My next flight

Victor’s unfortunately laid up in hospital after a very nasty accident, so much sympathy and good wishes to him for a full recovery over the next few weeks. But as a result, he won’t be around tomorrow to have fun with, or for some time actually, sadly for both of us. Wim just got back from a few days away and he’ll be tied up tomorrow with domestic issues, so he won’t be around to fly with either.

So I’ve planned a super flight that I’ll do just by myself tomorrow, that will take me out of the Dordogne into the Corrèze, then into the Auvergne and finally into the Lot before returning to Malbec. Here’s a shot of the route.

The whole route is around 288 km, so too long for Wim in his Weedhopper and if he’d wanted to fly tomorrow, I’d have restricted it to just something like out to Figeac in the Lot and back again. But as it’ll just be me in the Savannah, I’ll do the whole route in a flight time that should be just over 2 hours, or say 2½ including allowances for landings and take offs.

77ASY is all ready to go with full tanks and a clean windscreen, so with a bit of luck I should be able to get away by around 9.00 am. That means that if I don’t hang around too much, I could be back before the worst of the thermals begin to bubble up. All I’ll take with me is a cold drink. I can hardly wait 🙂