African bush pilot features in UNTAMED

 Back in 2008 whilst flying in Tanzania I flew Davey Hughes from Swazi into the Selous Game reserve to hunt Buffalo. For those who have not heard of Swazi it is a new Zealand company that specializes in outdoor clothing.
On the flight into the Selous, Davey pointed out an area on a map called Sand river and wanted to have a closer look because this was where he was to be hunting and camping. He was paying for the flight and it was on the way to the destination airstrip, so there was no problem carrying out a little reconnaissance at low level.

 In 2011 Davey released a book called 'Untamed' in it he speaks about this flight into the Selous, when describing the pilot he says "he'd missed his calling as a Second World War Spitfire pilot". Slightly disconcerting to say the least. I deny that the flight departed from normal standard operating procedures...plus nowadays I claim the 'Africa' has been trained out of me...
However I feared better than Daveys description of Antanov pilots in Mongolia who were literally drinking Vodka before and during the flight!

A grainy picture from Untamed. Davey and I posing beside a Cessna 206 at Kiba airstrip in the Selous Game Reserve.

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