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Paul this is looking really good! I am sure the remaining things will fall into place over time as you tweak the program. I sometimes find leaving a program for a while helps; sometimes out of the...

Congrats Austin. That looks like a real winner run there! Makes one wonder if Amelia Earhart had flown this race, would the winning line-up have been different?

Sorry about the belated message. Great run, congratulations, and thanks for sharing this adventure and bringing young Jimmy Melrose's accomplishments back to life so vividly! These pilots really...

Thank you everyone! Once again a big thank you to Miss Nellie and the race administration!

That was an altogether different experience to the run to Melbourne, with new lessons learned (planning...

Good luck for your last leg/legs (two maybe required to get home?). That is quite some pace the King of Beeches is setting (261kts GS average so far!). Little sister Beech can only dream of such...

"Congratulations on bringing Uiver back to Melbourne. Really an amazing accomplishment. We are glad you did not have to make use of our racecourse, all prepared for you just in case. We would like to...

And just to complete the whole racing story, a real permafigging morning welcome it was. ILS approach in an was only at the 500ft callout that the RW lights became visible, thank goodness dead-ahead...

Well this is it I guess. Weather still being most unkind to racers toady, just have to make the best of it!

Taking-off LIPQ for EGUN

Wall to wall clouds tops at around 10000 ft pretty much all the way from Athens.

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Taking off LGAV for LIPQ

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Flight Time: 02:30:36
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00...

Just going to do a couple of short legs for the sake of finishing. No more racing the clock required.

Taking Off HEAX for LGAV

Low on fuel had to land at LATI. Crashed into a mountain while handling bad weather, poorly planned approach, in the dark. Plane destroyed and with a crash like that no survivors I am afraid.

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Best split I can make of the 2 legs remaining. Winds on this leg again not great, Low pressure system seems stuck over Spain, so no help there! Hope I make it on fuel!

Taking off HEAX for LDDU

Enjoyed that leg; some more scenery to look at once getting to the Sinai Area. Israeli jets left us alone as we skimmed just clear of their airspace. Scared up many camel caravans over Saudi Arabia...

Not hanging around any longer in this oasis surrounded by a sea of sand. Met office also reports winds en-route to HEAX are likely to get stronger form the WNW. So off to the historical city of...

Well done Mike. A Beech makes it into the finishing list!

Safely down at Hail. No hail but dang these winds!

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Flight Time: 03:26:27
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Cannot wait around anymore. Westerly to northwesterly winds are persisting - nothing to be done about that except select the most favorable flight level.

Taking Off OMAD-OEHL

Well I guess the more southerly route did help; managed to get up to 229Kts GS on a long stretch which would have been impossible further north. Only problem passing over MUSCAT I got the shivers -...

After a night here, spent at the hotel seriously reviewing weather, and changing flight plans to make the best of a rather bad wind situation, decided to head to the airport early, get the bird out...

Had to fly low to get any chance against the winds. In permafig all the way. Oh the wonders of modern avionics - TAWS to check clearance of the mountains as they loomed up out of the mist. ILS into...

Taking off VIAL for OPKC

Landed at VIAL. Looks like my run of good winds is over! Hard to get any speed out of this one in a 8-10kt headwind.

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Departing VEBS for VIAL (NOT Z13T!)