PRB's MacRobertson Machinations

[PRB]

Here's where I'll post my stuff.

[PRB]

I'm off on a great adventure. Headed to France. Wish me luck.

[huub vink]

Good luck Paul! You're a brave man with the aircraft you have chosen

Huub

[PRB]

Thanks Huub!

Here we are, just after take off, at 6000 feet, headed for the Channel.

[PRB]

Landed LFML (checking point)
Flight Time: 02:38:10
Routine Ground Time: 0:00:00
Special Ground Time: 0:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

A lovely day over southern France!

[PRB]

Taking off shortly for Rome.

[PRB]

Had a fun filled flight from Marseille to Rome. I picked LIRA, on account of the long runways there and the little beastie I need to set upon it
without bending anything. Again there were thunderstorms on final approach, and again the landing would fill the heart of an instructor pilot with
trepidation. But, all the big pieces are still attached, so it's all good. Kodaks show us flying over our check point, the airport Poretta, on the
northern tip of the island of Corsica, and flying over Rome, looking for LIRA.

Arrived LIRA (control point)
Flight Time: 01:35:29
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

[PRB]

Heading for Greece, where I will grease the landing.

[PRB]

Headed down the coast. Flyin down the highway. Course 109.

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Ooh look, there's the harbor at Taranto down there, with the dubious distinction of being the site of the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier attack on the Italian fleet in 1940, and giving the Japanese navy an idea...

[PRB]

Arrived LGTT
Flight Time: 02:23:42
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

Fun flight.

[SkippyBing]

Ooh look, there's the harbor at Taranto down there, with the dubious distinction of being the site of the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier attack on the Italian fleet in 1940, and giving the Japanese navy an idea...

Nice spot! We'll be commemorating the 74th anniversary on the 11th of November, with hardly any mocking of the RAF...

[PRB]

Interesting, SB!

Ok, off to Syria. 650 miles, so I'll have to go high and throttle back to make it.

[PRB]

I'm pretty sure I'm over south western Turkey. The gas is half way gone so that must mean I'm half way there. The ADF stations are thinning out a bit...

[PRB]

Back over The Med! Almost there. I think.

[PRB]

OSAP!

Flight Time: 02:53:52
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

On to Bag-Dad

[PRB]

On the road to Baghdad. I'm headed direct to the ADF station at Dier Zzor, just because it's the only one along the way, and is a short range station. Wouldn't want to miss it out here...

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OR0G!

Flight Time: 01:40:37
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

[PRB]

Going to OIBB.

[PRB]

Made it down safe at Bushehr (OIBB).

Flight Time: 01:44:54
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

[PRB]

Headed for JASK. Hope I can find it. No ADF station there!

[PRB]

Motoring down the Persian Gulf. Cool shot of the southern end of the Zagros Mountains, along the coast of Iran. Don't need an engine failure now...

[Moses03]

Motoring.......

[PRB]

Made it to JASK! Of course, this leg was the first one in which I encountered permafig, and the first airport without an NDB station. Why should I be surprised about that?

Flight Time: 01:58:51
Routine Ground Time: 0:45:00
Special Ground Time: 0:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

[PRB]

Off to Karachi.

You know, I've discovered something interesting about this Gee Bee. It has no rudder. Well, it has one, and it even moves to and fro when you push on the pedals in the cockpit, but that's just to make the pilot think he's actually making a positive contribution to the guidance of the aircraft, one way or another. In fact the rudder has almost no effect whatsoever on the flying characteristics of the beastly ship.