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Dangerousdave26
October 23rd, 2009, 13:05
Well it looks like its time to light the fire head out over the channel.

First Stop Athens

EGUN - LGAT

This will be a nice little night flight...

Through the Alps :icon_lol:

To land at the break of day in Athens...

Or an hour or two later. :applause:

BTW in about 2.5 hours I will be testing the "Pause Rule"

To head :running: to the Pub for a few :guinness:

You know Real Life Stuff

Dangerousdave26
October 23rd, 2009, 13:28
At Altitude and in cruise (5000, 103 kts) with only a 14 kts cross wind

OH Yea

Estimated arrival time...

Some time tomorrow. :kilroy:

Dangerousdave26
October 23rd, 2009, 14:24
Clear of the Channel and over Belgium...

I think :icon_lol:

ETE same as before

Winds still 15 kts cross wind.

All is good.

Milton Shupe
October 23rd, 2009, 14:49
Here's rooting for you Dave :ernae:

Dangerousdave26
October 23rd, 2009, 15:29
Simulation Paused...

Dangerousdave26
October 23rd, 2009, 15:36
Un paused

To remove myself from Multi Player

Dangerousdave26
October 23rd, 2009, 15:37
Simulation Paused

bpfowler
October 23rd, 2009, 16:11
go dave, awesome attempt in the mighty dh80!

Dangerousdave26
October 23rd, 2009, 19:39
Simulation Resumed

Dangerousdave26
October 23rd, 2009, 19:49
go dave, awesome attempt in the mighty dh80!

Thanks

Back in the Saddle and ready to roll.

A good evening was had by all.

:icon29:

Dangerousdave26
October 23rd, 2009, 21:25
Starting up to clear the Alps

Must split KTI and LOW and will be on course No problems.

Dangerousdave26
October 24th, 2009, 06:18
Ever since I climbed up to clear the Alps not much has gone as one would have liked.

The winds were shifting from head to tail. I thought at one time if this keeps up it is going to stress out the plane and break it apart.

Once out of the Alps I descended and headed for the water. I followed the coast line south and for awhile it went well even had a tail wind.

For the last 3 hrs I have been battling 20 to 30 kts of head wind / cross wind.

I am forced to stay up in the wind because of poor visibility below. I have tried numerous times to descend when it was clear and as soon as I do it socks in.

Right now I am somewhere around 50 nm

Hope to be on the ground soon.

PRB
October 24th, 2009, 06:29
You're crossing the Alps in a DH-80? You rock! I guess that's why they call you 'dangerous' ... :icon_lol: Good luck!
:ernae:

jkcook28
October 24th, 2009, 06:33
Flight tracker shows you about there! Did you sleep any last night? Gonna be an epic flight to make Melbourne. Go man Go!

Dangerousdave26
October 24th, 2009, 07:00
On the Ground Safe details to follow

Total Flight Time 17:50:07

Time Sim stayed in Pause

By Forum Time Stamp I was in pause for 4hrs 10 minutes.

By the Duenna we get 4hrs 10 minutes also give or take a few seconds.
Right now I can't add them :icon_lol:

Total Flight time less pause 13:40:xx

23/10/2009 23:30:37; 50.090096; 5.826770; 5001; 12; 105; 97; 0
23/10/2009 23:40:38; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
23/10/2009 23:50:38; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 00:00:39; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 00:10:40; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 00:20:40; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 00:30:41; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 00:40:41; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 00:50:42; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 01:00:43; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 01:10:44; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 01:20:44; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 01:30:44; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 01:40:45; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 01:50:45; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 02:00:45; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 02:10:46; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 02:20:46; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 02:30:47; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 02:40:48; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 02:50:49; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 03:00:49; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 03:10:50; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 03:20:50; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 03:30:50; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 03:40:51; 50.064042; 5.886146; 5029; 13; 107; 97; 0

srgalahad
October 24th, 2009, 07:33
You're crossing the Alps in a DH-80? You rock! I guess that's why they call you 'dangerous' ... :icon_lol: Good luck!
:ernae:

Uh -huh -- Dave + mountains = Dangerous.
Congrats Dave on not having an 'event to remember' ! :guinness:

Moses03
October 24th, 2009, 13:31
Total Flight time less pause 13:40:xx



Phew! :applause:

epwatson
October 24th, 2009, 15:00
I looked at your post, and based on how i interpret the rules, you were paused for 3:50:12.. The reason for this is because the top line and bottom line have a different long/lat coords so shouldn't count as paused as you paused between 23:30:37 and 23:40:38. I pasted the section of the rules that shows this.

