Dil52 heading out

We were lucky to get a (high noon) latitude fix on the sun along with a longitudinal fix shot of the moon today at 11:05:00 AM (2:05:00z).
It's not often that we see the sun 0 degrees north instead of 180 degrees south of us at high noon.

Celestial Navigation Data for 2014 Nov 16 at 2:05:00 UT

For Assumed Position:
Latitude S 37 45.0
Longitude E 144 55.0SUN 215 04.9 S18 40.6 +70 55.6 0.0 Zn
MOON 286 38.9 N 4 59.3 +11 17.7 285.5 ZN


A nice and somewhat rare daytime moon sighting today!
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The resultant shots indicating our position of 95nm north and 5 miles east of Melbourne.
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So why are we flying south west at 176 degrees instead of south east you may ask?
The reason is that we have an 11 degree magnetic deviation at this location also showing on the sextant graph.

Believe it or not, this is exactly what I was shooting for during the whole flight, which explains some of the frustration after some comp. mishaps.
The moon has been visible during day light hours for quite a few days early this month.
It is also rare that the phases are about the same as what you see at the present time this month in FS9.
The rise and set of the moon's time in all FS versions is accurate, however the phases are probably different.
You may not be seeing the same moon phases in FSX at this time. I don't know I haven't checked.

Fred


 
Moses03 said:
Congrats Fred! :very_drunk:
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Thank You Moses and to all here at SOH who have worked so hard to accommodate all of us pilots who have participated in the event.

There’s absolutely no doubt that it has taken a hours and hours of research, planning, testing of various aircraft, and compiling this statistically accurate spreadsheet.

For me, It has presented both a very fun (when the computer cooperated) and challenging experience.

I’ve always been a history buff and especially enjoy flying the Golden Age aircraft.

Please pass along my sincerest gratitude to all who have put in the time and especially to "Miss Nellie} who has had to sift through all the paper work to calculate the results of all the pilots logs.

Salute! Cheers! Bravo and Tally Ho to ya! :guinness:

A Quote I found. "Truly superior pilots are those who use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills."
 
Wow. I've had a couple of technical issues (PC lockups, FSX lockups, etc), but nothing compared to what you've had to deal with. Well done on persisting with it, and especially well done on that time! Looks like you're currently leading the standings in both the Speed and the Handicap Golden Age categories. :encouragement:
 
Spookster67 said:
Wow. I've had a couple of technical issues (PC lockups, FSX lockups, etc), but nothing compared to what you've had to deal with. Well done on persisting with it, and especially well done on that time! Looks like you're currently leading the standings in both the Speed and the Handicap Golden Age categories. :encouragement:
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Thanks Martin. these are only early results. There are pllenty of great pilots including yourself yet to finish.

I was sorry to see you had a tough time with the mountains in Iran. :(

That was our slowest time of all. We had to climb to about 10,500' in around an hour and a half just to get high enough to weave through the canyons.

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Good Luck finishing! The first one's on me.:guinness:
 
PRB said:
Great stuff with the star navigation, Fred!
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Thank you Paul. I can' not imagine flying that Gee Bee with the short wheel bases and a peice of metal hanging down off the tail. That is truely a Tail Dragger, or should we say tail slider!( no wheel) in its purest form. :eek:
 
It's a tricky little beast to land, but I'm getting that hang of it, sort of... :)
 
PRB said:
It's a tricky little beast to land, but I'm getting that hang of it, sort of... :)
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And when it's got you feeling a sense of security because you've "got the hang of it", that's when it strikes like a snake.
 
Willy said:
And when it's got you feeling a sense of security because you've "got the hang of it", that's when it strikes like a snake.
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We blew out a tire landing in Allahabad when we hit a piece of rubble from one of those Bee Gees (ah I mean Gee Bees) that didn't quite grease the landing. :biggrin-new:

Guess I must of had tee many martonies! :) or was it those Sligapore Sings?
 
Excellent Event and great job by the committee and Miss Nellie!:applause:

Gotta run out of here, see you all in a couple of days.
 
spokes2112 said:
Congratulations for the spectacular run!
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Thanks Roman!.....Nice runs yourself.:very_drunk:

I really enjoyed this adventure and hope to see more like it.

I wished I'd had more time to fly back to London, but life keeps getting in the way!

Next time I will be better prepared without computer crashes.
 
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