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| Trailer | Ricky outlines the ‘Freedom Flight’ adventure. | ||
| An interview with Tash De Agrela | Tash interviews Ricky Part 1: Reasons for the trip & logistics
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| Tash interviews Ricky Part 2: Petrol plans, thoughts on a changing world, photos from above |
Tash interviews Ricky Part 3: Alan’s death & continuing alone
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| Tash Interviews Ricky Part 4: Reflections and Learnings
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Ricky and Tash De Agrela in 2004 -
Ricky and Tash De Agrela (2004) -
Best pals bent on a lifechanging adventure -
The proposed route -
Camping on the Orange River - where Alan and Ricky hatched the plan to break the world record -
Departure from Cape Town - 64 000km lay ahead -
Flying low for hours on end with not a soul in sight -
Arriving back in Cape Town 11 months later and without Alan -
The trip required constant, never-ending planning and logistics -
Branson didn't sponsor a cent, but signed a picture and teased the boys about putting him on the spot -
The trip raised awareness for the Red Cross Children's hospital in South Africa -
Mozambique Coast -
African coast -
The plan was to get as much media coverage as possible to ensure our safety -
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Landing amongst airliners -
Dealing with bureaucracy - a daily chore without which the trip could not progress -
Bazaruto Islands, Mozambique -
Trikes at rest -
Patchwork Ethiopia -
The Fish Tail peak in Nepal -
Asia -
Bombed island resort in Eritrea -
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Alan and Ricky in Vietnam -
Oman Desert -
Sossusvlei Namibia -
Namibia -
Namibia -
Ship graveyard -
Pakistani Coast -
Flying over the magnificent Thai Islands - before the Tsunami -
The mighty Zambezi -
Wangaratta, Oz, settling in for the nigh -
Smuggled fuel, Gwadar, Pakistan -
VIP accommodation India -
Friendly locals -
Boys and their toys -
The Indonesian airforce sent a contingent to support their fellow flyers -
Planning and logistics - a never ending saga -
Children in Asia -
An entirely different tourist experience - Flying over Angkor Wat in Cambodia -
Sydney Opera House - a fly by & birds eye view -
Flying past the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -
Tiananmen Square -
Flying over the Australian desert -
Logging in Asia -
Parking off for the night -
Thailand -
Australian outback -
The warm hearts of Africa -
Rainbow in the Cloud -
Namibia -
with Tash in Adelaide -
with Tash in Adelaide -
Ricky's mom surpises him in Adelaide -
Tash and Ricky make the front page of Argus
Awesome to hear my daughter, Tash’s, perspective. Hope others get a feel for what goes on behind the scenes of expeditions.
Thanks Lisa and Peter. Well done.
Tash having a father who is such an adventurer, brought me back to reflect on my relationship with my Dad. Engineer building roads in Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Zimbabwe and Malawi).
Unlike Tash who shared wanting to be grounded (fearing for her father’s life/safety)- I wanted to pioneer, discover and be out there – just like my Dad. My Dad awakened the adventurer in me. I struggle to be grounded and am happiest when I explore: Botswana, camping, my tent in an unfenced game park experiences.
Ricky has incredible courage and sounds humble with it all. The photographs taken from above are exquisitely evoking. Well done Lisa Chait on making this all happen! Thank you for sharing the story & enriching us with the majesty of it all. People are intrinsically good, kind and hospitable. I am grateful to have seen the interviews and now I can reflect on what my choices are pertaining to taking care of this beautiful planet.
Wow! I read the whole thing! Awesome Ricky! Way back when I knew you, before you became famous, I always knew that one day you would do something so magnificent that the whole world would know who you were. I laughed and I cried reading your amazing story, and your daughter has grown into such a beautiful young woman. Well done! You are a beautiful human being!