Miles 'n Miles To Go Before I Sleep

[huub vink]

Gimme a Foster's mate!

Only one? Congratulations as the rest of the flight is just routine Watch out for the flying kangaroos

Cheer,
Huub

 

[srgalahad]

Off to the middle of nowhere - 10.5 hrs to Charleville
One (keg of) Foster's at hand...

 

[Dev One]

Hope you have fitted a recycling tank then!
Good luck
Keith

 

[srgalahad]

Charleville at last!

Flight Time: 10:17:45
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

View attachment 15385
1207 miles of flying- 1000 of them in THIS
Looks more like Shanghai

 

[srgalahad]

Bottom of the ninth, none out, runner on third... time for the game-winning run...

YBCV to YMEN

Online SOH 23456

 

[srgalahad]

DONE!

Safe and sound after a semi-instrument approach to YMEN.

Direct distance: 682.4 nm
Flight time: 05:26:28
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

 

[jt_dub]

Congrats on your arrival in Melbourne. Only 10 short legs. Great Job!!!! Well Done!!!

 

[spokes2112]

Great Job!

 

[PRB]

That was pretty epic. Well done!

 

[srgalahad]

In summary I did well relative to the plan.
Good winds helped, or didn't hinder, and I was about 9 hours better than the original flight plan. Could have shaved about an hour off the total with a bit more daring on the early legs and that might have gotten my time to be better than that Sick-Horse-Key but I'm pretty satisfied with the results for a 130HP, 110Kt prototype single-engined tourer.

I hear they have a thing called the "King's Cup" and I might have to investigate that as it's a lot shorter than a trip down-under.

 

[Moses03]

Congrats on the long voyage.

 

[robert41]

Congrats on the finish.

 

[salt_air]

Congratulations Rob .... Well done mate!


The beers are on Dave

 

[Dev One]

I hear they have a thing called the "King's Cup" and I might have to investigate that as it's a lot shorter than a trip down-under.

The Kings Cup post WW2 is a short circuit handicap race, but pre-WW2 it was I believe a two day event, the first day being about 1100 miles requiring navigation 1930's style, I think following that elimination there was a short circuit race on the second day.

I took part as 'navigator/ballast' with my father in his Proctor in the late 50's for the elimination events as well as some Kings cup races. Usually about 4 circuits of a rectangular course for about 30 mins flat out!
Those were the days
Keith