Joburg from the Air – Musings of a curious individual

I was very fortunate to get a trip on a Robinson R44 with my one ex-boss, from Grand Central Airport, to Panorama Airfield near Alberton and then onwards to Rand Central and back. I took a lot of video and quite a few stills that really came out much better than I expected, given the reflections off the canopy. My one regret is that I never took more. These images are really amongst my favourite, and they are mostly 1500×1000 and open in a new window. Unfortunately some of my identification of a areas is sometimes vague because frankly I have never seen any of these places from the air before. Enjoy the pics, they open in a new window.

My ride for the morning (registration removed)

Heading South and approaching the Buchleuch Intersection

Still heading South and approaching Sandton City

Auckland Park, SABC and Sentech Tower coming up.

Hillbrow Tower and Ponte coming up on the left

Braamfontein Yard with Newtown on the right and Park Station in the distance

Columbine Avenue area, still heading South towards Panorama Airfield

At Panorama Airfield we landed and stretched our legs and checked that all the nuts and bolts were still there and then took off once again heading North and then East to Rand Airport.

"The Glenn" shopping centre in Gleneagles/Oakdene — “The Glenn” shopping centre in Gleneagles/Oakdene

Rand Stadium, Hector Norris Park, James Hall Transport Museum and Wemmer Pan — Rand Stadium, James Hall Transport Museum and Wemmer Pan

Johannesburg in the distance. approaching from the South

Johannesburg. with the Carlton centre the highest point

We were not allowed to overfly the city, so turned East, heading towards Rand Airport. I have to admit I do not know this area we were approaching too well.