In article <0001HW.1F119508006C054A700000A4C2CF@news.giganews.com>, Savageduck
says...
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>On Jul 7, 2017, joet5 wrote
>(in article<lhd0mcthm4lrnfb5ar3eur9htvmhap9fkc@4ax.com>):
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>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.
>
Had something similar happen...I belonged to the Air Explorers in Lajes AFB in
the Azores around 1960. When our troop had to get to another island for a
summer outing, instead of the Navy (our sponsors!) flying us over, the Air Force
provided the C-47 with my father as the pilot! I was excited beyond
description.
I can't find the pics but somewhere is one of him at the controls and another of
him standing in front of the plane after it landed...on a grass landing strip.
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