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  • Flying for Gold - Bush pilots in the CongoThe casa 212 is preparing to land at Mongbwalu in Eastern Congo.
  • Flying for Gold - Bush pilots in the CongoBush pilots Chris Laidler and Patrick Hyndeman are landing on a 600 m strip in Eatern Congo.
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  • Flying for Gold - Bush pilots in the CongoA fridge for the a mining site is unloaded in Bunia where the pilots need to clear customs every time they fly into Congo. They store certain items because of the weight limits they have when flying into very short and dangerous landing strips.
  • Flying for Gold - Bush pilots in the CongoBush pilot Patrick Hyndeman
  • Flying for Gold - Bush pilots in the CongoExhausted Bush pilot Chris Laidler takes a break before heading back to Uganda.
  • Flying for Gold - Bush pilots in the CongoBush pilot Patrick Hyndeman needs to spin the propellers after every landing for them not to bend while they are cooling down.
  • Flying for Gold - Bush pilots in the CongoWhen flying over the thick canopy of the Eastern Congo Rain forest GPS is the only orientation.
  • Flying for Gold - Bush pilots in the CongoZanie - a new landing strip is not quite ready for landing.