
Lets Go Flying
I took up the invitation to go flying in an ultra lite plane a few days ago. Now that’s what I call ‘really’ flying!! The little Italian made Zefiro weighed about 300kg (660lbs) and can legally fly to about 5,000ft. You can take off on any patch of dirt and it gets along just a little slower than a Cessna. The pilot, Jim Ben from King Island in the Bass Strait was visiting his son Alex who is farming near St George. Anyways…. over a cup ‘o’ tea we decided a quick aerial view of the St George region was needed. So within 10 minutes I was looking at the earth from 1,500ft.



