Forty-six-year aviation veteran would do it all again

Gordon Alleyne in his younger days in uniform.

After 46 years in the aviation industry, George Alleyne, now 72, says if he had to do it all over again he would do the same thing with no hesitation. And while his memory is a bit fuzzy at present there are some experiences etched there; one of those was witnessing a taxi driver being killed by the propeller of a small aircraft at the then Timehri Airport.

Alleyne has had a career that saw him mixing and rubbing shoulders with some very famous personalities in the world and today even though he is in poor health he proudly displays the photographic evidence.

“It was a very interesting career, to tell you the truth,” Alleyne said in a recent interview with the Sunday Stabroek and when asked about some of the