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Date: 22-NOV-2016
Time:
Type: Piper J3C-65 Cub
Owner/operator: Private
Registration: G-KURK
C/n / msn: 11527
A Piper J3C-65 Cub, named "Liberty Girl II",
is reported missing on a three-hour flight from Ad-Damazin, Sudan to Gambella, Ethiopia.
The pilot, Maurice Kirk (72), was participating in the Vintage Air Rally from Crete to Cape Town.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/ ... -piper-cubWednesday 23 November 2016 21.06 GMT Last modified on Wednesday 23 November 2016 22.56 GMT
Missing British pilot of 1940s plane found in Africa after search
Maurice Kirk, 71, who disappeared between Sudan and Ethiopia while flying in air rally, reported ‘safe and accounted for’
A 71-year-old British pilot who went missing over Africa in his 1940s plane has turned up – but he and fellow participants in a vintage air rally appear to have run into trouble with the authorities in Ethiopia.
Maurice Kirk, a retired vet and former drinking partner of actor Oliver Reed, was taking part in the Vintage Air Rally (VAR) flying from Crete to Cape Town when he was reported missing.
Organisers said Kirk and his 1943 Piper Cub plane disappeared somewhere between Sudan and Ethiopia, and a search and rescue operation had been launched.
But on Wednesday night VAR announced on its Facebook page that Kirk and the rest of participants, around 40 people in all, were in Gambela, Ethiopia.
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