A beautiful calm flight up the coast finishing off with a quick trip around [...]]]> Left for the airport at 5:15am with a huge hangover from a small gathering last time.   I was worried about putting the wing back on the trike, but that went without a hitch and I was airbourne by 7:30 am

A beautiful calm flight up the coast finishing off with a quick trip around some shallow water at about 10 feet – the best part of flying a trike.

Now holed up in a backpackers that only costs $2.50 per night.   Unfortunately some unsavoury characters around so a quiet night for me.

Tomorrow Beira and maybe beyond.   A decision to turn westwards to cover the Zambezi up to Livingstone and Victoria Falls or continue up the coast awaits me.

Fuel used: approx 25 litres.
Avgas: Available.

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With much help.   Winds up to 30 knots forecast now till Saturday
  These trikes are high maintenance.

Maybe stuck here for a while.

As the day heats up so does the ground and thermals start, sea breezes intensify and come ashore and the trike becomes like and offroader going over boulders.

The best times to fly is when the ground is the [...]]]> One major element everyone has warned me about with doing this trip is the wing.   

As the day heats up so does the ground and thermals start, sea breezes intensify and come ashore and the trike becomes like and offroader going over boulders.

The best times to fly is when the ground is the coldest which is usually at sunrise until around 9am afterwhich a solid workout commences.

Once landing the problem becomes the wind throwing the microlight on it’s side.   This is a real problem and a constant source of worry for me.   Without being tied down the trike almost acts like a big parachute and a wing up in the wind can have disastrous consequences and bring the trip to a very quick end.

When I landed in Inhambane, with some large tent pegs and climbing rope, I tied each wing down to the ground, then the cross bar on either side 4 times before chocking the wheels.

Last night was a fairly windy night, probably up to 15 knots at times and I had a very disturbed sleep.   Everytime I shut my eyes images came of my plane on it’s back with crumpled wings.  

This morning I drove out to the airfield and checked with a helpful local.   All was well and my worries needless.   Regardless, I retied down the entire trike adding some more ropes for measure.

Hopefully the no gales are coming.

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This is my breakfast the first day cooked in butter and garlic of a gas stove looking out on the dunes.  Tasty.

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Hangered at the Aero club in Maputo.  20 Rand per night

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