MANUK or TRUTH IS ALWAYS IN THE MIDDLE
A single-engine light aircraft hung, as it seemed, over the endless blue of the ocean. Departing three days ago from Waitanga, Berndt did not fasten his parachute to the seat of his own aircraft .... - to return home? It's a bad omen to come back - looking at the parachute stowage of the empty seat of the co-pilot ...
Flying over Bernt Pine, to a friend in New Caledonia, Berndt thought: “Hello! Almost namesake, as long as I fly, I have never been a guest ... ,,
After staying with a friend of the Russian guy Viktor, who moved from Vladivostok many years ago. Berndt flew back.
Victor offered him his sports parachute ... - Berndt referred to the parachute in the place point of the co-pilot. Victor offered a friend to fly tomorrow .... Victor offered him to take a barrel of water with him. Victor offered his friend a homemade lighter as a gift, which he made himself ... But Berndt denied all the proposals.
And something drew Berndt to fly just today and right now...
Approaching the plane, friends saw how a crow flying over the grove headed for the plane and from all power swing crashed into the tail of the plane and, at the end of the bend, ricocheted into the back of the plane's wing ..., she collapsed to the ground and not without remarks and indignation jerked her bruised head and wing, and hobbled in the direction in the forest in of the her grumpy family who was significantly in with her solidarity with her.
Victor once again suggested to his friend:
- I would not fly today. Where are you in a hurry?
Bernd replied: - Old man, you frighten me, since when did you become superstitious? I'll call you.
- Take a knife ... at least cut the ham, you are fussing today... You don't look like yourself ... I wouldn't fly ...
- Ok come on knife
- You have to my bank account...in one cent arrears ..., they don’t give knives For a present...
- Oh! Omens again ... He held out a coin to Vyktor And as you say - no change is needed ... -,,Mimino,, ....laughed Berndt
Turning the flaps and seeing that the mechanisms were not damaged by the impact, Berndt added: - "You see, everything is fine ... I think there will be no problems .."
He waved his hand to a friend and a minute later he flew from the lighthouse towards the ocean ..
Flying closer to his namesake island, Berndt decided to go down lower and make a circle to look for a place for a future landing ... In a couple of days ...Having directed the plane down to the island and having slightly filled up the left wing, he began to go around and descend in a spiral to make an overview ...
The island is a good place, thought Berndt ... You don't need to disturb your neighbor and your neighbor does not bother you. Can you move to the island? To Australia! Victor has room for his landings, as he once showed up to visit by parachute us by phone: - “Are you at home? And then I'm here next .,,Yes, he is a jeweler on a parachute....
We, New Zealand, are also an island state ... How does Europe live in a state of constant sensitive elbows to each other? ... I can't imagine
Although my roots are from Germany ..., but I need will and space, and Viktor and I understand each other well in this. We need to drop it on this beauty with a parachute somehow, let him shoot photo - take pictures, then send him back to the competition ... color ...
There is a difference between the Australian Manuk and ours ... our Manuk is more healing ... Berndt thought ... But I don't have much of it in my apiary yet ... But he promised to bring him to Victor ... And here he is! By God, as Victor puts it, “you can live here ...- I don’t want to!”
And he began to level the plane horizontally with satisfaction, trying to gain altitude again not too much ...
But the elevator trim did not obey and the plane continued to spiral downward ...
Berndt jumped to the co-pilot's seat and tried to correct the position ... Useless ... although his plane was provided with an autonomous backup control scheme ...
Looking at the parachute he thought ... early ... I still have time .... and I must try to save the plane. But just in case, I checked the styling. In the knapsack there was something not very similar to a parachute ... Daughter's dolls! Aaaaa! Yes, I prepared a present for my youngest... birthday and I present hid it in the back .... Aaaaaa!
The roll of the aircraft was not strong - the trimmer partially moved after the efforts ... But landing on the water! And goodbye to the plane ... And at least a kiss with your forehead on the lantern of the plane ...
Forgetting the ham, the knife, the fruit that Victor's wife put in flight ... Berndt tore off the knapsack and put it in front of him to soften the blow ...
the water at the bottom was already rippling before eyes, Berndt dropped his speed to the minimum possible.
Having hooked the landing gear on the water, the plane jerked down on the propeller ... about 30 meters from the coast ... Fortunately, the wave was not strong and the plane was almost completely made of wood ... ..and then it flopped back onto the belly ...
Having escaped with a slight fright and several abrasions of not very heavy weight ... Berndt climbed onto the fuselage ...
Aaaaaaaaa! Jerk! What am I ...... !!!!!!! And I remembered Victor's warnings ...
The plane, meanwhile, washed ashore, not much in a state of drift ...
Well, thanks for that! Thought Berndt.
Coming ashore, Berndt was surprised how he had successfully moored to the lagoon .... between the rocks .... Otherwise .... he would have survived .... but goodbye to the plane .... To the nearest settlement ... everywhere in Norfolk not far away ... I won't die of hunger ...
But! .... Berndt caught himself thinking .... I did not see a single settlement when flying around! Aaaaaaaa! Where I am ?!
And again I remembered Victor ....! And Manuk! Manuk! Manuk! I wanted to breed Manuk near my house! The whole island is in this Manuka! Even jokingly he answered his wife - when she said: Make a wish today and my dream will come true, I dreamed that you were walking on the water and the sun was bright and bright and it was so bright around! I just feel that what you guess will come true with you!
- I want a sea of ;;manuka! And be alone without the hassle of home and take a break from your signs ... which always come true! I love you very much! And I will never stop loving you, of course! But at least once it should be in my opinion completely!
- Darling, I love you too, I'm not offended! And it will be your way! I'll pray for you!
- Good! And for my dream! Darling ! For a few days! And I really love you!
- Of course, and for your dream!