rwhsim Heads off to London in the Little Beech

Checking in at OMAD

Well I guess the more southerly route did help; managed to get up to 229Kts GS on a long stretch which would have been impossible further north. Only problem passing over MUSCAT I got the shivers - ICAO code OOMS, is not something a simmer wants to see spelled out. But VAS was happy at over 1.8GB. Having watched the Abu Dhabi GP this last weekend, I am also sure that OMAD looks a lot more "upmarket executive" than this default depiction in P3D!

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Flight Time: 03:18:11
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

Have to stop here for a day, take in some shopping and see how the very wealthy live.
 
Off to Hail Saudi Arabia

Cannot wait around anymore. Westerly to northwesterly winds are persisting - nothing to be done about that except select the most favorable flight level.

Taking Off OMAD-OEHL
 
Off to the Nile Delta

Not hanging around any longer in this oasis surrounded by a sea of sand. Met office also reports winds en-route to HEAX are likely to get stronger form the WNW. So off to the historical city of Alexandria.

Taking off OEHL for HEAX
 
Checking in at HEAX

Enjoyed that leg; some more scenery to look at once getting to the Sinai Area. Israeli jets left us alone as we skimmed just clear of their airspace. Scared up many camel caravans over Saudi Arabia as we zipped just overhead to dodge strong headwinds above.

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Flight Time: 03:06:04
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00
 
Off to Dubrovnik LDDU

Best split I can make of the 2 legs remaining. Winds on this leg again not great, Low pressure system seems stuck over Spain, so no help there! Hope I make it on fuel!

Taking off HEAX for LDDU
 
Disaster

Low on fuel had to land at LATI. Crashed into a mountain while handling bad weather, poorly planned approach, in the dark. Plane destroyed and with a crash like that no survivors I am afraid.

Real world commitments mean I probably cannot finish the race by 2morrows deadline. Had to do this leg now. Will finish as I can, when I am able just for the sake of it, but basically am out of the running on the official table.

Dang!

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Departing HEAX for LGAV

Just going to do a couple of short legs for the sake of finishing. No more racing the clock required.

Taking Off HEAX for LGAV
 
Bummer! Best of luck to you on the rest of the legs.. You ARE in the running for a top 3 in the H-Capped, hopefully you can do it.
 
Landed LGAV

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Flight Time: 02:30:36
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 01:00:00 Crash and restart Flight at HEAX

Thanks Roman, gonna keep going. Was such a stupid mistake I made, basically over-reliance on OTTO. I should have kicked that AP off and pulled her up at soon as I saw the TAWS warning; trying to get AP to do it took seconds too long. Also looking at this leg to LGAV, time not too bad despite the winds, so I was trying to get too clever trying two long legs in this weather; the C90b cannot do it. Three short, fast legs would have done it. Guys are flying so well in this race there are just minutes separating the top rankings, and one mistake like this costs!
 
Departing for EGUN

Well this is it I guess. Weather still being most unkind to racers toady, just have to make the best of it!

Taking-off LIPQ for EGUN
 
rwhsim said:
Well this is it I guess. Weather still being most unkind to racers toady, just have to make the best of it!

Taking-off LIPQ for EGUN
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Good luck on your last leg! It's a beautiful day in Northern England, but it looks like Southern England is fogged in this morning.
 
Landed safely at EGUN

And just to complete the whole racing story, a real permafigging morning welcome it was. ILS approach in an was only at the 500ft callout that the RW lights became visible, thank goodness dead-ahead ( sometimes default stuff in FSX /P3D can give one a nasty surprise here!). Glad to be in, and made good time (13mins ahead of plan) on this last leg.

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Flight Time: 02:55:20
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

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Know it a dark pick but that's how it was! Touchdown at EGUN
 
Thank you everyone! Once again a big thank you to Miss Nellie and the race administration!

That was an altogether different experience to the run to Melbourne, with new lessons learned (planning and weather related). The Little Beech did her best (her pilot let her down, and if planes could take revenge, I am sure he would get a swipe across the ear from a wing-tip on the next pre-flight inspection!). Besides the crash spoiling a "clean sheet" , I think at times I made some errors in hunting winds at lower altitudes; better to face stronger headwinds at higher altitudes, in less dense air? Only really helps if one can get tailwinds at lower altitudes.

The ship will have to have its engines serviced after running so many hours at Max cruise power (torques 3010-3015, rpm 1900).

Not too far behind the Beech Boyz in the 200! Now just waiting for Big Brother Beech 350 to teach the King Air family a real lesson!

The race "bug" has bitten. Next I guess will be RTW 2015 in Feb sometime?
 
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