The mission description from Angel Flight was:
INITIAL TRIP REQUEST:Gail and her husband Ray were flown down to Archerfield by Cheryl and Barry Arentz in the morning. Depending on the outcome of the consultation with the doctors they would either stay in town for the operation or have to go back in the afternoon. So I was effectively only on standby for this mission.A 50 year old lady needs to attend a specialist pain clinic at the Royal Brisbane Womens Hospital for consultation and possible admission for surgery.
Due to the nature of her condition a short flight will be far more comfortable than the long trip by road.
I was still doing the pre-flight inspection when Earth Angel Thomas Skennerton called to say that they had arrived. So as soon as I had the suspicion that the VH-FWL might be capable of flight, I escorted Gail and Ray to the aircraft, helped them over the wing into their seats and fired up the engine.
The flight north was in clear but smoggy conditions, exacerbated by flying toward sun. But about an hour after take-off, runway 35 at Maryborough loomed large through the windscreen. With the stall warning screaming and my eyes shut to simulate a night landing, we slammed onto the asphalt.