The Cape Challenge

I am sure that you would all like to know that last night, at the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of London’s annual Trophies and Awards Dinner in the Guildhall of the City of London, Steve was awarded the Master’s Medal for his record-breaking London – Cape Town and London – Cape Town – London flights.

At the same time you should know that Tony ‘Taff’ Smith, who took off from Southend on Tuesday 19th October in a Glasair Super IIS RG, attempting to break these records, was forced to land near Windhoek in Namibia, while southbound, owing to major technical problems caused, inter alia, by the severe storms of the ITCZ. Tony is safe but the record attempt has been abandoned.

Best wishes to all

Martin Barraclough