DENVER SILCOCK - SOUTH AFRICA

Denver Silcock, left beckers in Aug 2001 back home to South Africa, built hours on a cattle station. completed SA commercial requirements and returned to beckers for NVFR B206 and R44.

First job was contract flying (Corporate pilot B206 - Angola) then returned home at end of contract to start with Netstar - Vehicle tracking and recovery, moved to Johannesburg for current employer to fly SBV (Cash-in-Transit Vehicle surveillance) then transferred to Cape Town,Civair Helicopters - Tourism and Charter, Government contract (Dept of Water Affairs and Forestry and National Ports Authority), Offshore, Filmwork and photography.

Left Cape town in June 2004, to take a sabatical, returned Nov 2005 to Civair, next step is South African ATPL, eventually IFR and offshore/central africa.

Returned to Beckers for AS350 endoresement July 2006, currently 1400HRS
turbine +-800!

Lost contact with the guys from my time at beckers but good to catch up with Mike and Jan again, helpful and smiling as always!!!

Best experiences in flying have been the ones where you learn something new, even better when you dont scare yourself blind and tell the story to your mates over a few cold ones at the end of that long day! Made some awesome friends and already have some wicked stories to tell and best of all i've only just begun...

New students......always take whatever advice is given to you never just blow it off, most
times its the only thing you've got is the experience and previous mistakes of others.Never stop learning or teaching yourself, or else over confidence takes over, mistakes happen and people get hurt! As much fun as it is, when it goes wrong, it goes wrong very quickly!
Attitude Is Everything!