Call sign PEN15 confirmed

On refilling the planes, Graham noticed his oil cap was missing.  He had preflighted the plane at Ozzano but forgotten to replace the cap. Fortunately our engines have a separate oil tank that is not under pressure so thankfully that last 2 hours flight was uneventful and he didn't lose any oil, thankyou gravity!
After giving him a good ribbing we found that Castel Monte Ferrato has a rotax engineering shop on site and after a lot of broken Engtalian to a couple of the guys here, and a two hour wait, I had a txt to say they had sourced a new oil cap.... unbelievably lucky.   We discovered an easier way to transport jerry cans, ring-a-ring-a-roses style...cant believe we never tried it before as it makes lugging fuel around much easier.
We also found some showers, so tied down the planes, showered up and tried to get a couple of cabs into town. There our luck ran out, as there were no taxis available. Somebody leaving the airfield kindly carried 3 of the guys into town whilst Paul K, Andy and I kept ringing around taxi forms to no avail, and Uber wasn't playing.  We started the 40 min walk in the heat to get into town and then a message came though from Matt saying he had spoken to a waiter in town and his mate was going to come and get us. We eventually found 'Luca' about half a mile from the airfield and he brought us into town where we are now cooling off with water and a beer. 

Plan is to be up very early tomorrow to cross the Alps, flight plans filed for 0530...just before sunrise.

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