Flight of the Nanchang

Just a little update about another of our Australian adventures..... This was the highlight of the trip for Mark. If you know Mark well, then you know that in addition to knowing virtually everything there is to know about sports, he is also a history buff, and one period he knows more about than your average Kindergarten teacher is World War II!! So, when he saw a tiny ad in the tourist magazine to ride in an authentic WWII plane, we jumped in the car (like 2 days later) and drove up to the the lovely town of Mareeba on the Atherton tablelands. Mark chose the Nanchang VH-XXB because it was the smallest and most manueverable plane.... thus more aerobatics!! He spent a giddy 30 minutes in the sky. He saw loads of sights, operated the controls for a while and enjoyed numerous rolls, dives, spins, etc. The pilot later told us most people usually can't take even half of the aeros that Mark did.... something like 3.8 g's! So in addition to traveling half way around the world, Mark can also check flying in a WWII plane off his lifelong "to-do list"!!