sandman's SW Pacific Sojourn

[sandman]

Late out of the starting blocks.:running:

Departing KKU for AYPY in the Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV

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Departing AYPY for AYGR.

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First leg complete

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Leg 2

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Good weather

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Fuel stop

Getting a few legs under my belt while time allows

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Top up and get going again as soon as possible

[sandman]

Off again

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Another one down.

[salt_air]

Good luck mate!

You and the Spit appear to be a good match ... should do well!



:ernae:



Catch ya soon,

[sandman]

Heading NW now

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Getting cloudy.

ARRRG Forgot to reset the Duenna. Gonna have to start again.

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Here we go - 2nd attempt

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Thunderstorms along the way Ahh the sweet smell of success

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Onward to the NW

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Couple of screenies to follow

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Last NW leg

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Can start heading SW now.

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Weather looks clear.

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Down safely.

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Departing CPG for FIN

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Landed at FIN

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This is a short one.

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Nice flight.

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Another short hop.

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Landed at GSP

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Departing GSP for AYWK

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Landed at AYWK

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Departing AYWK for WABB

Correction - AYWK to WAJJ for fuel stop

Got distracted by something else and flew well past WAJJ. Turned around but ran out of fuel well short. Glided as far as I could but made contact with the ground about 25 miles short of airfield.

Oh well, back to AYWK for another go.

[PRB]

Ouch! Sorry to read about your mishap! Hate it when that happens.

[sandman]

2nd attempt. Will see if I can remain focused this time.

Thanks for the sympathy PRB. Doesn't happen often but then again once is too much - pilot error.

[sandman]

Thirsty engine.

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Full tanks. Time to go.

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Landed at WABB

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Departing WABB for WASS

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Thunderstorms made VFR patchy

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Departing WASS for WAMR

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Murphy is at it again. You Know when you go out and get that feeling there is something you have forgotten? Yep right on. So eager to get going again I forgot to top up the tanks and had to land on a beach.

Oh well guess I've got to get the old girl transported back to WASS and fill up the tanks this time.:isadizzy:

[sandman]

Departing WASS for WAMR - again :wavey:

[sandman]

Made it :applause:

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Last leg. Been a good dead reckoning exercise so far.

[sandman]

That went well - not

Ran the power a touch too high and blew up the engine. Impacted ground on an island about halfway to the destination.

Back to WAMR for extensive repairs and another try.

[MM]

Headline from the Financial Times.

"Rolls Royce Doubles Production: Unexpected Demand from the Pacific Markets"

[sandman]

Departing WAMR for RPMD.

Yeah MM. Wish they made an engine that ran on the smell of an oily rag. :icon_lol:

[sandman]

Very pleasant last leg.

Don't know why the enroute section is invalid. Unless taking a couple of screenshots caused it.

Back to WAMR and try again.

[sandman]

Departing WAMR for RPMD - again :-(

[sandman]

Finally !!! Screenies from the previous flight. A few disasters along the way but it was a blast. Thanks folks.

[smilo]

nice screenies.

glad you had a good time.
see ya next time around the block. :salute:

[sandman]

Thanks smilo.

Flew the last leg with trackir 5 - FAN...TASTIC. Makes such a difference for approach and landing.

I certainly will be back for more events, as time permits.

Regards to all.

[robert41]

Welcome to the PI Sandman. Congrads.

[teson1]

Nice to know there's a sista plane at Davao.

[PRB]

Excellent run, sandman! Regarding the flight with the red duenna, we won't count that leg twice, as would be the case if you crashed into a tree on the way. Duenna or otherwise unexplained goof ups are disgarded.

[sandman]

Thanks for the welcome, robert41.

PRB, that's very kind of you to not to count the red duenna leg as extra. Overall, it was a very enjoyable event. Planning the route to take made it even more so. Very well organized. My hat's off to you guys.

Would have liked to have flown a few legs online with some of the guys but circumstances and actual time differential between countries made it a tricky proposition. Hopefully, some of the hurdles in the way will be eliminated in the near future - can't do anything about the time differential - unless some of you relocate to this beautiful part of the world :australia: :icon_lol: