Remind me why we do this
Finished work early, nice sky, wind dropped. Thought I would do an hour while I had the chance. The a/c I was going to fly took off as I drove onto the airfield. No probs I'll take a 28, the one I wanted was taken, the other was OK apart from a flat battery....
OK I'll take a 172. The 'nice' one has a panel off for some reason. OK, one a/c left; took the cover off, check A done. Back to crewroom, booked out with ATC, did the tech log, checked Notams, planned myself a route and all the other good stuff. Went to a/c, strapped in, took ages to start the bloody thing. Started taxiing, checked the brakes, right brake u/s. Tried pumping it while taxiing slowly, no joy. Call ATC to tell them I'm taxiing back to stand (only in anti clockwise circles) and notice the turn indicator is sluggish and the AI now has about ten degrees of bank on. On the way back the engine stopped.
I love flying I do.