arrvoo /Modern GA / Beechcraft Duke

**arrvoo** · November 27th, 2009, 09:55

On to Iskandar in Indonesia

**arrvoo** · November 27th, 2009, 12:16

Had to drop a few thousand feet to catch the tailwinds. Went pretty good. Going to have a quick turnaround for the next leg

**arrvoo** · November 27th, 2009, 12:17

A top up of fuel then heading for one of three airports in Indonesia, depending on winds.

**arrvoo** · November 27th, 2009, 15:28

Decided to land at H Hasan Aroeboesman (WATE). Surrounded by hills which made for quite a steep approach. But well worth the effort as it's an absolutely beautiful place. Think i may stop here for a while and see what the natives have to offer.

**arrvoo** · November 28th, 2009, 08:20

Time to head for Darwin, Australia

**arrvoo** · November 28th, 2009, 11:01

We have landfall on Australasia (although i promise i never "fell"). Uneventful flight over the ocean. Mild headwinds but not too bad.

**Bry Rosier** · November 28th, 2009, 11:52

Welcome to Australia Bro , :ernae:

MM · November 28th, 2009, 12:58

From one Dookie to another, bring it on.

**arrvoo** · November 29th, 2009, 07:23

Across the northern territory to Mt Isa

**arrvoo** · November 29th, 2009, 10:29

Nice little trip, with light headwinds and great scenery.

**arrvoo** · November 29th, 2009, 10:34

Fuel is topped off, time for penultimate leg to Charlesville

**arrvoo** · November 29th, 2009, 12:46

I got the tailwinds back for this leg, what a refreshing change.

**arrvoo** · November 30th, 2009, 09:51

Final leg in the nick of time.
Precision Time Attempt 2hrs 53mins

**arrvoo** · November 30th, 2009, 12:59

Oops, ran out of fuel and crashed 2.3 miles from the runway. Near enough to haul all the pieces to the airport for the mechanics to put it back together for the return trip. While i go and get myself i nice cool beer

**Bry Rosier** · November 30th, 2009, 13:20

Welcome to Essendon Bro , even if it was a little walk at the end

:ernae:

MM · November 30th, 2009, 15:30

Drinks are on the house!

donlimpio · December 1st, 2009, 05:37

cheers!

MM · December 1st, 2009, 09:27

Just for the record: the final leg counts as "completed with a crash landing." Our calculations show that Harv ran out of fuel about 1.7nm from the Essendon runway which, in this case, counts as crashing at the airport. So the official scoring is as the Duenna reported Flight Time plus the crash-landing penalty.

"My kingdom for a half-gallon of gas..."