Bry Rosier / Golden Age / SM.79 "Citrus Burst "

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Bry Rosier

Charter Member 2014
Leaving Mildenhall EGUN for Bucharest LRBS

Departing at 02:30 , hoping for a nice dawn on the way . Here starts a long day :)

Flying the Savoia Marchetti SM.79 tastefully and very quickly painted , by Arrvoo , in a particularly lively orange using half a dozen cans of lambourghini touch-up spray paint he had lying about :)
 
Very nice subtle paint. Should be helfpul if you go down in the desert. And rumors indicate that the sharks of the Timor Sea are repelled by bright orange.

(Thought, at first, that you were testing a new camouflage scheme dreamed up by Italo Balbo.)
 
Arrived at Bucharest a little ahead of Schedule :) As anyone who tested this plane will know , it won`t make this distance on " Max chat " but I tested on different power settings and decided to "throttle back" and go for it :) A nice dawn awaited somewhere over old czechoslovakia :) and , apart from a few dead ndb`s , was a very nice first flight . Had a few "issues" with the ground crew at Bucharest :isadizzy: , I`ll explain in the Watering Hole :):wavey:
 
Arrived safe and sound in Baghdad :) A complete lack of ndb`s enroute after Turkey , felt like being over the atlantic in evita again :eek: , But a big lake NW of baghdad served as a nice natural locator and gave a solid bearing to the airfield :)

piccies
1 A Barren featureless desert down there
2 A rather ordinary sky up there :)
3 A very welcome sight
 
Successfully arrived at Gwadar OPGD , Excellent visability gave an easy approach and landing :) Relax for an hour or so then continue :)
 
A nice calm flight to second Checkpoint Allahabad VIAL , Calm winds right on the tail all the way ,good strong NDB`s for nav and a right "pea soup" approach in Dusk , It gets dark early and fast here :)
 
Thanks Tom , unfortunately doesn`t have the range of the GB6 or comet :( but 1000 miles is long enough for me:mixedsmi:
 
Nice mellow flight with v. light tailwinds all the way , no wind drift and the long range Thangwe NDB made an easy water crossing , Weather turned for the worse making landfall and "typical Burmese storms" were the order of the day until close to the Airfield :) Smooth arrival at VYYY
 
Safe arrival at WSSL Checkpoint 3 , One of the most enjoyable runs ever :) About 400 miles of continuous tropical Thunderstorms . A wild ride needing "hands on stick" as heading hold couldn`t cope :) Thoroughly entertaining , and ironically clear skies and zero wind at Singapore:wiggle:
 
After a restful night we must continue :) Heading for WADA Selaparang on the Island of Lombok , next door to Bali
 
I had a similar flight last night but Singapore was fogged in, wet and windy. Made for a rather exciting landing. :jump:
 
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