Summer flying trip, Day 1

Third time unlucky. We must be jinxed. We should have set off for Rouyn-Noranda (QC) today. Twice before, when we tried to fly to Rouyn-Noranda, we were prevented by unsuitable weather. This time looked more promising and we had a hotel room booked there for tonight at the end of what was supposed to be the first leg of our flying holiday. We had finished packing, left the house on time on a beautiful morning for flying, filed a flight plan, loaded the aircraft (fuelled up the night before), did all the pre-flight checks, climbed in, strapped on our harnesses, plugged in our headphones ... and the engine refused to start.

PTN being towed to the hangar

PTN is an old lady who sometimes doesn't feel like getting up in the mornings. She's now having her fuel feed and engine parts checked by Red Sutton and his team. Red towed her into the hangar this morning, mournfully accompanied by Chris.

It is better that this set back happened at the start of our trip rather than half way through, or we might have been stuck for a long time in somewhere like Hearst, some 100 km from anywhere else.