http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/default.aspxPictures from around the world of Maurice's faithful 'French Beauty', G-Kirk better known as 'Liberty Girl', an ex US military Piper Cub J3 L4 and Maurice's flying companion on his around the world flying attempt.enCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/New-Zealand-Air-Race-2004.aspxSat, 20 Nov 2010 16:42:41 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:1740Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture1740.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1740http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1740<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/New-Zealand-Air-Race-2004.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/New-Zealand-Air-Race-2004.aspx" alt="NZ Mitre Cap Milford.jpg" border="0" ></a></p><p>NZ Mitre Cap Milford.jpg</p><p>I stupidly loaded about 40 gallons imp just before I changed my mind from flying around the coast to Wanhaka airshow and decided to gto direct,up the side of nearly 8,000 ft of hard rock! </p>NZ Mitre Cap Milford.jpg<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/New-Zealand-Air-Race-2004.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/New-Zealand-Air-Race-2004.aspx" alt="NZ Mitre Cap Milford.jpg" border="0" ></a></p><p>NZ Mitre Cap Milford.jpg</p><p>I stupidly loaded about 40 gallons imp just before I changed my mind from flying around the coast to Wanhaka airshow and decided to gto direct,up the side of nearly 8,000 ft of hard rock! </p>Maurice Kirkhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Out-of-Motion-Lotion.aspxSun, 07 Nov 2010 16:18:26 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:1711Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture1711.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1711http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1711<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Out-of-Motion-Lotion.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Out-of-Motion-Lotion.aspx" alt="Liberty Girl on a Java beach April 2001" border="0" ></a></p><p>Liberty Girl on a Java beach April 2001</p><p>I espied a fisherman with an orange and grey painted outboard, to the left of the picture....essance!  So I, first, photographed from above, the proposed landing site in case it  may be my last one ( I hope you guys at CAA, Gatwick, appreciate what I do for you, in my spare time) and then ran along the sand and took off again to assess the effect. (depth of track, too soft or not?...will I 'peck the deck'?..ok ...land</p>Liberty Girl on a Java beach April 2001<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Out-of-Motion-Lotion.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Out-of-Motion-Lotion.aspx" alt="Liberty Girl on a Java beach April 2001" border="0" ></a></p><p>Liberty Girl on a Java beach April 2001</p><p>I espied a fisherman with an orange and grey painted outboard, to the left of the picture....essance!  So I, first, photographed from above, the proposed landing site in case it  may be my last one ( I hope you guys at CAA, Gatwick, appreciate what I do for you, in my spare time) and then ran along the sand and took off again to assess the effect. (depth of track, too soft or not?...will I 'peck the deck'?..ok ...land</p>Maurice Kirkhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Air-Race-Finish-in-Australia-2001.aspxSun, 07 Nov 2010 11:10:10 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:1710Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture1710.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1710http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1710<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Air-Race-Finish-in-Australia-2001.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Air-Race-Finish-in-Australia-2001.aspx" alt="The next Amy Johnson or Jean Batten?" border="0" ></a></p><p>The next Amy Johnson or Jean Batten?</p><p>Kirstie and Genevieve hitched a lift in Lyle Cambell's old Grumman Albatros flying boat from Darwin to Coolangata, Queensland to meet Maurice.</p>The next Amy Johnson or Jean Batten?<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Air-Race-Finish-in-Australia-2001.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Air-Race-Finish-in-Australia-2001.aspx" alt="The next Amy Johnson or Jean Batten?" border="0" ></a></p><p>The next Amy Johnson or Jean Batten?</p><p>Kirstie and Genevieve hitched a lift in Lyle Cambell's old Grumman Albatros flying boat from Darwin to Coolangata, Queensland to meet Maurice.</p>Maurice Kirkhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Liberty-Girl-circa-1994.aspxSun, 24 Aug 2008 09:20:44 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:634Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture634.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=634http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=634<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Liberty-Girl-circa-1994.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Liberty-Girl-circa-1994.aspx" alt="Blown over in 79" border="0" ></a></p><p>Blown over in 79</p><p> </p>Blown over in 79<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Liberty-Girl-circa-1994.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Liberty-Girl-circa-1994.aspx" alt="Blown over in 79" border="0" ></a></p><p>Blown over in 79</p><p> </p>Maurice Kirkhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Right-Main-Spar.aspxSun, 24 Aug 2008 09:15:49 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:633Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture633.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=633http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=633<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Right-Main-Spar.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Right-Main-Spar.aspx" alt="A Kanazawa Street" border="0" ></a></p><p>A Kanazawa Street</p><p> </p>A Kanazawa Street<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Right-Main-Spar.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Right-Main-Spar.aspx" alt="A Kanazawa Street" border="0" ></a></p><p>A Kanazawa Street</p><p> </p>Maurice Kirkhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Fuel-All-Around.aspxSun, 24 Aug 2008 09:13:59 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:632Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture632.