Gemini to Joburg

by Cecil Lewis

The author recalls his adventurous journey by light plane in 1948 from England to South Africa, undertaken with few practical devices, a farewell to flying that was also an adventure of the mind

Genres: Travel, History

182 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1985

About the author

Cecil Arthur Lewis MC was a British fighter pilot who flew in World War I. He went on to co-found the BBC and enjoy a long career as a writer, notably of the aviation classic Sagittarius Rising (inspiration for the movie Aces High).

Reviews

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked up at random - the only English-language book on a hostel's shelves. True story of a former fighter pilot's 1940s journey to South Africa in a small plane. It's a strange, often unintentionally funny blend of old-fashioned views and language (anybody who isn't British gets roundly patronised) and po-faced mysticism (the author subscribed to a pseudo-philosophical religious cult). The results are certainly distinctive.