Madrid to Oshkosh
Daily Update
July 26, 1998
Wuhan, China to Tianjin, China
-650 miles
No updates from Michel yet, but his wife Marie-Laure tells us he called
and said he had made the hop from Wuhan to Tianjin. This is a major city southeast of
Beijing. Michel's thinking may have been that the airport fees would be less there than in
Bejing. However his anticipation was a tiny bit off. Tianjin tells Michel they want $1000
for a "landing fee". I wonder if you can just say "never mind" and go
land somewhere else.
Let's hope Michel can talk his way out of this one. That $1000 will take a
big chunk out of the donations that so many of you have made.
Monday July 27, Michel will travel by car to the Russian consulate in
Beijing to renew his Russian Visa. This is required before he can enter Russia at
Khabarovsk.
Michel also has told us that his Rotax 912 is performing fine, except for
a persistant oil leak. He has asked for us to be prepapared to send him a Rotax part,
however he has not yet identified it.
This page will be modified once Michel checks in.
