Without wanting to speak to soon, the weather forecast is looking favorable for our weekend trip down to North Weald – a bit of an epic for the Auster and will involve around six and a half hours flying to get there and a round trip distance of a shade over 1000 nm! So, the lines have been drawn on the chart, the route laid down and all that remains is to check the frequencies we’ll need to use and dig out the tent from the pile of junk in the garage.

The final and most congested leg of the journey

Most importantly, the Generator seems to be doing what it’s supposed to, still, following one final tweak of the regulator by our resident wizard – the awkward thing decided not to play again last night on a short check flight across to a local strip, but after Jim’s adjustment of the regulator, it co-operated again – fingers crossed it stays that way……..Ah, the joys of flying old aeroplanes………

Looking forward to North Weald – and the flight, though not necessarily the thought of enduring over six hours of back agony on JT’s rather ancient and horribly uncomfortable seats!