[Stephen]

Well Monsieur Perfect la Frog you managed to capture the spirit of the day all while I was doing roof work. The underside view of Andrew’s car will surely go viral. And will Hoppy ever travel south of the equator again?

[Stephen]

Wow that sounds like a little bit of wind. You might need lead boots to stop you being blown away 🤞

Stay safe 🙏

[Stephen]

Well now that Monsieur Frog has halted the rumour mill I can tell you all the we’re in Adelaide helping our son get the house ready to rent/sell because our favourite -in-law has a new job helping to sort out the Brisbane Forensic Laboratory.

It’s raining cats and dogs here so maybe you can expect to get a bit over there.

Fly safe fellas

[Stephen]

I am impressed with the bravery of you all flying in so much wind.

My absence wasn’t due to a lack of brownie points nor to being detained in hospital.

I was required to help the Virgin pilots fly in the windy conditions. There was only one runway open at Melbourne airport because of the strong northerly and the Adelaide landing was a full on cross wind landing. I had to use all my telepathic skills to keep the plane on the runway, but we got there OK.

I don’t know when we will be coming back as we don’t have a booking, but when needed we will return home 😊

[Stephen]

Well that reply was meant for Le Frog. Mike’s video is great too – may the competition continue 👏

[Stephen]

Great video, you are becoming quite a Director! The cruel slowmos are a bit hard on old flyers 😢

[Stephen]

Struth what a huge machine!😲

[Stephen]

Can’t wait for more flying footage. Three weeks of sailing etc must be perfect 😊

[Stephen]

Excellent videos yet again 👏 I liked Sinkers engine sound for the beer based spitfire!

[Stephen]

I would have gone back and begged for permission to take the transmitter along for a fly on the perfectly windless day, but with three people failing to appear with suitable weather gear and the session cut short I decided to save up the brownie points for next time – just saying …🤔🤔🤔

[Stephen]

It was a sad moment to see the the failed kamikaze attack on the goal post by the pre-production prototype. Maybe the production model will avoid the same fate!🤞

[Stephen]

Thursday was just – fantastic! A great day flying all my planes and listening to the stories and all the new planes. I think Mike’s Dragon looks like a terrordactyl – What a machine!

[Stephen]

Thanks for the update, we will just have to remember the man for all the good times and for his bravery for launching very small planes in lots of wind and many more..

[Stephen]

That’s very sad, he was such a great bloke with lots of interesting stories 😢

[Stephen]

That’s a bit sad.  It’s scary to think this cold happen to full sized planes if they ever go full electric!!!!!

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