Alex was kind enough to invite me for flying again this afternoon before my return trip to Oakland on Thursday. Since my cousin David and his friend Matty are both aspiring pattern pilots, they decided to join us on our practice session. As a matter of fact, Matty brought along his 110 size Oxai Impression for Alex and I to trim it out for him.

Normally, weather in Hong Kong in November is prettyy nice, plenty of sunshine with temperature hovering in the high 60s to low 70s. I don't know whether global warming has anything to do with it, ever since my arrival, it has been foggy every day with temps sometimes in the high 70s. This morning was no different, foggy and low ceiling. Fortunately, by the time we reached the flying site, the fog has lifted, and I ended up flying five flights on Alex's XX. I finally got used to Alex's throttle curve and the logic behind it. Alex also gave me quite a few pointers on different maneuvers, and I thoroughly enjoyed flying his Naruke built XX, and looking forward to my Akiba built Proline in January.

As for Matty's Oxai Impression, both Alex and I ended up fine tuning his plane. Eventhough, this was my first time flying a YS 110, I was pretty impressed with its performance.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my buddies Alex Lau and Hung-Kay Li for their hospitalities. And to all my old and new friends in Hong Kong and China - "I'll be back".

Adrian

P.S. Hey Alex, you still owe me a pipe.