I think the weather has really been sent to test us. After the engine installation was completed and signed out, the winds were blowing at 40 knots all day across the airstrip. Following a few short test flights in the cool of the evening a few alterations and modifications to systems were identified and needed to the completed.
Those mods are nearly completed however the daily temperature has gone up to 40 deg Celsius. Definitely too hot to fly.
Departure day to Avalon Airshow is now only 13 days away.
Kevin & Vicki Bailey travelling in their restored 1935 Stinson Reliant SR-8C VH-UXL around Australia. It commenced March 25th with the crossing of the Nullabor, thru SA & in Victoria - attending the RAAF 90th Anniversary Pilgrimage, AAAA Annual fly-in at Echuca. Our plans are to see as much of Qld before turning left into Northern Territory and finally down the west coast of WA to home.
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
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- Kevin and Vicki Bailey
- Flying farming couple who live on 135 acres. Kev is obsessed by aeroplanes. Vicki is devoted to horses and White Swiss Shepherds.