Somebody comes in here asking for advice on jobs and we end up talking about beer. :ok: :ok:

If I have to drink beer Im an amstel girl otherwise its hard liquor for me :ok: :ok:

Beer
 

Birdlady, gotta agree with you, and how flying advise turned into a beer conversation, God only knows.................pilot types I guess:)

Having jusht had the oppotshunity to sample acwouple of pshints of Wells Bombardier best Bedford Bitter, I shay bwugger it, the English win.

hic.

wash the tsopic again?

INCHAHOL...food of pilots
 

Birdlady-Amstel is good! What hard stuff do you like then?

Alcohol is part of most pilots and we all take it varying quantities. Gives as a chance to chill and forget the stresses of being bored pilots.

Here is a question for fellow contract dogs: On this dark continent, where is the best/worst (more interested in the worst) beer or other you have tried or had to get to like?

I think Asmara Gin allows for rather colourful and vivid dreams at only a couple dollars for 750ml. Other then that also the good old DRC brewed Congolese piss that sometimes provides kinder suprises like a free toothbrush or cockroach in the sealed bottle are also a character building experience. Also nothing beats good old tooth brushing liquid J&B or Famous Grouse. As for the worst/best beers I am still refreshing the taste buds and the morning after ambiance...

What it would be without the liquid stuff...


KESHO

Found a couple of nasty surprises in Mosi and Skol is just formaldehyde with a bit of food colouring to suck in the unwary. Waragi can follow you around if you're not careful and the local unlicenced brew has been known to kill as has skokiaan in SA. Stories abound of Kenyans taking it between the eyes in the Nairobi slums drinking some pretty scary homebrew.

Ngok...:ooh: :eek: :yuk:

The Amstel and Amstel Bock in Burundi is pretty good and if you have a contact at the brewery they turn out a couple of really nice special beers for staff only over the Christmas period. Always enjoyed Tembo in Lubumbashi and the Simba wasn't bad either.

If you're ever down South, the Birkenhead, Coelacanth and Gilroy's breweries are making some good stuff. Nottingham Road and Mitchell's aren't doing badly either but try to get the Knysna brewed Mitchell's as the bloke in Cape Town hasn't a clue. Andy Mitchell is now running Birkenhead and he's a good bloke to corner for a chat over a few pints as is Steve Gilroy. Mauritz at the Drayman's in Pretoria turns out a passable weissbier which is great in the summer but his rauchbier needs work.

As an ex zim lass and half irish one's liver is not what it used to be.......... :\ :\ Hence I usually stick to vodka (feel slightly rough in the morning but really nice on the rocks with a dash of lime) or malibu (revolting sometimes but mixed with right beverage always good and no hangover). :ok:

Most disgusting stuff I've ever tried would definately have to be chubuku, the locally brewed zimbabwean beer. Definately not for the faint hearted especially mixed with tequilla. :yuk: Don juan sherry only 12 dollars (zim) a bottle and your guaranteed to have a good evening. Next morning is a differant story. :O :O

Have to agree with Birdlady – Chibuku definitely was something one had to acquire a taste for and even at school when not much else was available an occasional foray into Lonrho’s finest was required. However, there was no mistaking the smell on one’s persona afterwards was a dead giveaway if the ‘screws’ caught a whiff!
However, fond memories of Zim Castle Pilsner, a couple of crates in the nose of the BE58 sorted out the forward C of G nicely if one was a bit overloaded in the rear! Same went for some excellent brew from Lubumbashi in the 80’s too, both the blonde and the bruin were equally worthy of a long haul back to FALA for personal consumption at the braai on Saturday night!

Nothing like a Konyagi (34%) or Konyagi gold (76%) to make the beetle fall off his cork for a long time.:ooh: Hamna shida

Konyagi = Tanzanian cognac and brain cell destroyer.

Also does a pretty good job of stripping paint...:ok: :E

Porridge...

Please dont tell me you were an ex St Georges or Peter House boy. :uhoh: :uhoh: :suspect:

I myself was a chisi girl untill the nuns got to me....................:ok: :ok:

Well south coast we have had many windhoeks,remember the series II landrover trip.
Guys relax ,south coast is right about the work situation in Namibia.
Desert air are looking for a german speaking pilot for their bush operation.one of their prospective candidates stayed at my guesthouse last Friday www.kleinwindhoekguesthouse.com .He has 250 hours and said he was thinking about it.
remember no one is going to give you a flying job over the phone.
Ask me nice and you could even use my 1969 230 Merc while job hunting seeing that I am never at home any more anyway.
greetins
vaninnam

Tips on starting an aviation career?
 

Hi to all

If anyone has a few useful tips on how to make a career of flying,
please let me know.

I'm currently still busy with matric.

Thanks:)

Suggest you contact and visit/evaluate some of the local Flying Schools in your area.

It is a tough career to get into, but that's also why we all love it so much.

The Best Job in the World, IF you can Get It..

:ok:

Get into mining, medcine or engeneering......make heaps of money.....by a Bonnie .........fly for fun:ugh: :ugh: :ugh:

Mate - helicopters the way to go - a little more costly but well worth it in the end - Try Helibib - dave mouton flies outta pretoria - great instructor - number 012 5433696.

Do it, Do it

First go for an intro flight at a school you like the look of- remember if you want to fly, your first job (thats if you can find one!) once you have your com, are going to be on pistons so you had better decide if you are comfortable in that environment. Jets are faaaaaaaaaar down the road so forget they even exist for now.

Then if the bug bites find out how you are going to pay for this dream, no sense in starting and running out of cash half way- everyone will tell you a different amount but bank on between 150 000 and 200 000 ZAR to go from zero to a multi IF com. It also would not be a bad idea if you also go for a medical before you start- agian no sense in blowing cash if you wont get the medical certificate.

Good luck!

thanks
 

Thanks to those who have replied so far.

Where there's a will, there's a way (sounds better in afrikaans).

cheers:)

Mixed postings above, but yes where there is a will there is a way. Personally with things the way they are today, I would agree with wannabe. Get a good education, make a ton of money, buy a jet and let someone else fly you wherever, whenever. You can have a good life, they can carry a pager.
If you still want to fly, make a ton of money anyway to pay for the training and the many times you will get clipped by schools, instructors etc......
Also consider once you have the licenses necessary, make another ton of money so you can survive while finding that job.......Times have changed, notice some here who are posting and extremely well qualified yet looking for work. Its an eye opener......
Good Luck, whatever you choose.

:ok: Get a qualification before embarking on an aviation career in case this backfires when you between your 30 and 40 and stuck flying.

It helps to start with a huge amount of passion and money alike. Either one of those two is likely to be exhausted after a few years.

Keep on reading PPRUNE as well as AVCOM and you will read about newly qualified CLP desperate to fly even for free.

Unfortunately once bitten by the flying-bug there is no turning back but it is not an easy road.

Good luck

In addition to a "will and a way" you also need a friendly bank manager... its not cheap.... but worth it in the end!

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