Highmike - Golden Age - Spartan

**Highmike** · October 19th, 2009, 22:31

I have the baton EGUN - LFML in the Spartan.

Good luck to all the adventurers taking part in this recreation of our glorious past!

Mike Beckwith

**Highmike** · October 20th, 2009, 01:20

Baton free at LFML.

Mixed bad of winds over Western Europe this morning. Clear blue skies over England, but getting progressively overcast approaching the Mediterranean.

**Highmike** · October 21st, 2009, 12:57

I have the baton LFML - LIRA in the Spartan.

**Highmike** · October 21st, 2009, 14:36

Baton free at LIRA.

Good tail wind all the way! Here's a nice shot of the Spartan over the Mediterranean Sea:

**Highmike** · October 23rd, 2009, 14:58

I have the baton LIRA - LGAT in the Spartan.

**Highmike** · October 23rd, 2009, 17:36

Baton free at LGAT.

Bumpy ride most of the way! Lost Otto at one stage until I found the avionics switch; thanks for the comprehensive VC Milton!

**Milton Shupe** · October 23rd, 2009, 18:01

Looking good my friend ... charge!

**Highmike** · October 25th, 2009, 16:16

Okay, let's check out Syria: LGAT - OSAP

**Highmike** · October 25th, 2009, 19:24

Made it to OSAP.

IMC for the first half - only the inside of clouds to look at. Cloudless sky over Syria.

**Highmike** · October 27th, 2009, 14:26

Off to see my Dad - Baghdad. OSAP - ORBI

**Highmike** · October 27th, 2009, 16:15

Landed okay at ORBI.

Very late descending, so I had to circle the field several times.

Please see flight tracking data to correct Duenna landing airport error:
http://www.fsrtwrace.com/track/ShowF...shXVSuKy5RwKZk

**Highmike** · October 29th, 2009, 13:11

Looking for evidence of ancient Mesopotamia. ORBI - OIBB

**Highmike** · October 29th, 2009, 15:13

Down safe at OIBB.

What do pilots do to pass the time during long flights?

**Highmike** · October 31st, 2009, 15:32

I hope the weather's clear at Jask - no NDB! OIBB - OIZJ

**Highmike** · October 31st, 2009, 17:34

Down safe at OIZJ.

I guess there's no NDB here because the sky is always blue.

**Highmike** · November 2nd, 2009, 14:03

Let's leave Persia behind us. OIZJ - OPKC

**Highmike** · November 2nd, 2009, 16:30

Down safe at OPKC.

The weather updated just after I landed, and it didn't look too good!

**Highmike** · November 4th, 2009, 15:32

Criss-crossing across India today - not many NDBs. Heading for my compulsory stop at Allahabad. OPKC - VIAL

**Highmike** · November 4th, 2009, 19:34

Down safe at VIAL.

I got so lucky with the weather. The first shot shows visibility on final, and the second shows how the weather cleared a few moments later. Whew!

**Highmike** · November 6th, 2009, 14:06

Seems I'll be battling through the smog again. VIAL - VECC

**Great Ozzie** · November 6th, 2009, 14:40

Originally Posted by Highmike

What do pilots do to pass the time during long flights?

Seems pilots 70+ years later do the same thing (at least a couple at NWA)... they were so busy flying the MacRobertson they forgot their own (real) flight!