A British pilot who has been taking part in a rally of historic aircraft across Africa has gone missing for the second time in a week. In 1979 he got into hot water after dropping in on a hang-gliding rally in Wiltshire in a wooden biplane. He was arrested in Japan after his first Piper – Liberty Girl I – crashed in Kanazawa; he walked out of custody in nothing but a kimono and neck brace. Liberty Girl I eventually met a watery end in the Caribbean, but none of it has put him off. He almost crashed Liberty Girl II in France when he suffered an engine failure as he approached Cannes.

Source: The Guardian November 25, 2016 18:37 UTC