Stuck in Orewa, North Island, New Zealand. Well, I am still here, but this week end I believe I can see light at the end of the tunnel! The 10 gallon scuttle tank has now been duly etch primed and painted a shiny black, despite my protestations about this unnecessary weight. The old one only took half...
Hi Alex, How's school?......made any gunpowder yet or put the leibig condenser to good use? Spent the day with the "sparky", a wonderful chap from Roumania, called Livui. The job in hand was to fit both the transponder and wind generator. The hope was that the latter has enough punch to...
Dear Kirstie, Apart from my lost luggage at the airport, I've had little sleep now for 3 days and both my e-mail and mobile messages cannot be retrieved. I am now confronted with the enormous task of comprehending a mountain of "operations manuals" and "electrical knitting" to...
Change of plan ...leave Tues night.... I fly the WW2 cub from Auckland to Norfolk Isle 500 odd ne or nw armed only with sextant on Sir Francis Chichester'ss 1931 route and then 560 miles to Lord Howe island. Then 480 to coat hangar bridge. Then amble my way to Darwin ....invited to do talks etc in...
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'...