• Liberty Girl in the Drink

    'LibertyGirl' in the drink 82 miles south east of Caicos, West Indies on bearing of 331 degrees from Puerta Plata. Last position: 20N-45-08 W071-21-29 on the 16th February at approximatly 15:30 local time. 15 knot wind from 120 degrees Magnitude. She may be floating but dinghy leaking so she...

    Posted to Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 02-16-2008

  • London Air show

    We arrive only to be identified by pilots I have known over so many years, they having travelled from such places as Alderney CI, Northern Ireland to New Zealand leading, of course, to many yarns and tall stories on all matters aviation.. Soon I am chatting to Wing commander Wallis of ‘Little Nellie...

    Posted to Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 04-10-2005

  • Air Show, Visas, No Insurance! Route?

    Things to do today: Find Foreign Office website for visa search for eight countries - Indonesia, need to visit London Brunei and Malaysia no visas needed East Timor need entry permit, get in Darwin Cambodia arrange on arrival Laos arrange on arrival China Vietnam needs a visit to London Embassies Thailand...

    Posted to Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 04-05-2005

  • D-Day Cub Around the world

    Flew solo in the London to Sydney Air Race in 2001 in my old and tired 1943 US Army Piper cub, G-KIRK. I arrived at Sydney harbour first, but later, only to be surrounded by 3 police helicopters suggesting, in their own charming way, that `Air race 35` was quite close enough to the `Old Coat Hanger'...

    Posted to Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 10-09-2003
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