Another extradition
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Anticipating a change of heart in the British judiciary the South African government have this morning dispatched its last remaining serviceable aircraft to London to collect a long sought after fugitive.
Nicknamed the Dewani Dakota it left Swartkops airforce base early this morning.
When asked what prompted the sudden reaction Mr Gizza Manback (spokesman for the Department of Justice) said, “no news is good news, we haven’t heard anything for 6 months so we’re taking that as good news”
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G’morgen, Soutie. You’ll only upset Bearsy with your apostrophic punctuation.
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It’s a silly mistake 
fixed, thanks
Is that aircraft actually still in service Soutie? I wonder what it is about those old clunkers that makes them so iconic?
As far as I can see, there has been no news on Dewani’s extradition since July, when extradition proceedings were supposed to resume?
Bravo I think so, 2 C47TP’s performed a flypast back in 2010, I assume this was one of them.
http://www.dc-3.co.za/dc-3-75th-anniversary.html
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You are lucky. Since Liam Fox’s slashing of the defence budget, the RAF has to rely on Tiger Moths and Sopwith Camels!
In 1953 my school class had a trip around the city in one of those! My first white-knuckle ride!
Morning Soutie: In the early 70′s several DC-3 aircraft were still flying in commercial service in the Caribbean, we used to ride one from Puerto Rico to Tortola (BVI) on vacation. When stationary the plane sat at a pretty steep angle and it was an uphill battle to the front seats. They also rattled a lot which was hardly surprising given the age of the aircraft, I think they cost about $25,000 brand new and some thousands were built. I am told there are still several in commercial passenger service in Alaska. Would not be my first choice of transport in the frozen North.