1020 words. Steady she goes.
daily NaNo status
2018.11.03daily NaNo status
2018.11.01EXT. DAY – BOMBAY
Slow start today, 1117 words. But it’s progress.
The Kerguelen Cat – synopsis
2018.10.181940. War has consumed Europe. In Bombay, French pilot Yann Vatel and Professor Mitsuko Hashimoto uncover a plot that puts the entire Allied Forces in peril. Caught in a daring race against time, Vatel embarks on his most dangerous flight.
On track for NaNoWriMo 2018
“The Dragon Run” is complete (sort of)!
2018.09.28I’m super happy to say the first draft of “The Dragon Run” is finished! This is part one of a two-book series, with number two “The Kerguelen Cat” now becoming my main focus for the next few weeks, before I start the editing process on TDR.
I’m so pumped. Exciting times ahead! Wheee!
wordcounts
2018.09.24Over yesterday and today, 3,874 more words to “The Dragon Run”, leaving it at 66,700 words and only one chapter left to write before the “to be continued…”
Then, time to get serious outlining part 2 “The Kerguelen Cat” (Guess what plane’s in that one!) while editing season begins for that first part.
Rock on.
wordcounts
2018.09.162,615 today.
Total 62,819.
I think I’m gonna make it.
wordcounts
2018.09.11yesterday 596 w.
today 2,038 w.
Bringing the total WIP at 59,129 words. Getting closer and closer to the 60k mark…
[EDIT] Ended the day at 60204! 3113 words today, WOW.
wordcounts
2018.09.09last sunday 451 w.
yesterday 525 w.
today 971 w.
Bringing the total WIP at 56,495 words.
We’re back, baby!
The Cat Pack — “La Bruja de la Mancha” N24VP
2018.08.12This series of posts will retrace a few of the surviving airworthy (or close) PBYs around the world, and their history.
So it finally happened!
I’ve officially seen more than one Catalina hahaha! I’m super pumped to say this has been a wonderful day as far as PBY spotting goes, as I had the immense pleasure and privilege not only to check out N24VP in Ocaña near Toledo, but also talk with the Pacific Rim Catalina team there and climb aboard for a visit, that included something that had eluded me so far with “Miss Pick-Up”: a seat in the cockpit!
N24VP, also known to her owners as “La Bruja de la Mancha”, the Witch of the Mancha (the region of Spain where they are now), was featured in the Cat Pack before when she was still EC-FMC under the care of David Pajus. It seems that the new team’s (and David’s before that) years of hard work have finally paid off and the plane is finally close to being in flying condition. Sadly for us in Europe, this means that with the departure of PH-PBY from the Netherlands, only two flying Catalinas will remain in the European circuit: G-PBYA “Miss Pick-Up” from Duxford in the UK, and N9767 “Princess des Étoiles” in Paris, France.
Stay tuned for a photo series, and the very first Cat Pack video episode ever!
the Cat Pack — “Miss Macao”
2018.07.16This series of posts will retrace a few of the surviving airworthy (or close) PBYs around the world, and their history. Sometimes, we look back at some that are no longer with us.
In addition to its many fine accomplishments, the PBY Catalina also holds an unfortunate first in the history of aviation : Cathay Pacific’s VR-HDT “Miss Macao”, a PBY-5A, was the very first airliner to ever be hijacked, on July 16th 1948.
Tragically, during the struggle for control shots were fired, impairing the pilots and sending the plane to fatally crash in the sea below. There was only one survivor, one of the hijackers.
