High flyers sign off
Guests were enthralled by an aviation story, with a South African twist.
The Newcastle Flying Club held it’s year-end function on November 27 at the Newcastle Club.
The guests’ attention was captivated by a film of two South African small aircraft pioneers, Mike Blyth and James Pitman.
The two pilots circumnavigated the globe in their self-designed and built aircraft between July and August 2009, and faced many challenges and adventures.
The guests, almost all of them pilots themselves, understood the enormous obstacles encountered by them. This was the first time an aircraft of it’s type had completed such a journey.
“You take a calculated risk when you embark on a trip like this,” said Mr Blyth. “I wouldn’t change anything about the way we did the trip. It was such an emotional journey,” he concluded.
The film is a true testament to the pilots’ love of aviation and the South African spirit of adventure.
“Hopefully, the movie will be showing on television sometime in the near future. The broadcasters wanted something fresh, a story about aviation with a South African flavour. I think we have given them exactly that,” concluded Mr Blyth.
