Arriving from half around the globe, John Herbert and his wife Anne from South Africa via Hongkong, Allie from Myanmar and Phil and Roger from London, the team celebrated reunion at an nice Italian restaurant in the small town of Stayner in Ontario, Canada.
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| The village of Staynor, High Street |
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| inside the hangar, Betty with cowlings off |
Roger had worked hard during the last days despite severely harsh weather with snow blizzards and freezing cold temperatures below zero whilst John had struggled till last minute to overcome the bureaucracy of re-validating their licences.
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| Roger concentrating on his work |
Luckily the sun came out and temperatures climbed to a bearable but still cold plus 5 degrees.
It was great to see our 'old lady' again and she looked in good shape. Well, that's from outside but there are still a number of glitches to sort out. John and Roger quickly took to the job and wouldn't even stop for a cup of warming tea.
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| Chris and Melaya Horsten chatting to Anne |
Finally Melaya and Chris Horsten arrived and it was definitely time to retreat to warm up and have some lunch in the airport cafe.
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| engine runs and tons of snow |
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| John at work in the cockpit |
Hopes were high to get her flying this afternoon, but then the engineering team decided that she wasn't yet ready and poor Betty was pulled back into the hangar.
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| Betty being towed back into the hangar by Chris |
At this point the 'press and media' team took the chance to retreat to our lovely B&B 'The Gables' to do some urgent computer and back up work.
Plans for tomorrow's tasks and the onward journey into the US were made over a fish and chips and burger dinner (and a few glasses of wine) at the 'Friends pub' in town.
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| She has to wait for another day to spread her wings! |
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