Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Allahabad
So very glad the skies cleared about 40 miles out or this might be different
OIZJ - VIAL
Flight Time: 10:52:13
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Allahabad
So very glad the skies cleared about 40 miles out or this might be different
OIZJ - VIAL
Flight Time: 10:52:13
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
This should be entertaining...
Departing VIAL for either VTSP or WSSL depending on the wind. Testing shows enough fuel to go the full 1907nm to Singapore (with a modest tailwind) but what will happen while I nap over the Andaman Sea is anyone's guess.
Call Raffles and tell them to keep my reservation open for tomorrow night
ETE 17:04
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Phew! That will be a very long haul......almost lindbergish.....hope you stay awake..
Good luck
Keith
Ten and a half hours in and nothing to see but black sky and black water ( at least I THINK it's water below me) somewhere off the coast of Burma/Thailand/Malaysia. There might be a glimmer in the eastern sky to herald a dawn but it might be my eyes playing tricks.
Awake? Heck no! a fitful but beneficial series of naps has me rested if not alert for the coming day...
Also had a chance to guesstimate range and it looks like Singapore will have to wait. However I cannot be sure until I get within range of some sort of navigation aid.
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Land ho!
Also got signal from NDB at Kawthoung (KT) which indicates I' about 70 nm NW of Phuket.
Phuket! That leaves me about 80 miles short on fuel to reach Seletar... looks like it might have to be Alor Setar for fuel...
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
The Falcon has landed!
Regrettably, at Alor Setar but at least it's an Official Checking Point so penalty-free.
Flight Time: 14:40:23
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Hmmm. Looks like 1800 st miles is the limit then........? Brook must have been running on fumes then for his return journey!
Anyway glad you (nearly) made Raffles!
Keith
It was the wind.. the wind, I tell ya!
Actually if the winds held on the tail or even likely zero component I should have made it. With 12Kt on the tail before I cleared the Indian coast the magic box was telling me I had about 80nm to spare. Overnight the winds shifted to about a -10 component for some 9 hours. At the end, while trying to find some speed I ended up calculating it to be about 90nm short. Not enough to test the glide capabilities of the Miles
Close, but no cookie!
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Off to Singapore (Seletar) light on fuel as it's a quick(?) 3 hour run hopefully at low level if the visibility holds up
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
"Hello Raffles? Can you sent a car to the airport please?"
Arrived WSSL
Flight Time: 03:05:22
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Glad you got to Raffles without losing your deposit for your booking!
Keith
Allright!
The kind folks at the hotel are hinting that my credit has almost maxed out so I'd best be on my way.
Singapore to Darwin via Selaparang
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Arrived WRRA
Flight Time: 08:02:02
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Look out Darwin! here we come!
WRRA - YPDN
One hop, nonstop
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Gimme a Foster's mate!
Flight Time: 07:21:55
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Only one? Congratulations as the rest of the flight is just routineOriginally Posted by srgalahad
Watch out for the flying kangaroos
Cheer,
Huub
Off to the middle of nowhere - 10.5 hrs to Charleville
One (keg of) Foster's at hand...
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Hope you have fitted a recycling tank then!
Good luck
Keith
Charleville at last!
Flight Time: 10:17:45
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00
Attachment 15385
1207 miles of flying- 1000 of them in THIS
Looks more like Shanghai
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Bottom of the ninth, none out, runner on third... time for the game-winning run...
YBCV to YMEN
Online SOH 23456
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
DONE!
Safe and sound after a semi-instrument approach to YMEN.
Direct distance: 682.4 nm
Flight time: 05:26:28
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
Congrats on your arrival in Melbourne. Only 10 short legs. Great Job!!!! Well Done!!!
Jeff
"Providence Permittin"
Great Job!
Roman
That was pretty epic. Well done!
MB: GIGABYTE GA-X299 UD4 PRO ATX
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ Processor i9-10900X Ten-Core 3.7GHz
MEM: 64GB (8GBx8) DDR4/3000MHz Quad Channel
GPU: RTX 3080 Ti 12GB GDDR6
OS: Win 10 Pro 64bit
HP Reverb G2
In summary I did well relative to the plan.
Good winds helped, or didn't hinder, and I was about 9 hours better than the original flight plan. Could have shaved about an hour off the total with a bit more daring on the early legs and that might have gotten my time to be better than that Sick-Horse-Key but I'm pretty satisfied with the results for a 130HP, 110Kt prototype single-engined tourer.
I hear they have a thing called the "King's Cup" and I might have to investigate that as it's a lot shorter than a trip down-under.
"To some the sky is the limit. To others it is home" anon.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
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