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From: Olivier
Date: 7/19/99
Time: 8:21:21 PM
Remote Name: 209.205.56.60
What an amazing country! Huge and beautiful. We are in Canada and reached Labrador city in Newfoundland (look at the map) The flight yesterday was amazing. Nice tailwind and average speed 120 km/h at 9000 feet. But real cold. Next flight, I will put more stuff on. We flew from Quebec to Labrador City in 9 hours about with a technical stop at Bay Comeau on the St Laurent River. Absolutely magic flight but no much place to land in case of an engine failure as we left the great river up North. We have a few problem with our Rotax engines. Mine does not start well when cold and both our engines have high oil pressure. We are working on it today as the weather does not permit any flight. Wind blows at 50 - 60 km/h with deadly gust.. Not the right conditions for trikes. We are still awaiting from good news from London and insurance broker that will issue a certificate for the Danish Civil Aviation. They are requested a ridiculous insurance cover to cross Greenland and feroes Island. It should be ready sometimes this week. We nearly done as much distance as in 1995 having now covered 19800 km from Argentina. health is fine, our team spirit excellent as always and we are looking forward to get across the North Atlantic. But surely it won't be that easy. More news later. Thanks for all the messages, we apreciate.
I send you plenty kisses
Olivier