Home for birthdays

Normally we would have stayed until after lunch and then headed home, however today required an early departure as it was our granddaughter Luella’s 9th birthday today.
Hugo’s 7th birthday was a few days ago and we were already in serious trouble for having missed that, so we simply had to be home for combined celebrations this afternoon.
Adelaide turned on another drizzly, cool morning which I was more than happy about, because with that southwesterly airstream that was creating such conditions, there was a ripping tailwind at altitude to help us on our way back to Sydney.
We said our farewells to the Tretolas and Beth picked us up at 8am to drive us to Parafield.
MWD was the only aircraft parked in the designated General Aviation area when we had left it on Thursday and today it was still the solitary aircraft there.
The drizzle had cleared just enough for us to pack and prep the plane without getting wet. Our timing was perfect because as soon as we hopped in and shut the doors the drizzle started up again.
Not a single aircraft movement had taken place since we arrived this morning and indeed we may have been the only aircraft movement the controller had managed all morning.
We took off into the clouds, complied with the necessary tracking requirements through Adelaide airspace and then we were cleared to turn east and climb to 11,000 feet.
The promised tailwind was there in spades and was about 40 knots for most of the trip. The air was silky smooth at our cruising altitude and we were on the ground at Bankstown (warm and sunny) exactly 3.5hr after takeoff - the quickest trip we have ever made between these two cities.
The plane was hangared, the car packed and we were off to the birthday party in excellent time.
And so concludes our little trip.
We have been blessed with safety during all our travels and all the boxes were ticked; the flights were great, the scenic places visited were beautiful and the wedding and fellowship shared in Adelaide were wonderful.Lue lisää