Yesterday was fun - third crating experience, different yet again from the previous two. Had to do a bit more dismantling this time than previously as the crate is a tad smaller, but it all jigsawed in satisfactorily in the end.The only Hazardous Cargo stuff I had to do was to let down the tyres a bit, make sure the tank was less than a quarter full, and disconnect the battery. This is because she's going on a cargo flight instead of a passenger flight, probably via Washington.

Blue Moon Cycle in Atlanta provided the crate, lifting device and nice young man to help, and two hours later we'd finished. With luck The Old Dear is now in a bonded warehouse at the airport and will be winging her way to Johannesburg within a day or two. Nothing will happen today, of course, as it's Independence Day and everything's closed. So with a bit of luck I can fly on Friday, probably via Dakar (the alternatives are Washington or Paris CDG, aargh). In fact, if you plot a Great Circle from Atlanta to Jo'burg, Dakar is almost exactly on the route.

We'll see.