On Jul 7, 2017, joet5 wrote
(in article<lhd0mcthm4lrnfb5ar3eur9htvmhap9fkc@4ax.com>):
The first time I flew in a DC-3/C-47 was back in 1959 when my British
grandfather had to attend a conference in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, and
he treated yours truly and two of my older British cousins to a great trip. I
was 10 years old. We flew from the UK to Johannesburg in some big four prop
BOAC AC. It was probably a DC-7. Then in an SAA Viscount from Jhb to
Salisbury. From there we flew in a Central African Airways (CAA) DC-3 to
Kariba, where the new dam had just been completed. Then it was on to
Livingstone, and the Victoria Falls by DC3 before returning to Salisbury and
home.
All of this was long before there was a Zimbabwe, Zambia, or Malawi, just
Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland.
We had a stay at the Victoria Falls Hotel, and a boat trip on the Zambezi
river above the falls. Somewhere on that river trip I lost my very first
wristwatch which was a 10th birthday present.
Needless to say, that was an exciting experience for a 10 year old back in
1959.
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Regards,
Savageduck
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