I’m not sure I can do this again after past experiences

Gidday

I have to do a bit of flying over the weekend for some photo shoots. We’ve been offered free use of a helicopter and a fixed wing aircraft.

I told them there was no way you’ll get me into a ‘flying brick’ again after an experience in the Kimberley many years ago.

They then offered me a seat on the fixed wing aircraft which is about one step up from a motorized hang glider (MHG).

My mind instantly went back to a time when we hired a MHG at Porepunkah.

From memory we were at 1500ft and the pilot asked me to check how much fuel we had in the plastic tank behind me. It was difficult to see, but it appeared to be empty.

So we toddled back to the airfield and, on the latter part of the decent, the fuel ran out. As a few of you will know there’s a mould of earth on the northern end of the runway which we hit, and that sent us up almost vertically.

Now I’d have to tell you, if you’re got constipation, this is an easy way to fix the problem.

The Irish sheila I was going out with at the time went up in a separate MHG and flew over MT Buffalo. She couldn’t understand why I was kissing the Earth and taking no notice of her story.

I was particularly thrilled to hear yesterday that we are going to do sweeps at full throttle over the water during the coming weekend. Apparently there’s a safety margin akin to a Wombat’s fart.

If I survive the weekend, I’ll report on my terror.

LOL

Regards

Kim