First post and some Background info.

HELLO people:)

This is my first post on the new blog flap's 40degree's:) i just wanted to give you all an idea of what i am doing with my life and where it all began:)

so i there i was, sitting in the back of the harvard,idling away as it's big rotary warmed it's many gallon's of oil through the round bank of cylinder's. The smell of burnt oil and avgas mixing in the rear passenger cockpit,my smile as wide as ever. On a private farm in the Free State my dad had bestowed a harvard flip on me for my birthday and this is how i found myself tightly wrapped in the 4 point harness like so many SAAF student's and instructor's did when this aircraft was still in formal service.After taxi and takeoff check's the next thing i knew i was airborne and climbing out toward's the maluti mountain's,wide eyed like a kid in a candy store and after many loop's,roll's,half cuban's,lazy eight's and an awesome low pass,we were back on final approach with the canopy open,i held my hand's into the fast moving air,hung my head out the window and quickly realised without any shadow of a doubt,that i needed to fly,no matter how or what,i needed it.....i had to fly:)

That was 5 year's ago and now i fly fat american hunter's around mozambique and more specifically the zambeze delta for a large hunting operation as a commercial pilot. I have seen and done what many will only ever dream of,i have flown Mozambique from south to north and i have learnt many hard life lesson's along the way.6 month's of a yearly hunting season doe's wonderful thing's for the mind,especially with no cell signal,internet or any meaningful way to contact reality,it change's you as a person and for me it has smoothed alot of rough corner's in my life. I absolutely love my job and the people and place's i have met and seen. Some picture's will follow to give you an idea of what it's all about.

My passion for flying is un-relenting and i am alway's trying to better myself, i am pushing hard for the next job,i have dreambt big and toward's the end of 2013,it will be 2 and a quarter year's with my present company and time to move from the 206,so we will see how my dream's plan out,some will say i have dreambt too big....but i don't care,you have to risk it to get the biscuit. Follow me over the next year and i will try to keep you entertained with a bit of adventure,comedy,a dash of philosophy and an interesting story or two. Sit back and enjoy....

A few pic's of life and time's in Mozambique;)