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Wild Landings – Namibia

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]South African adventurer James Pitman and aviation pioneer Mike Blyth and have flown around the world in self designed aircraft, several harrowing times. Through these successful designs, they have become Africa’s only truly home grown aircraft manufacturer. Pressured by work, James persuades Mike to fly through the landscapes of Namibia, one of the best...

Oxford to Sydney in a KR2

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Staffordshire’s Colin Hales dreamed the impossible dream — to fly his own plane around the world. Sadly he was of modest means and couldn’t afford a plane, so he built one from odds ’n’ sods and nick-named it ‘Bitsy’. With thousands of hours of graft invested,  even before he left, this was a...