Det är svårt att tänka sig när det är 35 grader varmt, men julen närmar sig. Därmed gör jag ett litet uppehåll i bloggandet trots att jag har massor av bilder som jag vill visa. De får dock komma senare… … Continue reading →

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Last exam 2011

Posted on 9 December, 2011 by Anders

Today another two Namibian controllers completed their training for surveillance control. They are: Mr Harold Hange, and… Mrs Philippine Lundama, here with instructors Johan, Tanja and Anders. By this Namibia have ten trained and validated Area Surveillance controllers to man … Continue reading →

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Official inauguration

Posted on 7 December, 2011 by Anders

Today was the day for the official inauguration of Surveillance control in Namibia airspace. The Air Traffic Control Center looked neater than ever… All WAM-stations were up and running… Professionals ready to do the job… Smart looking ICAO advisors… Since … Continue reading →

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December 6, 2011

Posted on 6 December, 2011 by Anders

Yes, I know…  We were supposed to go yesterday. Ben even bought a cake… But yesterday saw some technical problems. A lot of wise men discussed… So we waited another day. Until December 6… A lot of things to prepare … Continue reading →

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Third NEXT-2 exam

Posted on 2 December, 2011 by Anders

Today another four Namibian controllers completed their training for surveillance control. They are: Mrs Christine Eiman Mr Ben Engelbrecht Mr Hendrik Barens Mrs Sarafina Maxwanu Group picture with ICAO instructors Fredrik, Johan, Peter and Ben. By this we have 8 … Continue reading →

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Second NEXT-2 exam

Posted on 1 December, 2011 by Anders

Today another two Namibian controllers completed their training for surveillance control. They are: Mr Erik Bruys and… Mr George Matroos. Here with four of their instructors – Peter, Anders, Johan and Tanja. The fancy dressing is due to “World AIDS … Continue reading →

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