Abene in Senegal

To obtain a licence two cross country flights must be made. The only other strip in The Gambia is on North Bank but because the rainy season had just finished it was unserviceable so a strip in Senegal was used.

Final approach to Abene.

 

View from the Down Wind leg of the circuit at Abene.

The Gambian Senegalise border lies in the top left of the picture next to the river estuary.

Once on the ground in Abene local children flocked to welcome the visitors. Unusually, they were purely interested and did not wish to sell anything.

The old hangar at Abene