Thanks, and congrats for getting that bird that far.. :)



For example, at 00:10 you pause 32 minutes until 00:42. As it happens in this case, the Duenna makes a reading at minutes 00:08, 00:18, 00:28, 00:38, and 00:48. Then the Flight Log confirms a stationary aircraft at 00:18, 00:28, and 00:38—but it shows move-ment before and afterwards. There is no explicit record for 00:10 and 00:42. You may subtract out the twenty (20) minutes of recorded stationarity (00:18-00:38) but must “pay the cost” of the remaining 12 minutes. This system is imprecise: your outcome will de-pend on luck. (But this is better than nothing.)




23/10/2009 23:30:37; 50.090096; 5.826770; 5001; 12; 105; 97; 0
23/10/2009 23:40:38; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
23/10/2009 23:50:38; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 00:00:39; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 00:10:40; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 00:20:40; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 00:30:41; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 00:40:41; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 00:50:42; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 01:00:43; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 01:10:44; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 01:20:44; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 01:30:44; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 01:40:45; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 01:50:45; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 02:00:45; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 02:10:46; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 02:20:46; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 02:30:47; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 02:40:48; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 02:50:49; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 03:00:49; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 03:10:50; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 03:20:50; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 03:30:50; 50.080446; 5.848720; 5005; 3; 105; 97; 0
24/10/2009 03:40:51; 50.064042; 5.886146; 5029; 13; 107; 97; 0

Dangerousdave26
October 24th, 2009, 16:01
LOL

Well I posted each end of the pause for reference and was in no shape to do the math right.

Thanks

Dangerousdave26
October 25th, 2009, 05:53
We spent that day recuperating in Athens and doing some of the Honey Do list.

Now its off to Baghdad.

LGAT - ORBS

The plane has been inspected and is structurally sound. We have fueled up some what lighter than our first leg.

And we are off

Take off time is October 21 @ 0400 so we will arrive the same day and could be pushing the last of day light.

Dangerousdave26
October 25th, 2009, 07:21
Well this is an extension of what I had here yesterday.

Poor visibility at lower levels. Head winds all around.

To try and stay out of the winds I dropped down to 500' above sea level and I am still getting 15 kts right on the nose.

The fuel situation might be critical now as I dropped 20% that I thought I would not need. However at this altitude I am burning 11 GPH not 9 GPH.

Its a long way to go and hopefully I will get some help from the winds.

Dangerousdave26
October 25th, 2009, 09:41
Well I got sucked into going up for the promisses of a tail wind.

Of course as I went up it continued to roll over on the nose.

So I planted myself at 3500' with a cross wind. This gave me all the extra range I needed.

Hanging out at 3500 it started to look real good at 5900'. So I headed up and got a slightly quartering tail wind.

That snapped around to a 13 knot tail wind.

I hope it holds out.

Dangerousdave26
October 25th, 2009, 12:51
Over the Med and safely in Syria

About 400 nm to go.

Winds have been kinder for the last 300nm of this trip but its not over yet.

More than enough fuel on board there will be no need to divert.

Dangerousdave26
October 25th, 2009, 16:31
Down and Safe

Welcome to Baghdad

n3306tx
October 25th, 2009, 16:32
A few pics of Dave in Iraq enroute to Baghdad.

Dangerousdave26
October 29th, 2009, 14:28
Well we have sat on the ground far too long.

The weather looks pretty crappy so what the heck let the flight begin. :applause:

ORBS - OPKC Expect this one to get paused early tomorrow morning unless I get lucky...

or go down in flames. :icon_lol:

Dangerousdave26
October 29th, 2009, 16:32
Well we are safely out of the storm and it was not as bad as I thought it was going to be.

Do to the winds I climbed much higher than I originally flight planned for. I deemed 24 kts of quartering tail wind better than 16 kts on the nose. The problem is I had to come up to 10,000 to get it.

Oh well saved me from climbing up later I quess.

My ETE is for some time tomorrow.

Dangerousdave26
October 30th, 2009, 02:31
Just as I feared

the long range NDB just came into range 113nm and I am going to have to go to work. Which means pausing the sim shortly.

I am going to stretch it out as long as I can.

We will see how close I can get. :kilroy:

Dangerousdave26
October 30th, 2009, 02:45
I successfully removed myself from Multiplayer which could have been deadly.

