Dick Dunn

Richard Dunn, otherwise known as Dick Dunn, was born in Vancouver, Canada. After serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a fighter pilot in Germany and France at the height of the Cold War, he instructed on the T-33 jet trainer. He joined Air Canada in 1965, retiring in December 2000 as a B747-400 captain.

Since then he has travelled the globe, reporting on his journeys. His book, "A Journal of Journeys" contains a selection of his reports.