On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 at 05:02:30 in message
, Greg Esres
wrote:
Who is this guy eh?

Very interesting, thank you! Surprising that you could spend your
life in this field, yet never get the pilot certificate. I'm not sure
I would be interested in the subject if I were not able to fly.

Just me I guess Greg. We are all different.

My son was working in South Africa some years ago and he won his Private
Licence out there. In 1989 my wife and I were out there and he took us
for a flight over Johannesburg. Later back here he hired a Warrior and
after a check ride from Filton we made a tour of the district.

Before he left South Africa he checked out on a Cherokee 6 300 and with
three friends (none of them were pilots) went on a touring cruise. They
flew from Johannesburg to the mouth of the Orange River then north
across the Namibian desert to Swakopmund. Then to the airport of
Windhoek to Maun and then across Botswana to Francistown before heading
back to Rand Airport In Johannesburg. Two desert crossings (Namibian and
the Kalahari) 22.4 hours flying and 1012 litres of fuel. He no longer
flies - it is very expensive in the UK and he has his own business to
run. Anyway where in the UK can you fly for 3 hours without being able
to even contact anyone on the radio?

So my son, I am glad to say, has done many things that his father has
not!

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--
David CL Francis