Getting a late start due to real world issues. Worked a full day yesterday at the Post Office, then off to celebrate a good friends 87th birthday. Things are back to "normal" around here today, so it's off we go.
Departing YMEN Essendon for YBCV Charleville in the Rockwell Aero Commander.
Blast...damn...30 minutes into the flight and FSX decides to freeze up. Looks like I'll have to re-start. Not an auspicious beginning to a long race. Oddly enough, I was just reading about another 'cream screen' on another thread when my rig froze. That will teach me to tempt the fates. Back shortly with a re-start.
OK...here we go again. Departing Essendon YMEN for Charleville YBCV. Hopefully I've sorted out the freezing issue (a recently added program), and am now shakily confident (yes it is an oxymoron) that I will make it to Charleville.
Down safely in Charleville. Uneventful flight, with a little bit of turbulence.
Flight Time 03:04:31
Routine Ground Time 00:00:00
Special Ground Time 00:00:00
Penalty Time 00:00:00
Down safely at Mt. Issa YBMA. A remarkably uneventful flight. Clear skies, little or no turbulence and the flattest, most featureless bit of flying I've done in ages.
Flight Time 02:17:22
Routine Ground Time 00:45:00
Special Ground Time 00:00:00
Penalty Time 00:00:00
Average Ground Speed 220.5
Down safely at Darwin YPDN...Time to locate the nearest pub for a couple of pints and then off to the hotel for a good snooze.
Flight Time 03:12:37
Routine Ground Time 00:45:00
Special Ground Time 00:00:00
Penalty Time 00:00:00 View attachment FlightLog_21-20-12.TXT
Down safely in Kupang City (El Tari) WATT. (shows up in the Duenna as WRKK for some reason)
Flight time 02:02:47
Routine Ground Time 00:45:00
Special Ground Time 00:00:00
Penalty Time 00:00:00
Average speed 216.5 kts View attachment FlightLog_19-30-21.TXT
Down safely in Singapore WSSL
Flight Time 02:22:45
Routine Ground Time 00:45:00
Special Ground Time 00:00:00
Penalty Time 00:00:00
Average Speed 222.2
Deuces wild on this flight. Uneventful until I reached WSSL...seems as if default weather wasn't working outside of established areas, at least in the middle of the ocean. Mild thunderstorms coming into Seletar.
After landing in Singapore a few days ago, I noticed oil leaking out of the port engine. Muttering a curse, I spat on the ground...and then the real trouble began. Apparently those sort of things are frowned upon here...whereupon I spent the next 48 hours as a "guest" of the local police. After pleading no contest to the charges brought upon me, I paid the fine and agreed to never set foot in Singapore again. I fixed the oil leak and am now leaving...
Down safe and sound in Allahabad (VIAL). Longest flight so far...1036 nautical miles
Flight Time 04:48:10
Routine Ground Time 00:45:00
Special Ground Time 00:00:00
Penalty Time 00:00:00
Average Speed 215.9 View attachment FlightLog_19-50-26.TXT
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