Moses' Melbourne Or Bust Revisited / Lockheed Twin

***Moses03*** · November 4th, 2009, 14:27

Time to get moving. Departing for Rangoon (VYYY).

***Moses03*** · November 4th, 2009, 19:15

Finally down in Rangoon/Yangon (VYYY). Welcomed uneventful flight. Tried like heck to find a tailwind but it wasn't meant to be. We must have looked like a wounded dolphin constantly going up and down looking for the least resistance.

***Moses03*** · November 5th, 2009, 15:32

Off to Alor Star (WMKA).

***Moses03*** · November 5th, 2009, 18:56

Down safe in soggy, humid WMKA.

***Moses03*** · November 6th, 2009, 08:20

Short flight in the rain to Checkpoint Charlie-WSSL.

***Moses03*** · November 6th, 2009, 10:06

Arrived in Singapore. Weather cleared up some about 100 miles out.

***Moses03*** · November 6th, 2009, 14:32

You can get a lot of flying in when you have a day off from work and the wife and kids are off visiting family.

The Esso map is marked up for Selaparang (WRRA). Departing momentarily.

***Moses03*** · November 6th, 2009, 19:14

Down safe in Indonesia (WRRA). What an exotic land. Volcanoes!

***Moses03*** · November 8th, 2009, 15:17

Heading out over the Timor Sea to Kupang (WRKK).

***PRB*** · November 8th, 2009, 15:27

I like volcanoes.

***Moses03*** · November 8th, 2009, 15:29

Drat! Had a CTD 10 min into flight.

Restarting here in a few.

***Moses03*** · November 8th, 2009, 15:37

Okay, rebooted and stuff. Off again-

***Willy*** · November 8th, 2009, 17:04

Drat! I'll have to pay that VooDoo high priest for another CTD! :d

***Moses03*** · November 8th, 2009, 17:12

Originally Posted by Willy

Drat! I'll have to pay that VooDoo high priest for another CTD! :d

Dang, tough crowd! Just remember, I have cinder block minions stationed all along the race course. Hope your aircraft has a locking door and someone with insomnia on board.

***PRB*** · November 8th, 2009, 17:14

He has minions!

***Moses03*** · November 8th, 2009, 17:38

Surfed right in to WRKK. Next stop, Australia!

***Moses03*** · November 12th, 2009, 17:44

Departing for Darwin (YPDN).

Was interested to find out that Kupang was where Captain Bligh and his loyalists of "The Bounty" fame made shore after being set adrift by Fletcher Christian and the mutaneers.

***Willy*** · November 12th, 2009, 19:03

There's a rumor floating about that the Australian Customs in Darwin has been tipped off to some dastardly Lockheeds trying to smuggle cinderblocks of mass destruction into the country. No idea who would have started such a rumor while in Darwin....

***Moses03*** · November 12th, 2009, 20:00

Who me? You might check with Mr. Lockheed-PRB on cinderblock smuggling...

...Then out of the gloom, Darwin appeared. Bit of a rough bouncy landing but down in one piece. Need to check the left main for any wear and tear after that one.

Off to Humpty Doo for a cold beverage and a much welcomed hot bath.

***Willy*** · November 12th, 2009, 20:05

Welcome to Oz! :ernae:

***Moses03*** · November 14th, 2009, 16:16

Real life goings on might scuttle the effort but here we go anyways. Heading out to Cloncurry (YCCY).

"Using MSFS FS9 Weather Engine"

***Moses03*** · November 14th, 2009, 19:49

Made it without incident to YCCY.

**bpfowler** · November 15th, 2009, 17:14

looking forward to seeing the big Lockheed make it to Melbourne.
Thanks Moses, for getting me set for the next Electra event!

cheerio,
brady

***Moses03*** · November 18th, 2009, 15:22

Miss Electra onward and upward to Charleville (YBCV).

***Moses03*** · November 18th, 2009, 17:38

Safe at YBCV. Nice crisp dash over the scrub. Had drifted too far west of Isisford to spot which was my VFR waypoint (no NDB), but when I picked up the Charleville beacon I was only about 4 deg off.

One more hop!