PRB - Golden Age - Lockheed L9

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Off to Calcutta. VIAL --> VECC.

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Down safe at VECC.

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Enough partying in Calcutta. Time to kick the fires and light the tires. VECC --> VYSW.

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Made it to VYSW.

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I'm going to Rangoon (VYSW --> VYYY)

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Rangoon (VYYYYY) in the log book. This Lockeed 9 is a sweet ship. I like it more each leg!

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On the road to Bangkok (VYYY --> VTBD)

[MaddogK]

better hurry up PRB, got a tiger of a tailwind coming outta Bangkok. Bring your umbrella and surfboard, stay clear of the ceiling because your gonna get tossed around and WET.

[PRB]

Thanks, MD. I've got a decent tail wind going on now, at 10,000 feet. Got tossed around pretty good climbing up here, but it's smooth at the moment.

[MaddogK]

bout 150 S of Bangkok got a MAJOR wind transition, otto almost killed me so be careful.

[PRB]

Rgr, TY. Next leg will take me south from Bangkok on the longest leg of my flight plan (460 NM).

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Made it to Bangkok (VTBD)

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Long leg today (for the little Lockheed anyway.) From Bangkok, south over the Gulf of Siam, across the Malay Peninsula, to the RAF base at Alor Star. Wish me luck (VTBD --> WMKA).

[PRB]

Down safe @ Alor Star (WMKA). Had a decent tail wind for the whole trip, which was noce.

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On to Singapore (WMKA --> WSSL). Lets see if I can manage to land on the right airport this time...

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Oops. Knew I forgot something. Gas! 17 gallons left after that long flight from Bangkok. Diverting to WMBI for non-aromatic gas. If I can find it. It has an ADF station nearby, which I have already picked up, so finding it shouldn't be difficult. Getting free gas from the locals might be more of a challenge...

[PRB]

Ok,I landed at Taiping (WMBI) for gas. I traded some slightly used cinder blocks for 120 gallons of U.S. non-aromatic gasoline. I stopped the duenna at Taiping, since I filled up with gas, and the duenna would have had a fit over that. I'll post the two duennas when I get to Singapore and take the penalty associated with landing at an unauthorized airport, refueling at a non-approved re-fueling stop, and for being a dumb-s*** for forgeting to refuel at WMKA.

[PRB]

Made it to WSSL, by way of WMBI for gas.

[srgalahad]

were those cinder blocks "inadvertantly not untied" from your tailskid when you took off from WMKA?????

(True story.. a Beaver can take off with a 5 gal. pail full of concrete tied to it's tail... but Poly rope doesn't handle the dragging and twisting very well for very long...)

[PRB]

I'm going to Palembang, on the "Big Island" of Sumatra. That's where Toba was ("ka-boom"). I got gas this time... (WSSL --> WIPP)

[PRB]

Down safe at WIPP.

[PRB]

Ok, out of beer, time to leave Palembang. I think I'll head on across the Sunda Straight, maybe get a kodak of Krakatau, son of Krakatoa, and then on to Bandung (WIPP --> WICC)

[PRB]

Wow, it's raining cats n dogs at Palembag! A real "frog strangler"

[MM]

Frog Strangler!

[PRB]

Made it to Bandung (WICC). Duenna has it as WIIB, which is FS9 data. It's raining here too. Haven't seen any of those famous Commando Dragons yet. Some will note the detour. I know I know, it's supposed to be a race, but I needed pics of the volcano in the Sunda Straight!