28th September 2008

Another nice morning to go for a ride around Goondiwindi. A slight breeze but not too much to worry about.

Prue walked to the Botanic Gardens as well as to another housing estate a little further west of where Andrew has his home.

Eventually, Prue and I returned to Andrew’s home. After just chatting with him we went to The Larder and had a nice coffee with him and we joined by his good friend Jay Masters who owns an aerial agricultural spray business in which he flies his own aircraft.

I gave Andrew a massage late in the morning which he reckons was good as he had not had one for a while. This was followed by a easy and relaxed lunch.

Later in the afternoon, Andrew’s friend Daniel called to ask if he would like to go to the Goondiwindi Airport to fly radio controlled aircraft with him. So Andrew and I went out to the airport and were later joined by the chief pilot for Sudholz Air and again Jay Masters and his twin son and daughter.

It was entertaining watching these high performance aircraft being flown. The hand to eye coordination of the people flying these aircraft is something to watch. Andrew has been flying them for about 10 years and has a lot of fun doing it. He must transfer the same skills to his flying of his own passenger carrying Piper Cherokee 235 which we were in the day before. He seems to enjoy both forms of flying. Daniel only flies the radio controlled aircraft but is a regular passenger with Andrew. The flying finished just before the sun had gone.

We returned to Andrew’s home and had a BBQ and salad as our last meal with Andrew. An earlier night was in order as we were setting off in the morning and of course Andrew has a busy week checking on his clients’ crops.