Dakota and a pigeon at play

Such a lot of aerial activity at the moment and from aeroplanes rather than birds! The Dakota that is a lone survivor of its era and flies the odd trip around the Peninsula has been past three times. On the first occasion, it was accompanied by four helicopters in close formation, and although they were flying extremely low as always and almost within spitting distance, the vagaries of cellphones and cameras did not allow me to get things set up in time to take a proper photo!

Just before sunset tonight the Dakota did another fly-by, this ime alone, and banked nicely as it passed the lighthouse, allowing us to see the inside lights and a top view of the wings. About fifteen minutes later it returned and again, despite the slowness of its flight in comparison to modern aircraft, a photo was not going to happen! Apparently they changed the engine a while back, and it no longer has that special Dakota sound that warned us of its approach over decades. I imagine it was taking a sunset flight down to Cape Point and back. 

We were also buzzed by two of those little silver jobs with red wing tips (Linden, I'm sure you can enlighten!), so perhaps there is some kind of airshow in the offing.

Another little bit of aerial activity took place on top of the domestic whirlybird on a nearby roof. I chanced to see a really funny sight - a pigeon sitting on the extractor going round and round and round and ... it really looked like it was enjoying it, rather like a playpark for pigeons - and carouselled for about 15 minutes before flying off to a more steady perch to regain its equilibrium. Just goes to show, pigeons also have fun!