By Boran Pivčić
All photos author

By another stroke of incredibly good luck, I had popped down to the field yesterday to get some flying done – and clear my head of all the ATPL meteorology – thinking it’d be another “nothing special” day. Initial impressions proved be right, for beside a horde of skydivers preparing for a jump – nothing unusual – all was quiet. But about half an hour later, sitting on our apron waiting for the nosewheel to be changed on our club C150, a friend of mine who works the fuel pump – among us commonly referred to as “The Sheriff” – came round and asked me had I come to see the Turbolet that was coming to town. One had been scheduled to appear more than a two weeks earlier, but for some reason didn’t. On my feet in an instant, I  soon found out it was the same aircraft I had waited to catch before – and imagine my delight 🙂 (no comment 😀 ).

And due to a breakdown in communications, The Sheriff was left all alone as the ground crew, tasked with leading the aircraft round the field, parking, fuel, you name it. So while I was around, I decided to help, which later turned out to offer quite an interesting photo opportunity…