Linda flew a great leg this morning from our overnight stop in Borger Texas to the University of Oklahoma at Westheimer. Blue skies, good winds, smooth ride. The Texas landscape is brown and parched as they have had no rain at all this year, so unfortunate. OUN was a great stop, with volunteers with golf carts prepared to drive you all over, and PBJ sandwiches and cold drinks for all the racers.
After an hour or two we went to restart the plane for our next leg to El Dorado Arkansas, but once again the engine was still extremely hot and wouldn't start. We also noticed that the throttle has been getting stiffer, a sure sign that the cable needs lubrication. So we went over to O'Neill on the field, and they were quick to help us out. They found that the throttle bolt also needed replacing; and they noticed we had a blown exhaust gasket! So it was a good thing we stopped. They replaced the gasket on cylinders 2, 4 and 6, and now we're good to go and just about to start for Arkansas.
