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Mr Lojze Peterle, member of EU Parliament surprises Mr Tone Krkovič for his 50th birthday.
Mr Lojze Peterle, member of EU Parliament and the first Prime Minister of Slovenia, surprised his friend Mr Tone Krkovič for his 50th birthday. Krkovič was the head of 1st special brigade MORIS and the General who briefed the 1st Slovenian President Mr Milan Kučan on Declaration of Independecy of Slovenia on 26 June 1991.
Lojze Peterle (right), Tone Krnovič (middle) preparing for flight with Ivo Boscarol, GM of Pipistrel
Lojze Peterle (left) checking the routing with Tine Tomazic of Pipistrel
Both Peterle and Krkovič are still passionate about Slovenia, both its history and future, therefore Peterle came up with the idea to take Krkovič up in Pipistrel's Virus any fly over the entire Country border. There was a significant interest amongst the media to cover this event and Finance were the first to be on the spot!
Tone Krkovič with journalist from Finance newspaper
Krkovič, Boscarol and Peterle (from left) infront of Virus912 S5-PCP
It was a birthday present Krkovič would never forget! A total flight time of more than 4 hours took them first over coastal line, and then all along the southern (with Croatia), eastern (with Hungary), northern (with Austria) and western (with Italy) border back to Ajdovscina, where they departed.
Mr Krkovič (left) and Mr Peterle posing before flight
Ivo and Tine offer assistance just before take-off
Slovenia and its border which was the routing of this flight
After landing, Krkovič complimented Virus' performance as well as Peterle's pilot skills and even said he wanted to start taking flight lessons! Happy birthday, Tone!
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