Craig's Modern MacRoberston Rocket to Mildenhall

Drat - just realized that I forgot to set the duenna up for online tracking. As temperamental as it is, I figure I'll need to wait until I land at Charleville to fix that.
 
Arrived safely YBCV

Okay, the first leg is in the books! Pretty uneventful flight, which is great since I only gave myself about an airspeed needle's width of a safety margin. Fortunately there were no unpleasant surprises, considering how quickly this thing can go to overspeed/overstress.

Anyway, here's the important stuff:
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Flight Time 2:48:35
Routine Ground Time 00:00:00
Special Ground Time 00:00:00
Penalty Time 00:00:00

Edit: corrected the flight time. I was in a rushrush when I made the original post.
 
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Charleville to Mt Isa

Dawn launch from YBCV to YBMA. Have to get to Darwin in two goes. I could make it in one by throttling back to extend the range and skip the 45 minutes of ground time at Mt Isa, but the loss in airspeed would negate any savings.
 
Down safely at Darwin

Arrived safely at YPDN. Had a nice tailwind on that one. Mother Nature decided to park a nice fluffy cloud right on top of the airport at about 1,000 ft just to make things interesting. :applause:

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Flight Time 2:46:28
Routine Ground Time 00:45:00
Special Ground Time 00:00:00
Penalty Time 00:00:00
 
Dawn departure for Syamsudin Noor

Departing YPDN for WAOO. It's going to be tight on fuel, but I should be able to make it with proper management.
 
Arrived safely at Syamsudin Noor

Arrived at WAOO (aka WRBB according to the duenna). Picked up a nice tailwind along the way, so I still had about 7 gallons of fuel left in each tank (rather than the 1-2 gal. each that I was planning for... :biggrin-new: ). Now I'm off to look for a nice place for some local rijsstaffel before I continue on to Singapore.

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Flight Time 4:12:41
Routine Ground Time 00:45:00
Special Ground Time 00:00:00
Penalty Time 00:00:00
 
Arrrghh!!!!! What a bummer. That turbine Duke is very unforgiving. It only takes a very brief excursion past Vne and you're done. It has happened to me more than once.
 
Yeah...like 1kt over Vne for 1 second. We have a love-hate relationship, she and I. Well, it's a high risk, high reward machine. Appreciate the sympathy, Jeff.
 
Safe arrival at WSSL

Arrived safely (this time) at WSSL. Whew! Mixed bag of a flight, with precipitation enroute (leading to worries of icing) and clouds over Singapore on arrival. Off to the FBO to plan the next leg.

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Flight Time 2:48:35
Routine Ground Time 00:45:00
Special Ground Time 00:00:00
Penalty Time 01:00:00
 
After a restful night in Singapore, it's off to Port Blair. WSSL -> VOPB

Looks like I'm taking off in a thunderstorm, so I know real weather is working. In fact, it might be thunderstorms at Pt Blair as well. Yay.
 
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