Simulation Paused

Hope it lasts until I get back :icon_lol:

Spookster67
October 30th, 2009, 03:43
Simulation Paused

Hope it lasts until I get back :icon_lol:

Wow, my fingers are crossed for you. With less than 100nm to run, and over 12.5 hours flown, it would be really bad to lose it!! :icon_eek:

Dangerousdave26
October 30th, 2009, 11:47
Wish me luck...

Here we go

Simulation Resumed

Dangerousdave26
October 30th, 2009, 12:43
And we are down safe

I will do the math here in a few

Spookster67
October 30th, 2009, 12:52
That is another epic flight!! Well done. :applause:

Dangerousdave26
October 30th, 2009, 13:19
That is another epic flight!! Well done. :applause:

Thank You :monkies:

I am amazed the sim or Duenna did not puke today. :icon_lol:

Particulars... and you will want to check them over

Flight time: 22:09:41
Paused Time 9:00:29

Total Flight time 13:09:12

Average GS: 58.6 kts <-- this average ground speed is wrong. It includes the time I was paused.

Direct distance: 1298.6 nm

Average GS should be 99.1 kts


30/10/2009 10:40:22; 25.258417; 65.338056; 3983; 0; 112; 100; 0 <-- to establish benchmark
30/10/2009 10:50:23; 25.223915; 65.467668; 3983; 0; 112; 100; 0
30/10/2009 11:00:23; 25.223915; 65.467668; 3983; 0; 112; 100; 0
{skip a few}
30/10/2009 19:30:51; 25.223915; 65.467668; 3983; 0; 112; 100; 0
30/10/2009 19:40:51; 25.223915; 65.467668; 3983; 0; 112; 100; 0
30/10/2009 19:50:52; 25.186613; 65.607446; 3984; 0; 112; 100; 0 <-- to show flight resumed

If for any reason these numbers are deemed wrong...

Change them :icon_lol:

bpfowler
October 30th, 2009, 17:54
[race commentary]:costum:

HOLY TOLEDO, what a flight, Ray
-They dont fly like that in Toledo, Bob!
Nosirree, that's why he's the man with Danger in his name, Ray...
-And sand in his sinuses, Bob!

Dangerousdave26
October 31st, 2009, 06:16
After a short rest its off to VIAL

This is a short hop so we dumped out a fair amount of fuel planning on fueling up in once we get there.

OPKC - VIAL

ETE....

Who knows :icon_lol:

Dangerousdave26
October 31st, 2009, 13:33
Down and safe VIAL

Looking for the Pub Milton is in.

:guinness:

Flight Time 7:12:57

Dangerousdave26
October 31st, 2009, 14:19
Off again

VIAL - VYYY

Come on Milton Lets go.

:applause:

Dangerousdave26
October 31st, 2009, 18:18
What does 0.8 sm in visibilty mean?

Can't see :censored:

:icon_lol:

and that is what I got now.

Luckily now I am over the water...

or I should be. I can't see the ground :isadizzy:

Milton Shupe
October 31st, 2009, 19:33
cntrl+s might help :isadizzy:

Dangerousdave26
October 31st, 2009, 23:12
Down and Safe

More to come tomorrow but for now it's Bed Time for Bonzo.

:ernae:

Dangerousdave26
November 1st, 2009, 08:08
On to Singapore

VYYY - WSSL

Starting early in the morning to arrive during the day.

Dangerousdave26
November 1st, 2009, 18:17
Another Blazing Speed Flight and a Green Duenna

Dangerousdave26
November 5th, 2009, 15:56
I have Officially Grounded NC09DD Maroon Puss Moth.

Why you may ask...

My next leg is a long one. We are going to stretch the limits of human endurance. (not really :icon_lol:)

and I got Airshows to go to :applause:

This Saturday

http://www.wingsoverhomestead.com/

Next Saturday

http://www.vnaairshow.com/

So you may find me flying a little tiny leg on Team Melrose.

I look to resume my journey November 21, 2008

bpfowler
November 6th, 2009, 09:43
great flights DD. enjoy the shows, take pix, look forward to your Big Finish

srgalahad
November 6th, 2009, 09:59
uh oh.. DD's going to see REAL airplanes??

will he be overcome with the 3-dimensional appearance?
Will he be baffled by the fact they are larger than 18" from nose to tail?
will he ever return to the reality of FlightSim?

These and more questions may be answered in the upcoming days...

Dangerousdave26
November 25th, 2009, 11:30
20 Days in Singapore :isadizzy: Man what a hang over!

Gave myself just enough time to finish a few other projects too.

