Rules for AWR MacRobertson London-Melbourne?

Ok, so after a big night out and about in Jodhpur - I've remembered where I parked the Orion, and reckon if I sit still in it for a few minutes, I'll pretty quick remember why I am here and, more importantly, how to fly the bastard!

As soon as that all happens, I'll be off for checkpoint #2: Allahabad
[VIJO - VIAL]
 
Good show, Portia.
It's a pleasure to follow along your flights, and to dig out some old memories.
Got some pretty strong ones linked to that area in particular:icon_lol:
Keep on the good flights!
 
You are very welcome, teson. Thanks for your interest.
Obviously I'm not going to make Melbourne by the end of November, but given this is a solo competition, I think I'll grant myself an extension. :icon_lol:
 
Pics from latest flight:
1. hazy morning at Calcutta
2. over Sundarban, Bay of Bengal
3. Burma's Myitmaka river
4. Rangoon
 
Dented delusions of (aerial) adequacy

Well for those of you following my misadventures, you'll be relieved to know I didn't follow in the footsteps of Guynemer, Kingsford-Smith and Earhart - and just fly into history without a trace. I ran low on fuel and had to land (quite safely) at Trang in southern Thailand - nearly 100 nm short of my intended destination, Alor Star.

Don't really know what went wrong, other than I obviously used too much fuel trying to maintain some pace against a rather persistent 13 kt headwind for most of the last 2 hours of my flight.

The rules suggest this would be a 1 hour penalty for refuelling at an unprepared airfield. I should comfortably be able to reach the next compulsory checkpoint at Singapore from here (unless I have a leaking fuel tank). My strategy is to take on extra 'liquid' here in Trang tonight (Singha is not a bad drop after all!), and then sally forth . . .
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