• Final Preparation Flight to Darwin

    3.30am. Panic …..I leave tomorrow and nothings done! I’ve been on this computer since 11 last night, after a hurried drive to Taunton and back to see Dad before I go. My typing still gets no better, its even worse! So it’s bed for me for a few hours sleep. Kirstie is up again for an emergency so we pass...

    Posted to Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 04-19-2005

  • Visa Panic and Lost Carburettor

    Up at 6am to London on bus pass. First, Chinese Embassy with 80 people in the queue and protester opposite. Meet great guy with great beard who takes you through northern Pakistan in Jeeps for Safari to China…. Jeetrek@kjti.freeserve.co.uk. Mobile goes flat and new Carburettor now lost in Aussie post...

    Posted to Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 04-12-2005

  • 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

  • Most Systems GO, GO,GO

    Tel. Phoenix Aviation, Darwin to assess work schedule on G-KIRK. PFA for permit issue, possible snags? DECISION GO< GO< GO. Overflight for flight plan clearances to book and pay for (need 14 day lead). Compulsory Insurance cover required for Vietnam, Cambodia and China! She will never appreciate...

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

  • Darwin engine change & inspection

    The Avon jet engine from an aging Aussie Canberra or the Beaver Pratt and Whitney radial are being considered to get me across China quicker but what I really want is a small turbine to run on AVtur (diesel) Can anybody help...... rumour has it a 100lb turbine can be found in each Harrier jump jet to...

    Posted to Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 01-29-2005

  • Happy New Year to all of you out there!

    You may be wondering why this site has gone quiet? It is because I have had to return to the UK to fight for my right to practice as a veterinary surgeon and try and raise money for the onward journey by giving talks around the country and to sell my remaining aircraft. The plan is to become further...

    Posted to Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 01-20-2005

  • Wheels touch down on Great Barrier Reef

    Leaving my old school mate, Richard Bell in Coulundra, I flew north up the coast for a spot of skin diving. I landed at Rockhampton just two minutes before the heavens opened with a torrential downpour, accompanied by thunder and lightening. I had just crossed the latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn...

    Posted to Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 11-09-2004

  • World Record Attempt for WW2 L4 Cub

    With much film and footage of Sir Francis's take off run, off Slaughter and Emily Bay, in my pocket, it was time to prepare for the nine hundred miles direct to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gravity feed, hoisting 20 litre drums to the roof of the cockpit had now proved unreliable, so it was...

    Posted to Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Maurice Kirk on 11-08-2004

  • He Got There

    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...

    Posted to Maurice's Blog (Weblog) by Kirstie Kirk on 11-07-2004
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