At 11:30am on the morning of July 7, 2013 this year’s Routes Africa event was officially opened with a stunning aerobatic display over Lake Victoria. Captain Howard Davenport performed a special 15 minute demonstration of his flying skills in his own Super Chipmunk, registration N61957, wowing delegates of the forum who were watching from the stunning lake shore lawns of the Speke Resort Hotel, near Kampala, Uganda.

Howard Davenport also known as ‘The Texas Twister’ has been flying since the age of 16 and has over 40 years experience with a range of aviation professions from pipeline patrol, prisoner transport, bush pilot and pilot examiner to name but a few.

The 15 minute spectacle included many stunts including his trademark inverted ribbon cut over Lake Victoria. Davenport is the first and currently only pilot in the whole of East Africa to hold authorisation from the Uganda CAA to perform aerobatics from the surface up and the first ever pilot to perform the inverted ribbon cut over open water on the African continent.

You can watch the amazing inverted ribbon cut here...

https://www.facebook.com/RoutesonlineUBM/videos/10201415142922592/

You can watch additional highlights of the display here...

https://www.facebook.com/RoutesonlineUBM/videos/10201415222644585/

You can watch an interview with pilot Captain Howard Davenport here...

https://www.facebook.com/RoutesonlineUBM/videos/10201417555182897/