It is reputed that the Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter was designed by a committee of six Swiss farmers to carry hay into the high Alps, so that they could keep their cattle up there for longer. They knew pretty well what a hay cart looked like but didn’t know muchRead More →
Wednesday afternoons were not for golf, but for aerobatics. The weather was good, my Pitts Special gleamed in the sun and I was determined to be the new SA National Champion. So I used every possible moment to practice. The radio in my Pitts had developed a problem that requiredRead More →
INTRODUCTION (BY EDGE): In this, the third and final instalment of their circumnavigation of Africa in 60 days, we travel all the way back down the eastern edge of the continent with our two intrepid flyers: Edge Bisset and Jaap Scholten. It’s hot in the cockpit and the afternoon sunRead More →
I had just returned to my drafting board with my first cup of Monday tea, when our receptionist delivered a telegram clearly marked URGENT PRIORITY from the DCA inviting me to tea – it was actually a disguised formal demand that could not be refused. I went cold as IRead More →
