salt_air's Nifty 50's Rock around the "RIM"

[salt_air]

Let the good times roll!

Best of luck to all of us!

Taking off from Darwin to go pick up a quick bonus at Timor-Leste enroute to the first required.

YPDN-WPDL

[salt_air]

Down safe for a Night Landing (1 of 3 required) at WPDL and a 30 min bonus (Timor-Leste).

743.3 lbs of fuel used.

Clear skies and tailwinds,,,how you like them apples?

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Correction on the bonus 0 min

[Vicious]

Congrats on being the first to complete a leg in the race.

Vicious

[jkcook28]

Austin, that looks to be on the "no bonus" list, is it not?

Bonuses...


Other Nearby Countries (No Landing Bonus)

Territory of New Guinea (Australia) (Now PNG)

Portuguese Timor

Brunei (British)

Burma

Laos

USSR (No Bonus)

[MaddogK]

Don't fret Salt, I missed it too (the whole section seems to have been amended after I read the rules, and committed to the race),

Funny that:

Originally Posted by RedGreen

Originally Posted by RedGreen Does Hong Kong count as a 30 minute bonus (as a British Protectorate)?

...Moses answers:

Yes. You have to land outside of Hong Kong to pick up China bonus.

...tho

Excluded Countries (No Landing Allowed)

USSR (Except UHPP)

Peoples Republic of China (Mainland China)

North Korea

Good show on that night landing

[salt_air]

Yep,

RTFM.....I made an edit to show 0 min bonus on the first leg, thanks John!

Oh yeah,,,,thanks Vicious and Maddog!!

Now we press on....

[Moses03]

We are doing the best we can with the rules. Apologies for any confusion.


I can't speak for the others but maybe next time when I am trying to go through a dozen race related emails with the kids tugging at my knees and the Mrs needing help and I have all of about 15 min to catch up on all that and new posts, I can be more accurate the first time around...


Sorry Austin for gumming up your race thread. Good luck to you!

[salt_air]

We are doing the best we can with the rules. Apologies for any confusion.


I can't speak for the others but maybe next time when I am trying to go through a dozen race related emails with the kids tugging at my knees and the Mrs needing help and I have all of about 15 min to catch up on all that and new posts, I can be more accurate the first time around...


Sorry Austin for gumming up your race thread. Good luck to you!

Hey there Moses!,

No need for appologies to me sir,,,,it's right there in black and white.....

I'm tickled to death with how you guys are running the show and glad to be here!

That was my bad.

Thanks for the well wishes and right back at cha!

[salt_air]

Let's see,,,,a little over 600 NM and arrow straight course over four equal spaced NDB's...hmm..

Reckon I'll head over to Bali Int'l.

I'll keep the time set up the same way grab another one in the dark!

Nice long runway and straight in approach.....yowza!

WPDL-WRRR

[jkcook28]

Ironically, according to my maps, had you landed on the west half of Timor, you could have claimed the Indonesian bonus!

[salt_air]

I hear ya John,,,,reckon I'll get it now.

This will be just like everything else I do,,,,I figure out the best way right about the time I finish it.

The Shooting Star is down and safe at Bali Int'l. (WRRR)

This was another night landing,,,,that makes 2 out of 3 ,,,,and a 30 min bonus for Indonesia.

1039.4 lbs of fuel used on this trip for a running total of 1782.7 lbs

Once again clear skies and favorable winds.

Gonna leave it parked for a bit and take a break before heading to the first required airport, Halim Int'l at Jakarta (WIIH).

[salt_air]

Okay after looking at Willy's post, I think I'll change the format up some on the arrival posts so all this is easier to read.

Meanwhile.....

Let's get this last night landing out-o-da-way at the first required airport.

WRRR-WIIH

[salt_air]

Down safe at first required airport in Jakarta (WIIH) with the third night landing complete.

Time this leg: 1:13:48

Total time: 3:30:26

Fuel this leg: 811.6

Total fuel: 2594.3

Bonus minutes this flight: 0

Total bonus minutes: 30

Havin' a ball!

[salt_air]

Night landings complete,,,,,now where did I put those blasted Foster-Grants?

Let's hop over to Maylasia and grab another bonus how 'bout it?

WIIH-WMKK

[salt_air]

Down safe at Wally-Lumpy In'l (WMKK)

Sunny skies and more good wind,,,,,yee-haw!

Time this leg: 1:27:22

Total time: 4:57:48

Fuel this leg: 1041.7

Total fuel: 3636.0

Bonus min this flight: 30

Total bonus min: 60