And already we have 20 seats gone!
Yet one more pair of legendary aviators to educate and entertain us.
Dave Tayler started flying at CFS Dunnottar after matriculating in Durban in 1959. He joined SAA in 1968, but remained with 40 Squadron Citizen Force on Harvards until 1982. Having flown most of SAA’s aircraft, he ended his SAA career as Fleet Captain Training on B747 Classics before his retirement from SAA in 2001. Post SAA, Dave has carried out contract training for Comair and was the B737 Fleet Captain for Nationwide before that airline’s unfortunate demise. and that’s just a the tip of the iceberg where this great aviator is concerned.
Louis Nel matriculated at Pretoria Boys High in 1954 and went directly to the RAF College at Cranwell in the UK, where he trained on Jet Provosts and Vampires. He then served with RAF 213 Squadron based at Bruggen in Germany on Canberra Low Level interdictors. His next post was on Vulcan MK2 Nuclear Bombers with 83 Squadron at RAF Scampton (the same address at the “Dam Busters”). In 1970 he joined SAA where he spent the next 22 years flying various Boeing airliners.
Host: The irrepressible Karl Jensen will be back in his usual chair asking all the difficult questions.
- Date: Thursday 11th March 2010
- Time: 18h30 for 19h30 (time to order your Boerewors/Steak roll & drinks)
- Venue: EAA Auditorium (back at home base – bring your wellington boots) adjacent to TAC and Holding point of Runway 29. Take the Hurricane Road entrance (NOT through the main gate)
- Cost: R30 (R20 for card carrying EAA, Aero Club & SAAMS members)
- Refreshments: Burgers, cooldrinks, coffee on sale in the Canteen.
- Booking: Booking essential as we’re back to our home base! Send an e-mail or simply phone me at the office between 09h00 & 17h00. If you want a specific seat, see seating plan.
Kind regards
Anne-Louise Woods
EAA Auditorium
