It's high time Ewald posted here himself! Not via, via...
Indeed, it's high time that Tracey posted here herself, not via, via...
A lot of pilots can tell you that TC is simply a good pilot (and navigator).
Good for them, others will disagree I guess - but that's not the point of this thread.
But the navigational problems TC had in Africa were caused by the lack of proper aviation maps, charts and information.
What navigational problems? Lack of...? Please explain more.
Her logistics manager S.R. was hired and well paid for providing the complete flight planning and navigational support for this trip. But in the end he failed to deliver a proper planning and documentation!
Hm, so the fact that we maintained the schedule throughout (except for Egypt because of security issues), including fuel being pre-positioned along the entire route, was not 'properly done'. We did have a major fuel issue in South Sudan (which we miraculously were able to solve) of which Ewald is extremely aware given that he caused it through his (not Tracey's) incompetence. Otherwise all the paperwork, permits, planning, accom, food, ground transport, press and media, comms, tracking.... etc. etc. etc.
So again, let us have some details. Here, in public.
From Cape Town on Tracey and her team had to improvise the navigation and flight planning for the entire trip along Africa. As the expedition had already started she did this with whatever information she could gather along the route, e.g. from locals pilots. Yes, this lack of proper maps and information caused some tricky situations. But there were more organizational problems to come which caused a lot more difficult situations….caused by the logistics manager.
Go on, let's have the details...
“Financial situation” of the expeditions, “Money making machine”:
Budget?
Overall a part of the expedition costs was covered by the sponsors, a good part of it privately by Tracey.
Great, let's see the budget.
Ironically the person who was earning by far the most money was S.R.!
I'm unable to comment as I had/have no overview of the global financials (I do know that we delivered our services within budget). Equally, Ewald had/has no overview of our financials. Another statement of 'fact' from a position of ignorance!
On a sidenote all the sponsors are still happy with the success of TC and all of them knew from the early days on that it would not be a solo flight but a team effort. More than a dozen of these sponsors joined her on flights over various continents. Also no award was given on basis of the solo word, but on the fact that she had successfully organised and piloted these expeditions, as well as on the success of her outreach program “women in aviation”.
Please advise more precisely on this paragraph so we can dissect it properly.
So as a conclusion these two major topics are 100% backfiring on Sam R.
It seems to me that I'm taking a beating in little private side meetings and conversations - but not on anything in the public domain. My experience is that people with something to hide avoid public forums. I'll let our dear readers decide who is hiding in the shadows and who is in plain view - and thus whose story has the greater credibility.