Time in Africa

Time in Africa: Flying and Fun from 1963 to 1983 covers 20 amazing years of David Price's life as a pilot working primarily in Africa. Although filled with personal adventures and humorous anecdotes Time in Africa is much more than an autobiography. It is also an amazing glimpse of a time in aviation before computerized flight controls and when some older planes were still made of plywood and canvas. Having flown planes such as a DC3 Dove Comet 4 Viscount B737 and B707 the author shares stories of near disaster having to make mechanical repairs and adjustments while flying-including once with a fire ax and landing and taking off in the desert without a runway.<br /><br />Adding further interest to these stories is the setting: Libya Kenya Tanzania Uganda Cameroon Zambia Guinea and Nigeria in their early days of independence post colonization. A natural storyteller David portrays what life was like in Africa-both for the privileged Whites and the native Blacks-along with providing insight into the politics and attitudes of the time.<br /><br />From starting an airplane with car batteries strapped to a baggage trolley to having to put out a charcoal fire started in the aisle of a plane to brew a cup of tea it is clear that there were few dull moments during David's time as a pilot in Africa. It is also evident that he enjoyed every minute there as will his readers as he takes them back to an amazing place in an interesting time.