Some words of wisdom

Every one should read this.

Sponsors to help me get to Europe are hard to come by, but sponsors for my wee mini, well thats a different story :)

I have been excited all weekend about my flight today, but this morning I woke up to a claggy foggy day with very poor visibility, so no flying, and no flight for a couple of mates who were going to fill the two spare seats in the R44 for the lesson, hope we can reschedule, I would love to take them for a flight. Instead I went for a sprint session and an easy run around the lake edge, with Green Day blaring, it was very refreshing, I really do live in one of the most stunning spots on earth! While out running I spied a spot where lots of drift wood has been left from the last time the water was high, so I’ll have to cruise over and collect it – can’t turn down free fire wood! I’ve spent the best part of today sitting next to the fire studying for my Basic Gas Turbine exam, its pretty technical stuff, this will be the last exam I do this year, but I will probably look at starting a couple of my ATPL exams next Winter, it’ll be a good way to keep everything fresh in my mind over the next few years as I focus on skeleton and not flying. Anyway the reason I decided to blog was not to bore everyone with my quiet day, but to say that Tyre Land Wanaka called and they are sponsoring me with a set of 12 in. superlights for my Mini!!!

My mini will be pimped. I’m stoked, my wee mini began it’s transformation 2 years ago when Wanaka Glass and Collision dealt to the rust and painted it black, and Wanaka Signs had my sponsors decals put all over it and a silver fern down the roof – the same style as my race helmet has, but the old-granny original 27 year old wheels (and cracked plastic hub caps) left it looking a bit tired, but not anymore, in 3 weeks the old girl will be stylin’ it through the streets of Wanaka (probably the oldest car on the road in this town). 12 in. wheels are hard to come buy now days, but they managed to track some down in Aussie, I’ll put up some pics once she’s shining. Now I’ve gotta go and plan tomorrows flight to Bluff in the R22, it will meet my 100 nautical mile cross-country requirement, I get to fly into Invercargill and the heliport in Bluff, and no doubt my instructor has some diversions planned for me on the way home, will take most of the morning with a 8.30am lift off. So I hope this fog lifts.