Day 3 - Meeting the Farmer

Early enough in the morning we pulled Mr P out of the hangar and packed him up ready to fly down the Mississippi River, something I had wanted to do for a long time, this was the DREAM. We took off and flew over the river and enjoy the scenary and many barges along the way. We had fun playing with the inversion layer (cold air on the ground trapped by warm air above it) . The temperature difference was distinct at 800 ft. If it began to get a little cold we would climb up to the warm air and vice versa.Quite funny as usually it is colder the higher you go. Lots of fun.

Quarry spotted with load of working barges.




















Here is a short video showing part of our flight down the river set to music. Enjoy ! It's a nice feeling of freedom, just the two of us out there alone, flying down one of the world great big dirty rivers. !!



NOW NEED WE SAY MORE. I AM SURE WE CAN LET THE PICTURES TELL THE STORY OF THIS LITTLE ADVENTURE. (click on the photo to see bigger version)






WE took off from the farmer's paddock after the wind dropped right off and we flew South East onto Cairo Airport which was all but deserted. With light fading we set off to investigate a few other nearby airports. We eventually settling on a private airfield called West Kentucky. A local ultralight pilot ran us down to the gas station for fuel and FOOD !! We where starving after waiting out in the farmers field all day for the wind to bloody drop.

We slept on the tarmac that night as the Pilot's Lounge was being rebuilt. The local Rescue Helicopter based here took off just as we where falling asleep which made us laugh as we knew it likely would be back later to wake us up !!