10am GMT 20th July (Tim): I spoke briefly to our glorious aviators this morning in Sao Tome. Understandably they were in very high spirits after a successful first leg and a first full night’s sleep in months, in the hotel. The flight went well. The Sling flew beautifully apparently and shot into Sao Tome with a 25 knot tail wind, ahead of schedule. They had intermittent issues with the GPS due to electronic interference, so no switching on the Auto-Pilot and nodding off for them. They are confident this will be sorted before they leave at 5pm (GMT) tonight. They are hoping to find an internet connection and log on to see everyone’s messages later today, so keep them coming. Meanwhile, my job is to liaise with the UK Met Office to get latest weather predictions for them: all looking good for tonight’s flight and for Tuesday or Wednesday across the pond to Brazil …
