Comming soon

There are many questions left unanswered. Where is friend #2? Will the Dragon lady ever stop buying dragons? What happened to the 172 with the cowl cover? What will happen to the little Cardinal at the big airports, Does it have what it takes to join LAN Chile ?

All these questions and more will be answered in the future. Check back once in while and we will keep you updated on the adventures of the Lost Ducks.

Bye for now

John

Going Home

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Barb continues to make remarkable achievements, not only did she get us to land at the international airport but ground control parked her near the terminal where Lorne and I were met by met by a bus that usually transfers the big planes. Inside the terminal we received the VIP treatment where the transportation manager met the bus and escorted the two of us to our check in. I don’t think he believed we arrived by CFIGT, a tiny Cardinal and insisted we prove we had Police clearance to be in Chile, I don’t think little Cessna’s are usual terminal traffic!

While waiting for Air Canada to open Lorne watched Barb taxi out and attached is a picture proving she departed in a perfect take off pattern.

It’s been a hoot, we need to go home and plan the next trip. To top this one will take some effort!

Harold

Last leg pictures from Harold

Josh and Morgan toughing it out in Chile in December, Lyndon and Erin hiding out of the picture, were lining up to get the rest of Barb into the pool. The four kids are totally comfortable switching between English and Spanish.
Motorcycle enthusiasts enjoy the winding road (can’t quite see the road in this picture, but I am sure you can imagine it) between the Pacific Ocean and the cliffs along the Peruvian and Chilean coast. Bev Fee I expect your Harley will work OK for that trip.

Canadian hybrid canola being multiplied in Chile, note the Andean mountains in the background. The narrow strip in the middle are male plants, the wide strips are female. After flowering the male plants are mowed to prevent them forming seed.

Hybrid canola field showing i) flood irrigation channels, the fields are flooded 4 days a week, 600 liters/second ii) the honey bees along the edge for transferring the male pollen to the female plants.
While the Peruvian aviation authorities provided a unique flight planning experience testing even Barb’s patience and skills, they are not representative of Peruvian people or their rich cultural history. This picture is included to show the Peruvian people as they are, very positive pleasant people to be with. This is Katia and her accountant Price Water House accounting colleagues; no they are not a group of models.

Pilot’s will recognize this as a down wind take off, unusual but something the tower insisted we do. Good thing Lorne was flying and Barb’s 177 has a CS prop and more HP than our 172.
We rejoined in Pisco, south of Lima. Pisco experienced the earth quake last August with 5000 deaths and major property damage, unfortunately many are left living in tents.

4. Motorcycle enthusiasts enjoy the winding road (can’t quite see the road in this picture) between the Pacific Ocean and the cliffs along the Peruvian and Chilean coast. Bev Fee, I expect your Harley will work OK for that trip.

They made it!!

Hi all,

Well out Ducks made it to Chillan last night about 5 pm local time. I will be posting some more pictures and some stories later this week. Thanks to everyone for watching the trip.

Made it to Chile!!!!!

After two days of poor communication due to lack of access to computers, I finally had a note that our ducks have made it to Chile this afternoon. They arrived in Arica at about 4 pm and will head to Antofagasta tonight.

Best of luck on their last leg.