Thursday, June 25, 2009

Italy 2009 preamble

It's taken me a long time but here, at last, I'm starting a blog page. It seemed a good idea to have one so that I am able to maintain contact with all those that have been briefed about the SPOT satellite tracker that we have installed in the aircraft.

The aircraft is a microlight CTSW G-KUPP and the pilot is Mike Hurn. I am his .. er .. co-pilot and as long as I don't push on the stick or dance on the rudder pedals when he wants them, we should get along fine.

I, too, have a CT (G-CCNP) but when I left for this holiday last Tuesday (June 23) I had a good flight over the Channel from Studland to Cherbourg and then did a heavy landing which damaged the aircraft. It now has to be trailered back to the UK for repairs.

Our intention is to have the satellite tracker in G-KUPP and for anyone who has got here without a briefing from me, the URL is

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/gogl.jsp?glId=0L6kxo9Yp0ngUNPjyvU0Vc964jJ8I5akt

If this doesn't load from here, it should work if you paste it to the URL address line of Internet Explorer or equivalent.

Our intention is to fly on Saturday June 30 from Bagber Farm in Dorset to Meaux (nr Paris), clear customs and bladders and load up stomachs and fuel tanks and then on to Bourg-en-Bresse for the night. The following day, weather permitting, an early start will take us over the Alps into Italy with a couple of stops before arriving at Icaro Village a few miles South of Venice.

And maybe I'll manage to sort out the technical impossibilities of the internet and post some more stuff up here.

A bientot

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