Went the day well?

The epitaph in the subject line above is quite unnecessary, as the following link shows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oegz95GsLKE&feature=youtu.be

As you can see from the video, 29th August at Headcorn Airfield was a sunny day and, until I was on the wings of a plane going at 135mph, there was little breeze. 

Once up on the wings and off the ground, I realised that it would be a noisy flight - I was right behind the propellers, and there is a fair amount of wind noise at that speed.   It was the next day that I realised how much I had been bracing against the force of air coming against me as we flew, as my legs ached.

You will see some of the gestures I made during the approx. 15 minute flight - there is a limit to how expressive one can be as a strap-on on a 1942 Stearman.  When we were not flying past the onlookers on the ground I stood and gazed, as tranquilly as I could, at the view.

I enjoyed some food before the walk and afterwards I enjoyed rather more, as well as a few drinks at a Shepherd Neame pub whilst being driven back home.

Of course, to put it in perspective, the week before two 9-year-old girls had done this and the day before a 93-year-old man had spent 81 minutes on top of a biplane flying across the Irish Sea.

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Why the GSTTKPA?  In 2006 I donated a kidney to a friend and the operation and subsequent aftercare were at Guy’s. This is a way of again giving thanks - to all the staff who were so kind and professional and for the quality of the anaesthetic used - by raising money for the GSTTKPA.

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