Got there at last

Went back to Malbec this afternoon and as I didn’t intend to do any work requiring tools, I left my car at the entrance to the airfield and walked to the hangar. This gave me the chance to stomp down a few of the larger muddy ridges that my and Philippe’s tyres had left behind so they aren’t left when the field does eventually dry out.

This could be some way away because we are now getting intermittent, but very fierce, showers that could continue right through next week, and possibly beyond, and it doesn’t take long for them to leave behind pools of standing water and large soggy areas.

Nevertheless, I was able to half-open the hangar doors and give the Savannah a try on the key and sure enough, as I’d suspected it might, its engine started as though its battery had just been charged up. So I was able to give it a run for several minutes until 80-90 degrees was shown on the water temperature gauge with all the other indications showing good.

I was also very pleased with how smooth the propeller felt, although I couldn’t take the engine speed up much beyond 4-4500 revs as the aircraft had to stay in the hangar with chocks in front of its wheels.

So that’s it, I’m there at last. All three ULMs in full working order bar needing a good clean, and all now having had their engines run. That’s just where I wanted to be and things couldn’t be better – except for the weather 😉