Up at 0600 hours- tired but quick routine of shave and shower, pack all kit, charging phone, camera, computer etc; Koron and colleagues waiting at 0700 hours to take us back to airport- driven 50 kilometres from his home to be there in time…

Great looking day, plane fuelled up, pee-stop then on board and engine running by around 0800 hours.

Very tired during flight, and gave myself a fright by falling asleep whilst my arms were outstretched holding the wing bars; just my right hand let go as I fell asleep momentarily, resulting in the 70 mph slipstream blowing my arm violently down and behind me; strange feeling, suddenly being violently woken up, thinking somebody on a galloping horse had grabbed my arm, heading in the opposite direction!

By the way, don't worry about me telling you about these little incidents, we are perfectly safe flying together, because we never fall asleep at the same time!

The flight to Singapore was a bit lumpy due to hot, humid thermal activity, so flying in a straight line relying on my kit was a bit difficult- it sure helps to be able to see in turbulent weather when flying a microlight, and I never cease to marvel at how well Richard is able to keep on track in comparison to myself; I am sure it is not just his sight, but his vast 25 years experience flying microlights, so he is an excellent teacher and role model for me.

Singapore, although a tiny island, has four or five airports, so the airspace around is very congested, with complicated air lanes to keep all the traffic separated.

This resulted in us being given very complex and specific instructions to follow on our flight plan- we didn't complain- we are the first microlight to be given permission to land in Singapore for the last 30 years we were told…

Air traffic Control brought us into the immediate vicinity very, very low- just 500 feet, weaving a complex invisible  route avoiding all other vectoring areas.

We sometimes have a bit of high oil temperatures in hot conditions with our engine;  the oil temperature of the engine; we have several radiators, as we are both air cooled, water cooled and oil cooled; the oil cooling radiator is behind me on the left side of the aircraft.

Sometimes, when on full power climbing to altitude, Richard asks me to lift his saddle bag on the left side next to me, providing better slip-stream directly into the oil cooling radiator.  This can reduce the oil temperature from a high 128 degrees centigrade (130 takes it into the red) down to below 120 degrees.  As soon as we reach higher, cooler air I can put it down again.

Today, due to being routed in so low at just 500 feet in the heat of the day, we needed to lift the saddle-bag again.

I can't reach down far enough to release the clip strapping the bottom of the saddle-bag to the undercarriage suspension strut, so Richard needs to leave me to fly the aircraft whilst he leans right over as far as he can on the left side, straining against his little waist safety strap (we don't use shoulder harnesses, as they are too restrictive), twisting backwards and underneath the aircraft to unclip the strap.  I then lean over to haul it up, still also attached by a strap at the top of the bag, and hold it leaning over partly in my lap, whilst Richard then flies the aircraft.On this occasion, as we had to fly over tree-covered ridges on our approach that ere themselves 500 feet high (does the ATC man fully appreciate this?!) the result was some fancy antics that would have made a circus trapeze artiste proud of our accomplishments.

It's funny, but you just get used to leaning way out of the microlight, sometimes thousands of feet above the ground- I guess it is just knowing your machine and your kit, and having confidence in it. and each other

We landed at the airport safely and were immediately directed to the Jet Aviation Services hangar, where we were warmly welcomed by Graham, Jet Aviation's hangar manager, along with Jolene, and Jessica, Evangeline and Cheryl Standard Chartered Bank's excellent Corporate team.

After a quick, welcome pee stop and clearing immigration formalities we were whisked out to the aircraft again for some lengthy TV filming, with some radio and newspaper interviews and photographers in attendance, getting us to do all sort of intriguing manoeuvres, like taxing the microlight around and around in a small circle on the hard stand outside the hangar to be filmed, and a photographer lying full length on the tarmac, photographing me crouching by the microlight, that subsequently took pride of place in the next day's Straits Times I think.

Absolutely top marks for the great media coverage the corporate team arranged during our visit.

We trust that Lim Cheng Teck, CEO for Singapore who very graciously hosted our visit, can benefit from all their hard work in the times ahead!

Finished off the day catching up with Jon Cook my great friend and Project Manager for our flight over dinner.