PRB - Golden Age - Lockheed L9

***PRB*** · October 20th, 2009, 14:52

Ok, headed for France with baton. EGUN - LFPB.

***PRB*** · October 20th, 2009, 16:17

First leg in the bag. The Channel Crossing went without incident. But there are lots of nav-aids here...

**EasyEd** · October 20th, 2009, 16:42

Hey All,

Why are you carrying a baton?

It isn't the RTW.

That's a good plane BTW my second choice by just a hair. Look up laura Ingalls sometime. However it is also true that Wiley Post and Will Rodgers died in one of those.

-Ed-

***Willy*** · October 20th, 2009, 16:50

Shhh! We weren't telling him about Post and Rodgers! :d

***PRB*** · October 21st, 2009, 04:37

You mean I don't need this baton thing I got stashed in the back? Dang, nobody tells me anything!

***PRB*** · October 21st, 2009, 12:21

Oops. I uploaded the wrong text file (system log) after my last (first) leg. Here's the correct one.

***PRB*** · October 22nd, 2009, 13:43

I'm off for parts unknown. Ok, I made that part up. Actually I'm taking my baton to Lyon (LFLY)

***PRB*** · October 22nd, 2009, 14:39

Lets see, blue on top, green and brown below, and the ADF needle just swung to life, and pointing in (more or less) the same direction I'm going. So far so good...

**menekod28** · October 22nd, 2009, 14:47

Excellent...

***PRB*** · October 22nd, 2009, 15:05

Made it to Lyon. Whoohoo.

***PRB*** · October 23rd, 2009, 12:29

Off to the Mediterranean Coast of France (LFML). I hear they have interesting beach facilities for the vacationing public down there.

***Moses03*** · October 23rd, 2009, 12:44

P- If your Orion feels a little tail heavy, I have attached a spotters guide for you. Hope it helps.

***PRB*** · October 23rd, 2009, 12:48

I was wondering why I needed so much nose down trim. Dastardly I tell you. There is much skullduggery about!

***PRB*** · October 23rd, 2009, 12:57

Do cinder blocks cause head winds? 'Cause that's all I've seen since the start of this trip!

***PRB*** · October 23rd, 2009, 13:27

Down safe at LFML.

***PRB*** · October 24th, 2009, 02:46

Over the Med. LFML > LIRA.

***PRB*** · October 24th, 2009, 03:57

Just flew over Corsica, right over the bay just south of the city of Bastia, which puts me right perfectly on course. CAVU weather helps. Corsica is hard to miss...

***PRB*** · October 24th, 2009, 04:59

Down safe at Rome.

***PRB*** · October 24th, 2009, 06:08

Next up LIRA -----> LIBR

***PRB*** · October 24th, 2009, 07:40

Down safe at LIBR.

***PRB*** · October 24th, 2009, 12:34

Put some gas in the Lockheed, got a hotdog at the 7/11, and I'm back in the air, headed for LGAT.

***PRB*** · October 24th, 2009, 12:49

I guess that would be the VII/XI over here...

***PRB*** · October 24th, 2009, 14:46

Made it to LGAT, which is a closed airport, BTW. Hopefully I'll "borrow" some gasoline and be on my way before the authorities ever know I was here!

***Willy*** · October 24th, 2009, 16:02

LGAT is very much open in FS9. I guess you get more with it than you do FSX

***PRB*** · October 25th, 2009, 05:14

Did some googling. Seems LGAT was closed around the time the Olympics were held in Greece in 2004. The area was used for some other purpose related to the Olymipics. This explains why the airport is still open in FS9 but closed in FSX. Interesting.

Anyhow, I'm off to see Crete (LGIR)