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=632http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=632<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Fuel-All-Around.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Fuel-All-Around.aspx" alt="Arrival Kanazawa City" border="0" ></a></p><p>Arrival Kanazawa City</p><p> </p>Arrival Kanazawa City<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Fuel-All-Around.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Fuel-All-Around.aspx" alt="Arrival Kanazawa City" border="0" ></a></p><p>Arrival Kanazawa City</p><p> </p>Maurice Kirkhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Taipei-Formosa.aspxSun, 24 Aug 2008 09:12:23 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:631Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture631.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=631http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=631<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Taipei-Formosa.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Taipei-Formosa.aspx" alt="Fantastic Hospitality- the Best!" border="0" ></a></p><p>Fantastic Hospitality- the Best!</p><p> </p>Fantastic Hospitality- the Best!<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Taipei-Formosa.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Taipei-Formosa.aspx" alt="Fantastic Hospitality- the Best!" border="0" ></a></p><p>Fantastic Hospitality- the Best!</p><p> </p>Maurice Kirkhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/-Last-Photo-before-Engine-Failure.aspxSun, 24 Aug 2008 09:09:10 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:630Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture630.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=630http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=630<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/-Last-Photo-before-Engine-Failure.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/-Last-Photo-before-Engine-Failure.aspx" alt="Japan" border="0" ></a></p><p>Japan</p><p> </p>Japan<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/-Last-Photo-before-Engine-Failure.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/-Last-Photo-before-Engine-Failure.aspx" alt="Japan" border="0" ></a></p><p>Japan</p><p> </p>Maurice Kirkhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Sudden-and-Severe-Fuel-Loss.aspxSun, 24 Aug 2008 09:06:28 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:629Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture629.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=629http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=629<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Sudden-and-Severe-Fuel-Loss.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Sudden-and-Severe-Fuel-Loss.aspx" alt="NO SMOKING" border="0" ></a></p><p>NO SMOKING</p><p> </p>NO SMOKING<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Sudden-and-Severe-Fuel-Loss.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Sudden-and-Severe-Fuel-Loss.aspx" alt="NO SMOKING" border="0" ></a></p><p>NO SMOKING</p><p> </p>Maurice Kirkhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/North-Island-NZ.aspxSun, 24 Aug 2008 09:05:04 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:628Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture628.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=628http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=628<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/North-Island-NZ.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/North-Island-NZ.aspx" alt="talks 447.jpg" border="0" ></a></p><p>talks 447.jpg</p><p> </p>talks 447.jpg<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/North-Island-NZ.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/North-Island-NZ.aspx" alt="talks 447.jpg" border="0" ></a></p><p>talks 447.jpg</p><p> </p>Maurice Kirkhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Milford-sound-and-Mitre-Peak-NZ.aspxSun, 24 Aug 2008 09:03:49 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:627Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture627.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=627http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=627<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Milford-sound-and-Mitre-Peak-NZ.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Milford-sound-and-Mitre-Peak-NZ.aspx" alt="talks 383.jpg" border="0" ></a></p><p>talks 383.jpg</p><p> </p>talks 383.jpg<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Milford-sound-and-Mitre-Peak-NZ.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Milford-sound-and-Mitre-Peak-NZ.aspx" alt="talks 383.jpg" border="0" ></a></p><p>talks 383.jpg</p><p> </p>Maurice Kirkhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture626.aspxSun, 24 Aug 2008 09:02:07 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:626Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture626.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=626http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=626<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture626.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/626/thumb.aspx" alt="talks 465.jpg" border="0" ></a></p><p>talks 465.jpg</p><p> </p>talks 465.jpg<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture626.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/626/thumb.aspx" alt="talks 465.jpg" border="0" ></a></p><p>talks 465.jpg</p><p> </p>Maurice Kirkhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Top-of-Japan-Waiting-for-Tail-Wind.aspxSun, 24 Aug 2008 09:00:29 GMTc7306cf9-8c9b-4f2c-8f21-f8b2637dc339:625Maurice Kirk0http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/picture625.aspxhttp://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/commentrss.aspx?PostID=625http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=625<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Top-of-Japan-Waiting-for-Tail-Wind.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Top-of-Japan-Waiting-for-Tail-Wind.aspx" alt="talks 430.jpg" border="0" ></a></p><p>talks 430.jpg</p><p> </p>talks 430.jpg<p><a href="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/Top-of-Japan-Waiting-for-Tail-Wind.aspx" ><img src="http://kirkflyingvet.com/photos/liberty_girl/images/thumb/Top-of-Japan-Waiting-for-Tail-Wind.aspx" alt="talks 430.jpg" border="0" ></a></p><p>talks 430.jpg</p><p> </p>Maurice Kirk