salt_air's "Hunt" in the Mitsubishi A5M4 "Claude"
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So a brief chat with some of the Malekolon locals revels that a "strange" aircraft passed through a few hours earlier and mentioned needing to stop twice from here to Gusap.
Uh, huh .... also found a satchel that turned out to be my flight bag out of the P-40.
He must have dropped it by mistake cause everything was still intact .... including all of my hand held nav tools.
Should come in very handy later on ....
Uh, huh .... also found a satchel that turned out to be my flight bag out of the P-40.
He must have dropped it by mistake cause everything was still intact .... including all of my hand held nav tools.
Should come in very handy later on ....
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I have landed at airport GSP
View attachment FlightLog_18-07-16.TXT
Bent the route around terrain again .... there's a valley and river that runs straight into Gusap from Lae thank goodness.
That's all for today .... Nap time for me and a wrench or two will need to be turned on "Claude".
Earlier suspicions have been confirmed through the course of the day ...
I will need to adjust for the longer legs into Frans Kaisiepo and Naha.
Extra stops for fuel or a serious cut back on the throttle to lessen fuel burn rates.
Fun, fun, fun .... Probably run some fuel burn tests during the next leg.
Cheers!
View attachment FlightLog_18-07-16.TXT
Bent the route around terrain again .... there's a valley and river that runs straight into Gusap from Lae thank goodness.
That's all for today .... Nap time for me and a wrench or two will need to be turned on "Claude".
Earlier suspicions have been confirmed through the course of the day ...
I will need to adjust for the longer legs into Frans Kaisiepo and Naha.
Extra stops for fuel or a serious cut back on the throttle to lessen fuel burn rates.
Fun, fun, fun .... Probably run some fuel burn tests during the next leg.
Cheers!
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Well .... both the leg between HFD and WABB as well as the leg between WA0A and WAMH (FS9) are too long for this bird to make on a full tank.
Throttling back is an option but the trade off in Ground Speed loss doesn't make it very viable .... especially if there's a wind shift and or a dramatic change in wind speed ... if all factors came into play, then I would get wet no matter how far I throttled back.
So we will be diverting from the original plan and adding two airports to the list.
They're really not all that far off route and spaced nicely almost cutting those two legs in half.
No worries on fuel, but there will be two more chances to bust it up landing and some extra mileage(=time).
Can't say adding landings is safe, but proportioning the fuel as best I can will eliminate any worries of getting wet ...
I mean unless cross paths with a Hellcat or Corsair somewhere enroute ...
I'll call it prudent for now and maybe not be so hasty about aircraft selection in the future.
Meanwhile I sure am havin' a ball!!
Throttling back is an option but the trade off in Ground Speed loss doesn't make it very viable .... especially if there's a wind shift and or a dramatic change in wind speed ... if all factors came into play, then I would get wet no matter how far I throttled back.
So we will be diverting from the original plan and adding two airports to the list.
They're really not all that far off route and spaced nicely almost cutting those two legs in half.
No worries on fuel, but there will be two more chances to bust it up landing and some extra mileage(=time).
Can't say adding landings is safe, but proportioning the fuel as best I can will eliminate any worries of getting wet ...
I mean unless cross paths with a Hellcat or Corsair somewhere enroute ...
I'll call it prudent for now and maybe not be so hasty about aircraft selection in the future.
Meanwhile I sure am havin' a ball!!
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Lovely day for flying uh, VFR? .... there was a NDB that I passed by on my starboard side, but this is supposed to be a visual approach, yeah?
It did clear up enough for me to find the airport at my 2 o'clock ... after that I was too busy for any more screenies.
Usually happens just the opposite huh?
Nap time
Cheers All,
It did clear up enough for me to find the airport at my 2 o'clock ... after that I was too busy for any more screenies.
Usually happens just the opposite huh?
Nap time
Cheers All,
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I have landed at airport AYVN
View attachment FlightLog_16-13-46.TXT
Fuel, coffee, a trip to the gunny and then back in the saddle ....
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Fuel, coffee, a trip to the gunny and then back in the saddle ....
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Had to duck terrain .... weaved a bit and was about to steer around it, but decided to climb over it.
Only up to 12000' .... lost 10 kts or so GS, but may have fared out by cutting the extra distance (Time).
Looked back at fuel for today's antics and think I may have made it non-stop from HFD to WABB .... same distance as the upcoming leg.
We'll see what Mother Nature has in store tomorrow .... may make the call to go for it straight to Naha .... lots of water
Only up to 12000' .... lost 10 kts or so GS, but may have fared out by cutting the extra distance (Time).
Looked back at fuel for today's antics and think I may have made it non-stop from HFD to WABB .... same distance as the upcoming leg.
We'll see what Mother Nature has in store tomorrow .... may make the call to go for it straight to Naha .... lots of water
