Since I was a kid I wanted to fly – probably something to do with taking flights with my Dad when he used to have a plane when I was young.   After years of expensive flight lessons I first got my pilots license in the States in 1997.

It was many years before I gave up my consulting career to take the plunge in becoming a professional pilot – first starting with a job flying seaplanes in Australia in 2007 before starting at Proflight Zambia fulfilling a childhood dream to fly somewhere in Africa.

After completing a motorcycle trip around the world with Henning Lorenz, Matthew Glitman and later Ilja Erche, I dreamed of flying a microlight of sorts through the continent.

With the renewal of my contract there in April 2010, knowing that the visa can take longer than expected I thought this was the perfect opportunity to make another childhood goal.

Something that the motorbike trip taught me was that these trips require a lot less planning that one usually estimates.   With only two weeks before deciding to do this trip to starting my training I wanted to see whether something like this could be achieved with the minimal of experience thrown in with the minimum of planning.   A time limit of the visa being approved provided an ever approaching finish date which put pressure on efficiency of training and flying.

With this trip, I want to show (even to myself) that childhood (travel) goals can be achieved with the smallest amount of planning and just an efficiency of action.