And so they say....each journey must come to an end.
DBP is now a fully functional aircraft. "The Beautiful Dawn" is now ready to take to the sky where she belongs.
I cannot tell you how much Stef and I have learnt over the last 3 months. I am actually in awe of how much we achieved in such a short space of time...I really thought this would be a much longer project when we saw the result of that fateful day in March. So many people to thank...
Firstly, Hans Schoten. Without your experience and guidance, and certainly the many man hours you put in here, we would not even have been able to attempt to rebuild our plane. THANK YOU SIR!
Secondly, to my long suffering mate Stefan, who has just about bankrupted himself to make good on what he saw as his responsibilities. Baie Dankie Chom.
Gavin V D Berg (Airmagic)
Tom Linley
Fanie Deysel
Nigel Coutts (NC)
Craig Couzens and Denise from Microcraft Africa. Got great service!
Also a big thank you to all our flying buddies here and elsewhere who kept the "morale" up where it needed to be.
On March 17th we had this....
Today we have this.
Now just to get the paperwork out the way and we can head for the horizon
I had to fight every bone and muscle in my body not to take her for a "test"
I cant tell you guys how happy Stef and I am.
