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Croc Camp after a good flood
in 1977 |
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Road to Island Safari Lodge
(left) from main road (right), with Boro at top of pic. Tony Graham
driving through the water |
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John made the first landing at Tsodilo
Hills, 18th May 1971. Airstrip made by Bernie Truthe |
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John after an elephant hunt,
1975 |
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Approach to landing at Lake
Ngami, 1971 |
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After landing next to Lake
Ngami, with Tony Graham, 1971 |
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Flooding at Lake Ngami (24
Aug 2007), looking from north to south |
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Lake Ngami, 2007 |
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Chobe-Zambezi junction, 2007 |
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Ngoma Bridge, 2007 |
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Magadigadi's Sua Pan after rain, 2007 |
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DC's house in Maun, 1938
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A group in a mokoro on the
Thamalakane, 1939 1 |
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Harry Riley (centre) in a
barge on the Thamalakane River 1 |
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Harry Riley (centre) in a
barge on the Thamalakane River. Tom Hughes on left, Hockey Hughes on
right 1 |
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Riley's Hotel, 1938 1 |
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Truck offloading behind
Riley's Garage. This Diamond-T truck ran between Maun and Palapye, a
3-day journey 1 |
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Bechuanaland Mounted Police
Headquarters, Maun - the rondavel on the left was initially the DC's
Office, then Wildlife Dept HQ, then Barclays Bank, then CID HQ and can still be seen near the
police station today 1 |
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The rondavel next to the
main road today 2
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Old causeway bridge (at
present position of NBS/Jackson's bridge). Maun Lodge would be on left
bank today 1 |
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Maun Hospital was built by
the Scottish Missionary Society 1 |
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The 'Old Bridge' at
Matlapaneng with hippo pool on right 1 |
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A hunting party with a
buffalo. (L to R) Oom Joos, Michael and Boet Odendaal, Tom Hughes 1 |
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De Havilland Rapide
refuelling near Riley's Garage 1 |
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De Havilland Rapide
refuelling near Riley's Garage 1 |
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Ted Spencer of Spencer's Air
Services (Vic Falls) refuelling his Fox Moth in Maun 1 |
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Junkers 86. Tom Hughes on
wing 1 |
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Junkers 86 1 |
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Junkers 86 stuck in the mud
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Junkers 86 stuck in the mud.
Note BPJ1 number plate 1 |
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Maun's first aerial
photograph. The building is Riley's Hotel, with 'landing field' on
right. Taken from Ted Spencer's Fox Moth 1 |
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John's forced landing in
A2-KDS on 11 June 1975 near Samadupi Pan with Harry Selby. Note missing
propeller tip |
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Another shot of A2-KDS with
broken propeller |
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The old Wenela DC3 at
Shakawe. Shot taken by Bernie Truthe |
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The last of the water in the
Savuti Channel, 1982 |
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Obituary for Squadron Leader
Johnny Gibson, World War II flying ace, who formed Bechuanaland National
Airways and Botswana National Airways, precursor of today's Air Botswana |
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John and Harry Selby after an
end-of-season elephant hunt, November 1975 |
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John flew this Cessna C310 on
scheduled services for the then Botswana Airways Corporation (BAC).
Maun, April 1971 |
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Harry Selby's safari in East
Africa with Robert Ruark |
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Aerial view of the last year
the Savuti Channel flowed into the Savuti Marsh, 1982 |
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Maun Airport, untarred in the
1960s. The site of the original airport, next to Riley's Hotel, can be
seen in the background |
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Maun Airport 1970s. |
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The Old Maun Airport
terminal, June 1971 |
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John had a birdstrike with a
marabou stork over Lake Ngami on 12 June 1974 in this Aero Commander
500, A2-ZGD. |
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Jack Bousefield with his
Piper TriPacer |
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John & genet |
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Catalina flying boat (Z-CAT)
at Kasane |
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1 Photograph
supplied by
Angus McDonald
2 Photograph by
Steve Hollingworth |
