Day 2 – Crossing the most southern tip of Australia!
Leaving Wynyard We really enjoyed meeting many members of the Wynyard Aero Club. We greatly appreciate all the support they gave us with food, transport & accommodation.
Category: Air Adventures
Day 1 – Departure, engine issues, does the flight go on?
Departure I can’t believe the day finally arrived after 5 years of planning. Arriving down at Tooradin this morning to be greeted by the media, family & friends was unbelievable. I felt quite overwhelmed by all the attention & support that people are showing. It took awhile with interviews & good byes & we departed […]
Day 4, our final day of the OWC trial flight
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 […]
A day of fixing fuel caps & smoky flying
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. […]
Hot, hot, hot, damn hot!
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) […]
On a Wing & a Chair Trial Flight
FINALLY, after much planning, the Round Australia Flight is less than 4 months away! To check how prepared we are, we’ve taken to the air! Over the next 4 days with many members of the OWC support team, we’ll be warming up & finalising how the team will function on the big trip around Australia. Over these 4 days – […]
Day 4 & 5 – A French oasis in the middle of know where!
It was great to lose the strong winds that we had experienced the previous days . Leaving Hawker with the sunny blue sky and calm air was really enjoyable and relaxing, the plane practically flew it self. Without all the up and down flying, Louise managed to hold her breakfast down! Wentworth was our next stop for refueling and lunch. Unfortunately, Pauly had to […]
Day 3 – Desert, Salt Lake, Desert, More Salt Lakes, Desert, Mountains
Birdsville Hotel Car slogan “We may be rough, but at least we’re expensive”. So is the AvGas! Woke up in Birdsville after finally getting a decent night’s sleep. I had felt shattered from only three hours sleep the night before. There was a glorious blue sky and again, strong gusty winds. Brian and Linda left our party […]
Some days you should stay in bed…
Sometimes you get up in the morning and you realise it might not be your day… After a bacon and egg breakfast we were all looking forward to see some of the highlights of the trip. Broken Hill had a cold morning and we couldn’t wait to get up to 35 degrees in […]
Birdsville and Back…
Another test flight is underway for On a Wing & a Chair. This time is to see whether Louise (coordinator for the round Australia flight) can hold her lunch down. Miraculously, with some good meds and being pilot in command for a while, she averted distributing her stomach contents within the aircraft. We’re […]
