Nov 3, 2019

Me and Sello on Thursday before he left for JHB.

This morning we woke up and excitedly followed the Soweto marathon online. A local Mosotho friend of ours, Sello, was competing. He has the potential and motivation to do very well in road running. Today he was up against an elite field, and came in 66th, with a half marathon time of 1:12, and a final time of 2:45. He is a good guy and I am excited to see what we can do to help him in his career.

Then we went to church (we attend a small home church, which sounds lot more spiritual than it is. It’s essentially a bunch for friends who get together and share).

There was also a little trampolining and bike riding thrown into the day. Pretty much a typical Sunday!

Nov 2, 2019

Jane and I got to get in a father daughter date at Wimpy while on the way to get groceries.

Nov 1, 2019

This morning I was the primary pilot on duty. That means I was the one who would do the scheduled flights. I arrived to the hanger at 6am, got everything ready, and took off around 7am.

Unloading at my first stop this morning.

Today was a pretty simple flight. 3 passengers, 3 stops. 2 of my passengers were nurses, returning to their posts in the mountains for their shift, which typically lasts a few weeks. The third passenger also works at a clinic, as an administrator.

At my second stop I had to reconfigure the inside of the plane to be able to fit 2x 49kg gas bottles in. This is a long loading process. Once the seats are removed and strapped in the back, it takes long to get the bottles nicely tied down.

The rest of the flight went great, with the winds staying mostly calm during the hours I was out.

I was back to base by 11am.

The rest of the day I did safety related work in around the hanger. And was on call until lunch time.

The November Project

Sometimes its hard to find the time to sit down and give big updates. But It is pretty easy for me to find time in the day to post something short to Instagram and show what is going on during the day. So I figured, for the month of November, I plan to post a few lines here everyday, hopefully with a picture, to show a little of what we are up to.