Freedom Flight is the story of two ordinary men on an extraordinary adventure. In celebration of the centenary of powered flight and a decade of South African independence, pilots Alan Honeyborne and Ricky De Agrela took off, completely unsupported, from Cape Town on the December 16, 2003. Their aim: to touch down on each continent of the world on the longest expedition ever flown in microlights. The expedition achieved several firsts for private aviation including flying through Yemen and Nepal and completing an unsupported microlight flight from South Africa to Australia. However, tragedy struck, first in China where Alan went down and later in Belize, when Alan's replacement, Martin Walker, also sustained a fatal accident. Ricky overcame personal trauma and debilitating fear to fly alone from England through Europe, over the Mediterranean Sea, the Sahara Desert and the wildernesses of East and Southern Africa, to make it back to Cape Town. His accomplishment embodies the expedition's vision of encouraging others to reach for the sky. The story of Ricky's remarkable achievement is told in website updates and e-mail correspondence with maps detailing the 64,000-kilometre route.
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Alan Honeyborne started microlight flying in 1998 and in 2001. he attained his Microlight Instructor's Rating. Alan, flying with Jamie Mathewson, won both Natal and National Championships in 2000. Together with Ricky de Agrela he completed many long-distance microlight adventures around Southern Africa, which included Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and numerous trips along the coastline and interior of South Africa. Alan flew with Ricky on the Freedom Flight for five months before his fatal accident in China. Ricky De Agrela's adventurous spirit developed from an early age. He started parachuting at the age of 16, underwent two years of Air Force training and embarked on his first round-the-world trip in 1982, setting off with a backpack and US$ 100. Today, Ricky has re-established himself in business as the director of several companies in the construction and property industry. Nonetheless, he regularly creates the time to continue his adventurous travels doing motivational presentations around the globe. His long-term objective is to travel to every country on the planet to highlight the positive world in which we live.
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We were camping, one star-bright summer night, on the banks of a desert river in southern Africa; two ordinary guys and their flying I machines: Alan, an eligible bachelor who managed a Port Elizabeth computer company and me, the divorced owner of a Cape Town construction company. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flight clearance, briefing office, wing bolts, clearance number, weather office Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Friends of Freedom Flight Location, Cape Town, South Africa, Alan Date, Port Sudan, Red Sea, Addis Ababa, East Timor, Mozambique Island, Ricky Date, Uniform Delta Echo Kilo, Port Elizabeth, United States, Belize City, Kuala Lumpur, Rocky Mountains, Timor Sea, Alice Springs, Coober Pedy, Dire Dawa, Middle East, Republic of Djibouti, Table Mountain, Arba Minch, Dick Smith New!
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We were camping, one star-bright summer night, on the banks of a desert river in southern Africa; two ordinary guys and their flying I machines: Alan, an eligible bachelor who managed a Port Elizabeth computer company and me, the divorced owner of a Cape Town construction company. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flight clearance, briefing office, wing bolts, clearance number, weather office Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Friends of Freedom Flight Location, Cape Town, South Africa, Alan Date, Port Sudan, Red Sea, Addis Ababa, East Timor, Mozambique Island, Ricky Date, Uniform Delta Echo Kilo, Port Elizabeth, United States, Belize City, Kuala Lumpur, Rocky Mountains, Timor Sea, Alice Springs, Coober Pedy, Dire Dawa, Middle East, Republic of Djibouti, Table Mountain, Arba Minch, Dick Smith New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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