Quote Originally Posted by Stan View Post
You lucked out by arriving after this bird was finally grounded

On that note, if the fly boys like to play with 105 howitzers, why can't they just take over the parachute business too
Actually, no, my friend. I watched them repair the wing on that bird with 100mph tape in 1984 in Lubumbashi. Gratefully I was with Paul Wenzel in the DAO C12 (of course, Paul pranged two of them as I recall) and I never flew on it. But (copying the Holiday Express ads) I did fly ShabAir, Sudan Air, Egypt Air etc

Tom