Now its time to hit the road :running:

WRKK awaits

Dangerousdave26
November 25th, 2009, 17:01
Still Plodding along

All is well.

Dangerousdave26
November 25th, 2009, 23:56
Down and Safe at WRKK

Dangerousdave26
November 26th, 2009, 04:22
On to Darwin YPDN

Milton Shupe
November 26th, 2009, 05:24
Now that's some serious flying in the spirit of C.J. Melrose. :ernae: :applause:

Can you imagine being cooped up, no bathroom breaks, no coffee, no snacks for 12 hours with no auto pilot. Yikes!

MM
November 26th, 2009, 05:50
Did the Moth get ESPN?

Dangerousdave26
November 26th, 2009, 06:33
Did the Moth get ESPN?

Probably as good as I do...

I don't own a Television. :icon_lol:

Dangerousdave26
November 26th, 2009, 06:58
Now that's some serious flying in the spirit of C.J. Melrose. :ernae: :applause:

Can you imagine being cooped up, no bathroom breaks, no coffee, no snacks for 12 hours with no auto pilot. Yikes!

I have a much keener hold on what it might have taken to pull this off.

I would also add there would have been more concern about navigation than I have to deal with.

The Puss Moth would not have had radios, no drift meter but probably much better charts than I have. The odds that he was concerned about where he was would have been very good.

Now back to my trip.

Since I left Singapore the weather has been in my favor until now.

Its cloudy the visibilty below me is probably the standard 6.2 sm of vis and I have an ever so slight head wind.

Still all is good should be in Darwin around 12:30 est.

salt_air
November 26th, 2009, 07:46
Some championship flying by you Dave.

One more thing young Jimmy had was that fact that he was 19 yrs old.

I don't event want to start thinking about the things I did at that age.

If I tried to do them now, I would suffer with broken bones in most cases and probably have a heart attack trying to do the others. :icon_lol:

Good fortune across the "Outback" and into Melbourne.

Dangerousdave26
November 26th, 2009, 08:46
Down and safe

Good thing Darwin has a NDB on each end of the run way. I could not see anything until I had the lights at 800'

Dangerousdave26
November 27th, 2009, 04:24
Looks like it will be a head wind bonanza but off we go to Charleville.

Dangerousdave26
November 27th, 2009, 10:09
Not quite so bad the winds have been all over the place but all less than 10 kts so who cares.

Moving along just fine

I will end up pausing this one also. Seems I started too late to be done when I need to this evening.

Dangerousdave26
November 27th, 2009, 13:56
All is well but its about time to Pause the sim and head out the door.

Cheers

:guinness:

Dangerousdave26
November 27th, 2009, 14:00
Simulation Paused

Dangerousdave26
November 27th, 2009, 16:46
Simulation resumed

Dangerousdave26
November 27th, 2009, 18:41
Down and Safe

Details to follow

Summary:
Direct distance: --------1207.9 nm
Flight time:-------------14:11:58
Pause time:--------------2:50:00 <--- correct as needed
Total Flight time---------11:22:58


Tracker Range

27/11/2009 22:50:24; -24.255360; 143.204217; 3799; 12; 111; 99; 0
27/11/2009 23:00:25; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
27/11/2009 23:10:26; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
27/11/2009 23:20:26; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
27/11/2009 23:30:27; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
27/11/2009 23:40:28; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
27/11/2009 23:50:29; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
28/11/2009 00:00:29; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
28/11/2009 00:10:29; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
28/11/2009 00:20:30; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
28/11/2009 00:30:31; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
28/11/2009 00:40:31; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
28/11/2009 00:50:31; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
28/11/2009 01:00:32; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
28/11/2009 01:10:32; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
28/11/2009 01:20:32; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
28/11/2009 01:30:33; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
28/11/2009 01:40:33; -24.456035; 143.439493; 3796; 0; 110; 99; 0
28/11/2009 01:50:34; -24.538952; 143.536487; 3767; -4; 111; 99; 0

srgalahad
November 28th, 2009, 05:26
Good work Dave.
With some luck I'll be able to fly 'escort' for you to YMEN before I shut down the computer for it's annual holiday.

Dangerousdave26
November 28th, 2009, 07:58
Time to bring this event to a close

YBCV - YMEN

Est time 6 hrs 47 mins

bpfowler
November 28th, 2009, 09:10
RAH RAH RAH!
Thanks for bringing the Moeuth home, DD.

Dangerousdave26
November 28th, 2009, 11:25
Its a battle of the winds here today.

