More on the Cub

Further to the earlier post, herewith some more on G-KIRK (pictured in the Warbirds Hanger @ Ardmore Apr 04).

From November 2004

04Nov04 G-KIRK Piper J3C-65 Cub. Maurice J. Kirk (c/n 12490). Kerikeri to Norfolk Island, to Lord Howe Island on 6^th, from ?? to Coolangatta on 8^th, from Caloundra to Rockhampton on 9^th, at Darwin on 12^th (then required an engine change before test flight on 24 April 2005), to Dili-Comoro (East Timor) on 25 April, to Borneo and Balikpapan (Indonesia) on 27^th, to Lawas (Malaysia) and Labuan (Malaysia) on 28^th, to Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) on 3 May, to Puerto Princesa (Philippines) on 6^th, to Manila on 7^th, to Laoag (Philippines) and Kaohsiung (Taiwan) on 11^th, to Taipei on 13^th, to Cheju Island (South Korea) and Yang Yang on 17^th. Pilot re-enacted first solo east-west crossing of Tasman Sea by Sir Francis Chichester in 1931.