First solo, African style

Some of the experiences of the author Brian and his wife in their light aeroplane, a Piper 28-235 Pathfinder, in Zimbabwe which was Rhodesia back then, and in South Africa. Brian's first solo was memorable because the ASI failed, and his stories start there and cover how to avoid a SAM missile, how to land when you can't see forward because there seems to be oil all over the windscreen, and various other excitements. The flying apart, the insider's view of Rhodesia and South Africa in the seventies is quite fascinating.