Some of the best winds I have had through out the whole race.

Unless I get some serious head winds (which could still happen) I think you can throw out my estimate. :icon_lol:

Bry Rosier
November 28th, 2009, 11:51
I hit the Headwind wall at the New South Wales / Victoria state border so you may have good luck with the winds :)

srgalahad
November 28th, 2009, 12:19
Photo/escort Beech 18 amphib... anyone know where the brakes are in thi s thing.. 1900rpm, 29" MP. one notch of flap and I still have to keep doing circles to "keep up (back?) with Dave...

and we'd better take up a collection to buy him a new sliderule.. his old one is mighty worn out and inaccurate...:icon_lol:

Dangerousdave26
November 28th, 2009, 13:56
HAHA :icon_lol:

Down and safe

Holy Cats I could not have had any more diversity in weather.

srgalahad
November 28th, 2009, 14:02
Congratulations Dave
:medals: Worst estimate so far :icon_lol:
:medals:Perhaps the best landing in the worst weather... officially Zero vis (I saw you for a couple of seconds as you crossed the threshold (maybe 300 ft)

:icon29:

srgalahad
November 28th, 2009, 14:10
This is what it looked like a couple of minutes later .. without, and with fog

Bry Rosier
November 28th, 2009, 14:15
Congratulations Dave :ernae: A truly Gargantuan Effort to take the Moth all that way solo :) Superb

Dangerousdave26
November 28th, 2009, 14:16
Well I started out the leg with 100 nm of 13kts of tail wind.

Then I had 30 kts of cross wind...

Which became 30 kts of tail wind...

Which flipped to 30 kts of head wind giving me 4.3 seconds of over speed.

NICE

Then I got more tail winds...

Lots of Tail Winds for so long I am going to Declare Shenanigans on the Duenna.

After arriving almost an Hour early it only shows a net of 5.9 kts of tail wind.

No freaking way. :icon_lol:

Of course the arrival could not have been any more intense.

0.00 vis at the YMEN

Screen shots show the weather and the funky affect no visibility has on textures.

Try landing a plane when you are not sure where your plane is or where the runway is.

The only positive side is I could see the runway from a couple of miles off. It only got hairy on landing.

I thought I was going to stall the Puss Moth if I did not touch down soon.

Great Ozzie
November 28th, 2009, 14:21
Ok Dave... time to prove you're a real pilot and fly it all the way back to Mildenhall. :bump:
j/k of course! Nicely Done! What a way to end too! :ernae:

MM
November 28th, 2009, 14:47
Quite an achievement, Dave. Congratulations and getting the Puss Moth "all the way there" on a solo flight.

Come join us all in good cheer.:icon29:

srgalahad
November 28th, 2009, 14:56
Ok Dave... time to prove you're a real pilot and fly it all the way back to Mildenhall. :bump:
j/k of course!

Waddayamean "j/k"??? Jimmy Melrose did it (of course the other way round).

In fact, I think everyone should fly their birds back home.. except the Staggerwing which has been sold to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.. or was the the SPCA ..hmmmmm. Whatever.. they are mailing the cheque to Mexico for me.
:running:

Rob

arrvoo
November 28th, 2009, 15:16
Excellent stuff Dave, well done

Great Ozzie
November 29th, 2009, 09:22
Waddayamean "j/k"??? Jimmy Melrose did it (of course the other way round).

In fact, I think everyone should fly their birds back home.. except the Staggerwing which has been sold to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.. or was the the SPCA ..hmmmmm. Whatever.. they are mailing the cheque to Mexico for me.


Rob
This is most excellent news and how fortuitous for Milton! I'm sure he was wondering how he was going to make the 100+ hour journey back in the Melrose Moth. But now that you're available Sir Rob... what's that Australian saying you can tell Milton? Ah! "No Worries Mate!" :icon_lol:

donlimpio
December 1st, 2009, 05:39
Bravo! Well done indeed!
best olli

bpfowler
December 1st, 2009, 06:07
got this in late, Dave, but that was a hckuva job, flying the moth solo. This race has been a pure pleasure to follow and an inspirition for me to ...try.. to learn to fly well enough to be a team member in some poor unsuspecting race of the future.

cheerio from the Melbourne Root Beer Salon and Topless Raquet Club... :guinness:

brady

EdGeneer
December 1st, 2009, 12:23
Excellent job Dave!!! Well Done....!!!

Interesting approach with the texture issue....

For that, have two cold beers on the house!!!! :icon29: