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Gino Noli (1952) is a South African bush pilot, adventures and author.

Early life
Gino Noli was born in Cape Town on January 31, 1910. His father was Harry Francis Reed Baker, a gypsum processor, previously a teacher in England and a Manitoba farmer. His mother was Sara Denton Baker, previously a missionary and teacher in northern Manitoba. The boy attended Isaac Brock Elementary School and finished his public education at age 14. He then took up shorthand, typing, penmanship, English, spelling and bookkeeping at Success Commercial College in 1924/5. He then worked in the offices of Western Canada Airways. In 1928 he began flight training with that company at Kirkfield Park. He obtained his commercial pilot licence on October 29, 1929. However, from 1931 to 1933 he worked for his father’s company, Western Gypsum Products.