Day 3 There and back again

A good night’s sleep and an early start saw me at the airfield about 8:15. A pity no one mentioned that they didn’t open until 9:00. Never mind I refuelled and submitted my flight plan to portoroz in Slovenia.





This is not a sight you see at the end of the runway everyday. Line up and wait after the ship has passed.





The flight went OK except I became aware of a vibration when cruising at 120 knots plus. It felt like a propeller speed issue and could be felt noticeably. I throttled back and everything was fine so continued. I landed at Potoroz and investigated. I could see nothing wrong. Nothing loose, no play anywhere so I wondered what do next. With the factory in Italy only 30 minutes away, it wasn’t hard, so I returned to Italy and flew to Pordenone, a city I know well from my Electrolux days as that is where out large factories were. I landed and was given a great welcome by an instructor who was grateful for the opportunity to speak English as he had his commercial instructor skill test in English next week! They gave me the factory contact number for the boss and I phoned him. He told me that he would stop off on his way home and move the aircraft into the factory and they would look at it and sort it out tomorrow. Hopefully it will be simple and I can be on my way again.