The mission description from Angel Flight was:
INITIAL TRIP REQUEST:Godfrey and his fiancee Valda were to have been flown back home to Glen Innes by another pilot who, alas, broke his ankle the night before. So my mobile phone rang as I was travelling into the office with Kevin Zahner asking whether I could substitute mid-afternoon.Sixty-nine year old Godfrey Cole from Glen Innes requires cardiac investigation in Brisbane.
He is expected to receive a pacemaker and is unable to drive. His partner is also unable to drive due to an eye condition.
As it happened my plane was having some minor enhancements done to it, so I picket it up from the mechanics instead of my normal spot. This meant that
the directions given to Earth Angel Wendy O'Shea were wrong. I tried to re-direct her before arrival but did not get to her in time. So we wound up getting going
a litter later than anticipated.
Valda and Godfrey were nicely settled in the back as we flew toward Glen Innes with only a few scattered clouds about.
With a headwind of about 20 knots we progressed toward Glen Innes where we touched down a little over an hour after take off.
I left Godfrey and Valda in the care of a friend of theirs who had come to pick them up and headed to the departure zone of the airport to fly back home.
What few clouds I encountered, I quickly outclimbed at 10,000' and, with the wind behind me, managed to get home about 10 minutes faster than on the way out.