\u201cNow that is flying by the seat of your pants.\u201d<\/p>\n
These are the words of Vic Hanger who celebrated his 80th birthday with a flight in a DH82A Tiger Moth, last Saturday.<\/p>
Vic\u2019s birthday was on August 19, but his birthday flight had to be delayed due to an injured tendon.<\/p>\n
The flight was organised through Classique Aviation, located at Rand Airport, by members of the various branches of Run\/Walk for Life.<\/p>
Vic has been a member of the Germiston Run\/Walk for Life branch for 11 years, with an impressive 12 000km of walking to his name.<\/p>\n
He was overwhelmed by the generous gesture of the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they heard me comment a few times during meals at the Harvard Caf\u00e9 that I would love to fly in a Tiger Moth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t expect them to organise a flight.\u201d<\/p>\n
He explained that he had been on flights in small aircraft before, but had always admired the open cockpit of the plane built in the early 1930s.<\/p>\n
Vic is a long-time resident of Germiston and, although he now stays in Abor Village, in Bedfordview, he still thinks of Germiston as his home town.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can remember riding my bicycle to Rand Airport as a boy, to watch the planes,\u201d he remembers fondly.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo this day I make sure I visit the airport at least once a month.\u201d<\/p>\n