December 22, 2003
Things to do in Nairobi..
..if you don't have time for game reserve tours or other tourist attractions:1. Make Christmas music at the Streit's house:
2. Study the aerial root system of the climbing split-leaf plant:
3. Make sure you have all your stuff out of the plane:
4. Watch John Mosby and Ken Stoltzfus Jr. lay out an AIM-AIR logo on the new plane:
5. Snap another pic of the floatplane because Bruce Wilton asked for it in a comment, and talk to Lydia about the progress of the floatplane inspection.
6. Pose for a pic with Andy, Lydia, and Waldo. No, I haven't shrunk, it's just that Andy is 6' 8".
7. Watch for signs of changing attitudes about HIV/AIDS and government corruption.
8. Snap a pic of Cessna 206 5Y-ALY, because Harold De Souza and I flew it across the ocean in 1974, and it's still flying now (just today.) The paint job is new, with a different design.
9. Snap a pic of the wreckage of Caravan 5Y-BOY, because Michael mentioned it in a comment. Michael, how did you know about that? I thought you were in Canada.
10. In the evening, join an AIM-AIR staff Christmas party. You already know Chad and Mike. The guy in the middle is Dan Spooner, aka "Bwana Kijiko".
Posted by Barry at December 22, 2003 07:28 PM
Ok guys, who turned the picture of 5Y-BOY right-side-up? (I had mounted it upside down on purpose, as that was the way it had looked at its crash site.)
Just having fun. :)
Micheal I still am interested in knowing how you knew about this, and also apparently about my own similar landing. What are your sources?
-Barry
Posted by: Barry at December 25, 2003 12:18 PMOK, sorry about the reversal -- my mind just doesn't like looking at things like that!
Google is your friend! I can't recall why, but I did a search on "barry king" pilot, or something like that and found an article about your accident, which I traced back to the ntsb database and a detailed description without the name. I wasn't really digging for it specifically... I think I was wondering if you had any other writing online.
Then I was looking up something about cessnas in Kenya and found an the link to aviation-safety.net or whatever it is... and was surprised it was the plane I was in. They now have my photo of 5Y-BOY in their DB. A search for 5Y-BOY will take you right to it.
Sometimes you find things because you were looking for it, sometimes you find things that you weren't expecting to find.
Michael
Posted by: Michael Steeves at December 25, 2003 05:54 PM