salt_air taking the Puss Moth back home ... "Down Under"

[salt_air]

Down safe at Narromine.


Winds as expected and more of the same for the flight to Essendon.


Flight Time: 03:34:21
Routine Ground Time: 0:45:00
Special Ground Time: 0:00:00
Penalty Time: 0:00:00





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[salt_air]

Could be better .... could be worse .... off to the finish line at Essendon.

What a ride this has been!

[Dil52]

Fantastic airmanship mate......and a hero's welcome to you!

There's a limo waiting at the AP with a cooler full!

[salt_air]

Fantastic airmanship mate......and a hero's welcome to you!

There's a limo waiting at the AP with a cooler full!

I'll be right there .... thank you sir!

[salt_air]

Down safe at Essendon .... last Compulsory Check point and the Finish.




Flight Time: 03:14:39
Routine Ground Time: 0:45:00
Special Ground Time: 0:00:00
Penalty Time: 0:00:00



Caught a slight break on the winds on the second half of the flight.

The visibility poor after take off and again for the last 30 or 40 minutes of the flight it went down to only 1 NM or so.




3000' is pushing it across some of the terrain to the North and East of the city ... exciting when you can't see.







What a great event .... thanks a bunch ... to Miss Nellie and the gang at 119!






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[MM]

Superb run. Jimmy Melrose would be proud.

[Moses03]

Like a moth to flame. Congrats on your arrival in Melbourne!

[robert41]

Congrats Austin on finishing.

[PRB]

Nicely done Austin! c

[spokes2112]

Congratulations on a well run race! Fosters' are on the house!

[jt_dub]

Epic Flight! Very well done. Congrats on your finish.

[salt_air]

Epic Flight! Very well done. Congrats on your finish.

Appreciate it Jeff!

[rwhsim]

Sorry about the belated message. Great run, congratulations, and thanks for sharing this adventure and bringing young Jimmy Melrose's accomplishments back to life so vividly! These pilots really were the "top guns" of their age, if not of all time, given what they had to do to pull it off, compared to all the "help" we have today.

[salt_air]

Sorry about the belated message. Great run, congratulations, and thanks for sharing this adventure and bringing young Jimmy Melrose's accomplishments back to life so vividly! These pilots really were the "top guns" of their age, if not of all time, given what they had to do to pull it off, compared to all the "help" we have today.

While I was looking for a plane to fly ... wanted to keep it from the list of actual contestants ... I ran across the info for Melrose and was enamored at what he had accomplished at such a young age.

The accounting of his flying leading uop t the Great Race as well as that of his participation really was what "did me in".

That along with remembering being able to fly the model before it was released .... beta testing during the end of it's build by Milton and "The Guys" ... and how much fun it was to fly.

Actually a bunch of us ... that had finished our respective individual runs ... tag teamed it in the 2009 LM that SOH put on.



Very enjoyable .... I am grateful to be able to share what I found.