rwhsim Rob's Springbok flys to Melbourne to meet a Wallaby

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Well after yesterday's test flight to Farnborough, been delayed a bit.

My flight Engineer "Oily" Ollie Van Der Merwe spent a while digging around hangers there looking for better lamps for our landing lights. Some techno babble about the one's fitted not being DX10/DX11 specification. He managed to find some "Shock-something" lamps, and they are really good. Should light things up around us if needed.

Then when we got back to EGUN, Lady Jane Goldrich (daughter of my sponsor Sir Nicholas Goldrich), and Oily were being rather secretive about something, off in a huddle whispering, and smiling silently if I approached them. Eventually they came out with it. Seems Lady Jane, who is along for the ride as part of the deal with her father, to make a motion-picture documentary (I suspect more to keep her father in the loop on how his money is being spent), had convinced Oily to fit a camera to the belly of the DC-3. Now on my pre-flight yesterday I did not notice any bulky movie camera hanging out there, but threw a fit about the added weight and drag of those "things". Lady Jane muttered something about me being "stuck in the past", and pointed back to the belly of the plane. Some little nifty device called a "Go something Professional" all wired in with an electronic Gimbal and all. Futuristic lass this - looks like she's set for a bright future! So should get some nice "film" of the trip, unless her "recorders" interfere with the radios and cause me to start stuttering and muttering.

So all set to go now, and should be off within the hour, to LIRU, (that is as soon as Lady Jane and her father have finished their BBC interviews).

Rob
 
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Landed Safely at LIRU;

Oh My what a bumpy ride! Only smooth over southern France for a while.
Lady Jane is having seconds thoughts I think. She seemed rather pale at times.
At least over the Alps it was clear enough to see the route through I had planned.
Thought I saw some climbers out the corner of my eyes flatten themselves against the ice at I slipped through just east of the Tschingelhorn!

Otherwise all OK

Oops Forgot to add

Flight Time: 04:28:16
Routine Ground Time: 00:00:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

Seriously need some Italian Coffee!


Rob
 
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Liru - lgtt

Weather not ideal, but looks like is only going to get worse in the next day or two, and need to keep moving.

So here we go;

Taking Off LIRU to LGTT
 
I landed in LGTT last night, and took them all dancing!

On a different note, your flight time from LIRU to LGTT was a whole 8 seconds different from mine... wow!
 
JimmyRFR said:
I landed in LGTT last night, and took them all dancing!

On a different note, your flight time from LIRU to LGTT was a whole 8 seconds different from mine... wow!
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Must have been a good night for nobody to have surfaced by Midday!

8 whole seconds, but I needed at least 3mins to catch you. See you had bad weather to Allepo. Coming into Athens yesterday I was also wondering if I was going to hit a mountain in the clouds. Only lucky cloud-gaps, and trusting my course was OK, helped me to to stay safe.

Anyhow I am going to have to aim for at most 03:15:00 to catch up to you by Allepo. Hope to fly Leg that Sat (family and work duties mean no flying right now). The race is on!
 
rwhsim said:
8 whole seconds, but I needed at least 3mins to catch you. See you had bad weather to Allepo. Coming into Athens yesterday I was also wondering if I was going to hit a mountain in the clouds. Only lucky cloud-gaps, and trusting my course was OK, helped me to to stay safe.

Anyhow I am going to have to aim for at most 03:15:00 to catch up to you by Allepo. Hope to fly Leg that Sat (family and work duties mean no flying right now). The race is on!
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Lucky cloud gaps is becoming something of a thing on this race so far!

You actually have a bit more leeway than that; I incurred a 15 minute penalty at Rome, so I'm about 12 minutes behind your time at LGTT. I'm hoping I can catch some favorable winds to Rasheed; at least it's close enough that I can run at full speed and not concern myself with fuel burn.

The race is on indeed, good sir!
 
Off to Allepo

OK the weather chaps at Messrs. Hi Fi ASN predicting reasonable weather en-route, with very favourable winds at 11000ft. Guess Lady Jane and the purser are just going to have to take deep breaths and an occasional sniff at the oxygen tanks. Hope no turbulence, do not want an updraft to kick me through the "soft ceiling" at 12000, and have to explain to Miss Nelie.

Taking Off LGTT to OSAP now.
 
Off to Baghdad

Quick refuel at Allepo, check over flight plans and weather. No time to grab some food even! Got to push on a bit.

Laeving to the sounds of thunder (at least that's what I hope it is!)

Taking off OSAP to OR1A (Rasheed)
 
OK, well not so OK. First Crash, but as far as I can make out some kind of P3D problem.

30Nm out of Rasheed, descending at +-600ft/min, all under control, at alt 4583ft when window pops up asking me if I want to save recording, which means P3d wants to exit. I click NO and P3D ends flight and returns me to start at OSAP!

Here are the logs in any case.

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http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=xyWRI0VfQWD9RFR5NAoavCeVvzc

What is the ruling on this? Invoke Rookie crash penalty of 30 mins and refly the leg, or count as system failure and refly the leg with no penalty?

Looking carefully at the Log I was at 176KIAS, only 4kts under VNE (although guage is relined at 190KIAS). Looks like I overstressed the airframe, causing P3D to exit. So counts as a crash, I will return to departure, and take the 30 mins Rookie crash penalty.

Tomorrow that is!
 
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RE: Yesterday's Crash

Seems like my navigator ("Reguit" Spies - english straight arrow) does actually do something, been getting the feeling I do all his work! He is keeping 10s logs with something called LUA of all legs.

His analysis shows a definite overspeed (181kts) at last point recorded before all H--ll broke loose on board.

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Talk about bad Karma! Look where at the name of the closest town!.

So Oily has spent the last 24hours repairing the damage (mimimal, but he is muttering about possible damage that we cannot see). I have been warned about "racing downhill" and pushing the Old Bird too hard.

Setting up for another shot at the leg.



Getting ready for another shot at the leg
 
Off to Persia

Quick turnaround at Baghdad. Winds not really favorable but must press on. Looks like Jask is also foggy at the moment.

Taking off now OR1A - OIZJ (Jask)
 
On a Baech somewhere near Jask

Well that was an adventure. Flight went well until descent into solid fog approaching Jask, and just could not find the airport. Searching in the fading light and mist, back and forth along the coast (all that could be seen). Eventually getting low on fuel and with the sun setting, decided to save the ship, select a beach and make an off-field landing.

Ship in one piece, and will have to camp out the night in the desert, and figure out how to get to Jask in the morning. Should be able to takeoff from here.

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http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=Q1vYYRlmMDH2CekWud9aGFP2ssA

Flight Time: 05:12:16
Routine Ground Time: 00:45:00
Special Ground Time: 00:00:00
Penalty Time: 00:00:00

Will work out penalties etc later. 3am here and I am bushed!
 
Cool. :cool:

Please take a look at Appendix C to see what to do. (While on the ground, you may consult your "map" to find out where you landed and how to get to Jask.)

The main point is: Do not refuel. Be sure to take off from the desert with the same (or less) fuel weight that you had on landing.

Initiate your second-half-leg from same spot and with the same fuel and then proceed to Jask. Use the Duenna to authenticate this second-half-leg.

Then, politely, ask for Miss Nellie's mercy and you are likely to receive a smallish "extra" assessment on your "Special Ground Time". (As opposed to counting a running clock or treating this as a crash.) She seems to be in a good frame of mind today.
 
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