Around the world at 80

[radiostationx]

Just seen an article on BBC news,To celebrate his 80th birthday Jim Jones is setting off from LJLA on a round the world trip in their Cessna aircraft to raise money for Alzheimers Society.
Coming along for the ride is Jims wife Dot acting as navigator.
Unsure when they set off but perhaps some meetrkats will capture some photos of their departure.


Heres their blog/homepage


www.aroundtheworldat80.org/

Good Luck to them , great cause.

[davecalveley]

Some great footage of Jim learning to fly in 68 in G-ARGO on their site think this needs to archived in Liverpool history section ?

Good luck to them what a brilliant thing to do and hopefully a book about it in the future....

[radiostationx]

From Jim and Dots webpage as Dave said a cine film from when he was learning to fly.
No commentary, they say make your own.
The cine was lying in a shed for years.




There is a leaving party event at LJLA, unsure of date though.

I trust the regular spotters will be on the GA to wave them off.

[radiostationx]

Update, Next spring is the departure.
Dot sent the poster across for me to put it up here showing the route.