The mission description from Angel Flight was:
SUBSEQUENT TRIP REQUEST: (9th & 10th Angel flights)Being based in Archerfield, I first had to hop across the ranges to Toowoomba (58nm) to pick up my passenger before continuing onto Cunnamulla. This is the reverse for Mission 1067 which I had flown at the end of June.A 60 year old resident of Cunnamulla requires radiation treatment for lung cancer at the Toowoomba Base Hospital for an undefined period.
Due to the long distances involved, air transport would greatly reduce the travelling time and amount of discomfort experienced by the patient.
I had to get up before the sparrows on the day. In order to get to Cunnamulla for a 10:30 pickup, I had to get airborne by 7:00. This in turn meant getting
up by 5:45.
While it was a bit chilly (by Brisbane standards), there was not a cloud in the sky. I duly completed my pre-flight inspection and managed to get airborne by 7:00. With both Amberley and Oakey airbases still off duty at this time, the transit through their airspace was completely unimpeded.
After droning west for three hours in an almost straight line at 10,000', I landed at Cunnamulla. Waiting for me was the refueller who promptly added some 90l of AvGas to the tanks.
As I headed for the boys' room at the terminal building (such as it is in Cunnamulla), Mykella and her husband John arrived.
John helped me push the plane back from the bowser and Mykella clambered aboard. Having just taken a severe dose of painkillers, she was a little drowsy and
fell asleep as soon as we got airborne.
We again cruised at 10,000' and had a nice and pleasant flight, while Mykella had a good snooze. It was only when we were at 4,000' (2,000' AGL) about 3nm from our destination that we encountered a little bit of turbulence.
As we pulled up outside the terminal in Toowoomba we could see Earth Angel Jayne McMicking waiting for us. We were about 15 minutes later than an optimistic mission co-ordinator had figured it would take to get there from Cunnamulla.
I was back at Archerfield at 1:15, happy to have reduced Mykella's 18 hour bus and train odyssey to less than three hours of flying.
Heather and Harry came to pick me up, with Harry pointing excitedly at the biggest plane in sight (a cannibalised Metroliner) and shouting "That's Dadda's plane!". Then it was off to work to earn another dollar.