Leaving the ground and entering the fantastic world of flight is a metamorphic experience. It completely alters your perspective of earth, of life and of your own small role in this tapestry of existence, which spreads to the wide horizons below you.
Whether you pilot your own aircraft, or fly for a living; whether you move those little blips around in your ATC centre, whether you build and maintain or simply dream of aircraft – this blog is about you.
At the same time these blogs have now morphed into musings about a life both in the air and on the air. I originally started out in Televison (when it was still new to South Africa) as an assistant producer, and later combined presenting many TV shows with doing years of DJ stints on radio. My first pay cheques all went into flight lessons and eventually I flew for over forty years.
I have flown many types, both fixed wing and helicopter; I flew aerobatics, charter, military- and airline ops. Still I am filled with wide-eyed wonder every time I take off. I have instructed and trained, lectured and facilitated CRM (Crew Resource Management) and learned more than my students in the process.
(Pic credit: Colin Watling).
I have dabbled in motor racing, worked in advertising and PR, managed and started radio stations. I even directed an art festival… I still do voice overs and public speaking.
My name is Eon de Vos and I trust that you will enjoy some of those experiences and lessons learned on the pages of this blog.
Disclaimer: All opinions expressed in these posts are my own and do not reflect that of any other party. Where reference is made to others or their work, credits will be used wherever possible. Any links to other pages or sites posted in my blogs are used by readers at their own initiative and risk and I assume no liability whatsoever for the use of such links.
Hangar Talk with Eon 