Do we have to get out and push?

Had to do a big commercial shoot today. This included aerial as well as ground shots of a new shopping center in Kempsey. I had already had to postpone it once because the plane was not back from being serviced. Unfortunately when I got to the airport the plane wouldn't start. This really inspires you with confidence so "do we have get out and push?"

"No, we'll try spinning the prop by hand". No way would I do it but the engine was soon running. Unfortunately the battery was so flat that it would not charge. It's handy to have some electic power in a plane for radios and other bits like that so we had no option but to turn it off and stick the plane on charge for half an hour!
As you can see by the picture this worked although the people at the funeral we kept doing loops over at 600ft probably wished we hadn't.