THE SCHOLARSHIP KIDS, dream big, fly high, a memoir

232pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2023

When Robert and his twin brother Michael saw a Boeing 707 at Cape Town airport in the mid-1960s, they began to dream of working in aviation. They both learned French and won scholarships to study aeronautical engineering in Paris.

Robert Gentle is a former aeronautical engineer, financial journalist and communications consultant. He lives in Johannesburg.