Search results matching tags 'Around the World Solo Flight' and 'Kirstie'

He Got There

Kirstie — Sun, 07 Nov 2004 09:48:00 GMT

Hello

M set off am on 08/11 and flew directly to Coolangatta. I don't have many details despite his telephoning me at approx 8.15 our time on 8/11 to say that he had arrived. This was approx. 2 hours later than I had calculated/guesstimated and had I spent a not unfamiliar hour pondering at which point I should bother the authorities at his late arrival and if so, which authorities.

Anyway, this time he blinked first. He tells me that his arrival was not auspicious - there were no pilots with whom to swap flying stories, it was raining and he had to walk miles across tarmac to sort customs. Might just as well been at home.

Kind regards

Pictures in from Norfolk Island

Kirstie — Sun, 07 Nov 2004 09:38:00 GMT

Hello

Received photos from M of the Cub on Norfolk Island. It looks wonderful - I'm sure that we will hear more in due course (and at length).

M has just telephoned me. He is going to bed now and is leaving at 6 am intending to fly delta charlie tango for Brisbane (800 nautical miles). He will decide about half way whether he is too tired to continue and divert to Lord Howe Island, if things are not going well.

If he achieves this flight, it will be a record for a J3 Cub, though I'm not entirely clear what the record is. He was not impressed by my comment that it should be easier to find a large place like Australia as opposed to a tiny dot in the Tasman Sea. He doesn't think that I am taking things seriously enough.

Let's hope that it goes well. More interminable water.

Kind regards

First Report

Kirstie — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 09:33:00 GMT

Hello,

Phone call this morning from M to tell me that he had landed one hour earlier. Flight sounded as though it went well though there was some hitch with fuel (I think), something to do with having trouble reaching across the cabin. M said that he's getting old and is not as supple as he used to be. Perhaps, but I suggested that he's actually getting fat, it sounds as though his dry suit was a constricting factor.

Anyway he's made the first stop and is hoping to go deep sea fishing after working on G-KIRK and before flying on to Lord Howe Island.

Glad this first bit is over.

Regards,

Kirstie