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The MAF pilots here are always waiting for the weather to clear. They've got a saying about it, and I'm not sure I'll get it right, but here goes. "If it rains before 07:00, you'll be flying by 11:00. If it rains after 07:00, you won't be flying today." Now of course, that doesn't hold true. The weather in the Oriente is utterly unpredictable. A weatherman is not needed here, that's for sure. At any rate, Fred and Bruce were flying by 10:00 AM, and that was WITH an early morning rain that started around 4:00 AM. Here Bruce and the Helio Courier that belongs to our neighbor, Aereo Regional, wait for clearance to depart. They're waiting for the Ecuadorian Air Force Twin Otter to take off. I did a quick search on the web for that link to the Helio Courier site, and was amazed to discover that the Aereo Regional Helio is for sale! None of the guys in the hangar knew that, but I found it on the web. Small world. At any rate, I love watching the Helio take off and land. What a great plane!