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by jacquesm 2420 days ago
Or get shot down in one of many local wars. Friend of mine flew a homebrew plane across Africa and got shot at multiple times but a plane is quite a bit quicker than an airship. He also got 'arrested' several times after landing because they suspected he was a spy. Typically after they found out he was just a crazy Dutch person on a cross-Africa trip in a device of questionable airworthiness he was let go again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWdpgGryELA
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aldoushuxley001 2420 days ago
Your friend is awesome. I can't help but be reminded of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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jacquesm 2420 days ago
Check out 'Auto op dak' if you like this, it is hilarious.
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aldoushuxley001 2420 days ago
haha, a thing of beauty. He's a madman.

This is what you were referring to right?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4HbvjE5OQ

Would be some serious road rash if things went wrong on that thing!

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jacquesm 2420 days ago
Yes, that's it. I didn't want to give anything away about what it is about in the text. You really have to see it. And yes, he's a bit mad but not in a bad way.

He gave this talk in front of a bunch of VCs and LPs, it was really funny. Worlds colliding. So he's up there at the start of the talk, looks over the people there and says 'we probably won't get along well'.

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