Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the first Morning Glory flight - Friday 13th October, 1989. Just returned from Burketown where much has changed. It was dry, raw and rednecked. Now it's green and mostly peaceful; friendly, integrated.

For years I flew alone on the cloud and revelled in having such a vast sky to myself, a grand and beautiful wonder all my own, sharing sometimes.

Now, now there are fleets of gliders, and film crews and helicopters and footblenders...