Lizzy McFly

My mom and I flew to Kincardine today to join the Trillium Aviators. Kincardine is located on the shore of Lake Huron in Bruce County. We took a slight detour north of the airport first, to get an amazing view of the Bruce Power Nuclear Plant, which is the largest nuclear plant in the world!

Twas Jan’s first time seeing it. The massive plant is like a small city.

We then flew south along the Lake Huron shoreline and came upon Kincardine within ten minutes. Vyctor (the name of my plane) did a nice squeaker landing:

It was wonderful to meet up with so many fellow aviators I know. There were a couple dozen planes there, enjoying the perfect weather and awesome camaraderie.

Vyctor quietly waited for us to return. We actually stayed longer than I expected.

At least he had great company. Check out this fantastic paint job.

Once we clambered back into the plane, we fired up and joined a few others who were also departing. We took off and after we flew for about twenty minutes, we started hearing a noise from the back of the plane. I asked Jan if her seat belt was hanging out. I usually say to all of my passengers before starting up to make sure their belt is not hanging out the door. She found the belt so that wasn’t the issue. I decided to land at the nearest airport, which was Juergensen Field in Fergus. I tuned into their radio frequency and heard someone say they were heading in to land at this field. I asked him where he was located and he let me know he was just turning final. I have never been to this field before and it was very helpful to find his plane heading towards the runway. I let him know I was going to follow him in as I was having a bit of a situation.

We shut down and I went over to Jan’s side of the plane. Issue solved! Her purse strap was hanging out the door! Hehehe! I chatted with a few folks who were there, including the owner of the field. He asked me if I had ever done an Aerobatic competition and I said I had not. I actually decided to finally try it in 2020, but COVID had other plans. Apparently, the next competition is in Midland in August. I’m very seriously considering going. I’m just nervous about my health as the competition is three days. Hopefully my symptoms cooperate and allow me to partake, at least for a couple of those days. What an adventure it would be for Mike and I! Who would have thought that a purse strap caused me to land at a new airport, meet new people and a potential competition in the future? Thank you, Jan!

We headed back to St. Catharines after a perfect day. I need to rest for the next day as I hope to fly again this weekend. Mike and I are planning on going to the Stratford Airport for a pancake and peameal bacon breakfast through COPA Flight 69. It is a charitable event to help support the Stratford General Hospital Foundation.

Today’s symptoms: I felt quite good today, which is why I was able to take such a great flight with my little mother. I’m feeling a bit drained this evening, which is typical after a flight. Totally worth it though!