'Wings over the Wilderness' provides an in-depth account of an adventure undertaken by seven De Havilland aircraft across South Africa, Botswana and Zambia in 2011.
These aircraft, manufactured in the 1930s, traversed some incredible terrain, an experience which was noted by one pilot as a "modern Out of Africa". 'Wings over the Wilderness' is a re-enactment of the pioneering individuals who made their journeys across Africa during the heyday of aviation exploration in open cockpit biplanes, similar to the ones used in this trip.

-by Courtney Watson

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The vintageairrally

We take very old aircraft and do incredible journeys with them. Our pilots are equally important, and this is why they are carefully chosen to ensure they understand the difficulties ahead – and will tackle them with the determination (and sense of humour) they require.

The VintageAirRally team do not only create huge intercontinental Rallies. We also run shorter, more focussed events such as our Cloverleaf rallies (planes and cars competing) and our STOL competitions (open to all types of aircraft, not just vintage). 

We have chosen the teams for the Ushuaia2USA VintageAirRally. There is also our Facebook page for daily updates!

Upcoming Rallies

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Montreal II

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USA

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STOL Competition

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Dunkirk2Dover

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Ushuaia2USA

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Coast2coast

Past Rallies

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Buzet

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Montreal

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Crete2cape

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Buzet II

Contact

For more information please feel free to send us an email or just give us a call.

Phone: +32 2 880 21 54
Fax: +32 2 880 03 50
Email: info@vintageairrally.com

For Press Enquiries, please contact Jeremy Martin
Email: jeremy@vintageairrally.com


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