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The impetuosity of youth............ pics.

November 12 2011 at 3:08 PM
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This appeared in one of our local airplane forums.

 

These pictures were taken 2nd October 64. I was the pilot. The pictures are original and not 'touched up'.
The 'Pongos' (army) were on a route march from Langebaan by the sea to Saldanha.
The previous night in the pub one of them had said:
"you think you can fly low, but there's no way you will make me hit the deck"..... Hullo!!!
I went to look for them on the beach in the morning and was alone for the one picture. I was pulling up to avoid them.
In the afternoon I had a formation with me and you can see the other a/c behind me. (piloted by van Zyl, Kempen and Perold)
A friend by the name of Leon Schnetler (one of the pongos)took the pics.
The guy that said "you won't make me hit the deck" said afterwards that he was saying to himself as I approached: "I won't go down, I won't go down,I won't go down" and when I had passed he found himself flat on the ground.

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Ouentin Mouton  (23000hrs) everything up to B747-400, presently Chief pilot of Mango Airlines ( low cost carrier) and still actively flying B737-800 at 68.

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Note; He was responding to a post where these photos were posted.

 

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