Search:

Down safe at YMEN. And 5 minutes faster for that last leg than 5 years ago! :untroubled:

15555

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/logs/6CzTREsVne953qFchbb859o9E8.txt

Flight Time: 03:09:57
Routine...

1h 2mins - over Bourke (NDB BKE). Blue skies, gentle tailwind, and a lot of outback...

2h 12mins - passing Griffith. Still got a tailwind. About 1 hour to run.

My time for this leg in the...

Last leg to Melbourne. Looks like a nice day for flying. Departing for YMEN.

Thanks. Although there is still daylight in Australia, I'll leave the last leg until tomorrow now. I've flown enough already today!

Thanks for the advice Fred. I'll give that a try.

Hooray! This time my PC managed a 5:59 flight. Down safely at Charleville, YBCV.

15475

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/logs/0wTmBuLf0MCWCYXmWpomXxM5cZo.txt

Flight Time: 05:59:51
Routine Ground...

Well I'll have to re-fly it - launching again from YPDN.

Arrrggghhh! Another complete PC lockup. :pop4:

5h 40mins into a 5h 50mins flight. I was almost within sight of Charleville. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

...

3h 30mins - overhead Mount Isa, a city in the middle of the outback. Over half way to Charleville...

5h 30 mins - the Charleville NDB has popped up. About 70nm to run.

Thanks Roman!

2h 50mins - in the middle of the outback... But at least a couple of NDBs in range, so I'm happy I'm still on track. About 30 mins to Mount Isa.

Penultimate leg, to Charleville. Not a great deal to see on this leg, so I'm setting off in the night for a daylight arrival, and giving myself enough daylight left for possibly flying on to...

Thanks Robert! :very_drunk:

Down safe at Darwin, YPDN.

15314

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/logs/7gGAqpn8QTgqkvoISe1X2fn5og.txt

Flight Time: 02:04:45
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty...

In theory, this should be one of the simplest hops, with just a two hour trip across the sea. However, I remember that in the 2009 L-M race I arrived in a thunderstorm, and managed to break the gear...

Down safe at WATT.

15262

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/logs/9FJve19SQ76e2h29hKo58tucr0U.txt

Flight Time: 06:41:06
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time:...

Thanks!

2h 45m - so far so good. Crossing the tip of Indonesia's main land mass, and heading out over the Java Sea.

5h 35m - back over land, and crossing the East Nusa Tenggara island. Nice...

Departing now, for WATT. Fingers crossed my PC can manage a 7 hour hop.

Down safe at WSSL. The PC behaved itself, thankfully.

15229

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/logs/uH5OlkQAAn4dk7zlQYeGWplokSs.txt

Flight Time: 01:48:02
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special...

Thanks.

Launching again now, to WSSL.

edit: and aborting again - same PC lockup, after just 14 minutes. I'll need to get this fixed before I carry on. Time for some system maintenance.
...

55 minutes in, and the PC suddenly locked up completely. :pop4: Nothing responding, so the only way out was the reset switch. :confusion:

Not sure if that's a "bail out", or whether it counts as...

A quick re-fuel, and now taking off for a short leg to the next mandatory stop at WSSL.

Down safe at WMKA.

15180

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/logs/S2lkufSL8Fft7uwg6rv4RE4ZqA.txt

Flight Time: 07:35:36
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time:...

Heading out well before dawn, to give myself a chance at two daytime arrivals today. VIAL to WMKA now, but may try to reach WSSL by tonight.

Down safe at VIAL.


15103

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/logs/tgyT8KsLNzdWBjZHwV3HkzfCSg.txt


Flight Time: 02:10:40
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00

A quick refuel and I'm pushing on, VIJO to VIAL. Will be dark by the time I get there, but the runways have lights.

(first take-off roll aborted, when I realised I was taking off from VIAL, not...