“This picture was taken on October 2nd, 1964. I was the pilot. The picture is original and not ‘touched up’. The 'Pongos’ (Army types) were on a route march from Langebaan (Air Force base about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Cape Town) by the sea to Saldanha.”

“The previous night in the pub one of them had said: ”julle dink julle kan laag vlieg maar julle sal my nooit laat le nie“ (You think you can fly low, but you will never make me hit the deck).”

“Hullo! I went to look for them on the beach in the morning and was alone for the one picture. I was pulling up to avoid them. A friend by the name of Leon Schnetler (one of the pongos) took the pics. The guy that said ”jy sal my nie laat le nie“ said afterwards that he was saying to himself as I approached: ”ek sal nie le nie, ek sal nie le nie“ (I won’t go down, I won’t go down) and when I had passed he found himself flat on the ground.”

“Memories from the past.”

Quentin Mouton, 23,000 flying hours, with everything up to B747-400, presently Chief pilot at MANGO Airlines and still actively flying B737-800 at the age of 68.