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Dil52 heading out


Flight Time: 09:08:32
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00


Celestial Navigation Data for 2014 Nov 12 at 12:00:00 UT
For Assumed Position:
Latitude S 11 00.0
Longitude E 178 00.0
ALNILAM 147 17.6 S 1 11.7 + 5 25.4 90.2
SCHEDAR 221 11.3 N56 37.4 +21 47.1 6.4



Now that's what you like to see! :)
8 hrs into the flight, about 1 hour ETE to Darwin

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Arrived safetly in Darwin!

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Thanks Austin and Robert. Good to be here the minus latitudes.:untroubled:

We had to shake off the tension and relax a bit after crossing over Timor Island In the pitch dark last evening. Celestial navigation wise, I miss Polaris and haven’t been able to discern the southern-cross yet, which are the only two stable star sightings. The visible stars now are all zipping overhead at speeds anywhere from the 10’s at the N&S horizons to a 1000 MPH at the celestial equator.

Hope to be heading out sometime tomorrow. Not sure about the weekdend yet.
 
Please notify the ground crews at Charleville that we’re departing Darwin with flight plan as follows.

Hopefully shortly after dawn.

YPDN -TBCV
Departing 01500z
ETE 6 1/2 Hrs
ETA 21:30z
 
Good Grief Charlie Brown! :grief:

We're 3 hours from nowhere. Cloudy skies, at night, no city lights in the outback bush country.
Hoping that WAC set 1 1/2 hours ago was the good one.

ADF time . . . _ _ . . . _ _ _ _ . . . that's sounds great! :)
 
:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

What can I say? After 5:56 flight time.

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 11/14/2014 7:56:14 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Fred-PC
Description:
Faulting application name: fs9.exe, version: 9.1.0.40901, time stamp: 0x4135a208
Faulting module name: Weather.DLL, version: 9.1.0.40901, time stamp: 0x4135a88e
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00002076
Faulting process id: 0x1298
Faulting application start time: 0x01d0003b7b5cacb6
Faulting application path: C:\FS\Flight Simulator 9\fs9.exe
Faulting module path: C:\FS\Flight Simulator 9\MODULES\Weather.DLL
 

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Moses03 said:
Argh. Sorry to see that happen.
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Thought I had the problem solved. Still getting bumped out by weather.DLL

I could have been to Melbourne and half way back to London without all these computer crashes.

Hopefully try again this weekend....I need to finish by Monday..........5 days after arriving in Darwin:running:
 
Giving it another try

Darwin to Charlevillev

YPDN -TBCV
Departing 01500z
ETE 6 1/2 Hrs
ETA 21:30z
 
Arrived safely in Charleville in the clouds and fog.
We didn't see the field until we crossed over the NDB, banked and spotted it out of the side window.

Flight Time: 6:22:21
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

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We really gave the crowd in Charleville a thrill watching us slipping to loose altitude fast, make a steep 180 degree steep bank turn, and land halfway down R/W 30!:adoration:


We plan to leave as soon as the crews add a bit of aviation fuel, check the tires, wipe the sweat off the yoke, and (ahem) clean the seats. :)

I hope the the fog will lift and clear up sometime today!

Charleville to Essendon (Melbourne)
TBCV-YMEN
Departing 2307z
ETE 4 Hrs
ETA 03:00z
 
Not much scenery or celestial navigation today.


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The skies have cleared! Hope this holds to the finish. :)
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Beautiful day nice tail wind, son called wants to meet for dinner in an hour and a half, got to fly this leg later!

Blue skies all!

See you later.

Fred
 
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Departing for the finish.

Charleville to Essendon (Melbourne)
TBCV-YMEN
Departing 2307z
ETE 4 Hrs
ETA 03:00z
 
Inspirational .... cutting through and pushing through all the crap you had to deal with to get to the end.

Thanks for the help with my review and the fine example of perseverance that you have given to all of us .... much like the entrants displayed in the real deal.

All the best to ya mate ... Great Job!
 
salt_air said:
Inspirational .... cutting through and pushing through all the crap you had to deal with to get to the end.

Thanks for the help with my review and the fine example of perseverance that you have given to all of us .... much like the entrants displayed in the real deal.

All the best to ya mate ... Great Job!
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Thanks Austin
However, I must admit, you’re the inspiration! Anyone who jumps in an aircraft that averaages about 105knots, on a goood day, and flies almost half way around the world has been more than enough to inspire! Even with three lock-ups after several hours I won't have near the cockpit time you'll have when you've completed not both, but jsut one of your two entries. Yikes!:applause:


I’ve done some research on the FS locking up. I have another theory, with the emphasis on “theory” about the FS lockups. In the FSUIPC setting/miscellaneous, I did not have the option “Keep FS clock syn’d to real time” checked. I’m thinking perhaps the since FS runs slower than the computer time that after a few hours it can make Duenna think that you’re not active or something to that affect. Anyway, the last correction I made was to check the option above and haven’t had the problem in three flights now . I’ve read other posts in various FS simulator web sites where some folks are saying that FSX has stopped after about 6 hours. Those problems could be related who knows. I’m going to check on Pete Dawson’s message boards for more information when I get a chance. Again just one more change that I found.
 
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