Archive (4 life histories found)
'...some of the other captains assured me that pilots were exempt from their religious duties when flying in the interests of safety'
At one stage I got involved in training some of the new young copilots. The majority were fine, dedicate to the job and eager to learn. But I came across one individual who was a devout Moslem. It was the time of Ramadan and all good Moslems were…
'It was many months later when the new timetable was eventually printed that we realized that we were supposed to operate the other way around - and no one had noticed '
It had been decided to base two of our aircraft at Kano, Northern Nigeria. This was a welcome break from Lagos. The weather in Kano was much more pleasant, it was dry and no humidity. We started the new morning schedule going clockwise Kano,…
'We all felt apprehensive as a solid wall of thunder storms arose before us on the horizon '
The Race was due to start on 17th Dec, but due to appalling weather conditions over the UK and France, the organizers postponed it for 24 hours in the interests of safety as some of the older aircraft were not equipped to fly in IMC (Instrument Met…
'This was the start of a great adventure for all of us '
I will always remember that night as one of the loneliest I had ever experienced. There was a full silver moon shinning on the Indian Ocean and off to the left I could just make out the rugged coastline of Iran. We had taken off from Bahrain at…