Well it seems we have a frontal system approching in few days, its march 13th right now . We are down to our last starter , we are praying it will hold out ... it is staring to make noise , not good ! Flew an easy 88km this morning , decided to land and ask a farmer which road to take, they all had a good laugh they were loading hay on the back of a truck and wanted to see my take off again .
A few minutes later I was off , wind was continueing to pick up and i'd lost my ground crew. I flew about another 15 km and put down thinking my crew might be lost or something had happened . They found me about 45 minutes later after getting misplaced going thru the city .
Loaded up the motor and went to Macdonald's for breakfast... free WIFI , but it sucks its so slow not worth the effort. Cleaned the starter and found some better ear plugs. My ears are starting to ring from to much noise and flying too much . Was given a pair free at the hearing clinic thanks !!
Evening went out to fly again, motor would not start ! Starter is pooped ! put a new plug in , clipped back the ignition wires at the plug side and Mark did a hand prop , worked well , everyone was happy . Now we dont have to worry about a starter anymore , just loosing fingers !!
Had a nice 80km flight into Eden hope situated on a small lake . caravan part right on the lake with a big grassy beach , put on a bit of a show for the locals and landed near dark to applause ...
Spending the next few days here as the front has come in .. need to scatch up on sleep and rest and charging instruments ,running and swimming in the pool.
Ended up with an ear ache from the water after swimming , ohhhh sore , goggled it . Oil in the ear and some tylanol.. fixed it up !
Nice little town, locals are great and they dropped off some donations for the Royal Flying Doctor for us to pass on . Hope to be in the air again tomorrow the 16th , and run north towards PT. Augusta in SA . cheers
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