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A Talk in Naracoorte, SA Last weekend, I was invited to give a talk at Naracoorte by Leon Brice. For me, this highlighted why On a Wing & a Chair is so important. Leon Brice’s son Charles had a motorbike accident in 2010 leaving him with quadriplegia, of a similar level to mine. Back in […]
The Avalon Airshow (1-3 March) There has been a lot of preparation for the Avalon Airshow – organising uniforms, posters & lots of other things for the On a Wing & a Chair static display there. I had to go to Lethbridge for briefings on how to fly into Avalon over a few weekends as […]
The last few weeks have been really busy and a little stressful at times. There were two talks at the Rotary Clubs of Essendon North and Werribee. Project Coordinator (& my wife) Linda Sands helped me set up, doing the PowerPoint and analysing my talk that night so I can improve each time. Thanks to Essendon North RC […]
Adventureline have helped us out with our adventure! Thanks so much to Matt Browne & Adventureline for kindly donating fleece jackets & polo shirts for the On a Wing & a Chair Flight Team – these will help keep us toastie warm down south & cool up north in our trip round Australia!
I’ve had a leaking o-ring on one of the cylinders in the engine for quite awhile so as the On a Wing & a Chair Round Australia flight is approaching, it needed to get fixed. My trusty mechanic Geoff, who built & installed all my aircraft adaptations, fixed it during the week.
I bought a GoPro Hero 3 with wifi duty free on the way back from my wedding in Thailand in December. Today, was the first chance I’ve had to give it a go on my plane. It’s fantastic! I can use my Samsung Galaxy tablet to control the camera and view what the camera sees.
It’s our first weekend back after the trial flight. I’m finally getting rid of my chesty cough that’s been plaguing me since Christmas. With much sleep, I’m finally recovering! Firstly, yesterday I received an unexpected call from a stranger saying that they wanted to meet me as they had made something for me. As anyone […]
We really enjoyed our final night stay in Ballarat (Vic), especially as I finally got more than 4 hours of sleep. This morning, we had a fantastic breakfast & coffee which gave us all time to chat about what we’ve all learnt from this trial flight & what we’ll need to consider for “the real […]
Day 3 of our 4 day trial flight. You may remember from my blog yesterday that my fuel cap had come off & I’d lost a lot of fuel while flying around so this morning we arrived early at the Murray Bridge airfield to see if we could get this cap fixed – and thankfully we did. […]
As I write this blog, I’m still recovering from one of the hottest days I’ve experienced flying. Imagine being put into an oven and being roasted alive – well, that is exactly what I felt like today in the cockpit. We left Portland in the morning with strong winds which made our flight to Goolwa (SA) […]
