The Windsor's Watering Hole

gee. 13.94 pounds of fuel left.. I could have done a whole circuit...:mixedsmi:

Cabby... Raffles Bar please
 
Dang, Moses, that's some serious non-visibility!

Here's some kodaks of my flight from Darwin to Tennant Creek.

1) Darwin departure. Should I go "IFR" (I Follow Roads)?
2) Cruising along, deep inside deepest Australia. Not much out here...
3) A mysterious demarkation line of sorts, approaches. Between some vegitation, and non-vegitation. Ahead lies only dust, darkness, and depair. And wallabys.
4) Approach to Tennant Creek.
 
Well, not the worst weather, but the screenshots don't show the cats & dogs rain that hit on final. Other than a wet airplane it came to a safe conclusion.

Now we can run one more flag up the pole. Alas, but I couldn't take a chance on squeezing the estimate with the risk of losing sight of the runway so we'll take the fast time as a trade.

WINDS EVEN JOHN COULDN'T RUIN!!!!!

1. the last official air-to-air shot of the Team VIAGRA run to Melbourne
2. Turning in from the Arcadia NDB for Rwy 17
3. Gear down, vis down too!
4. the next 300ft of descent were nothing but raindrops on the windshield :kilroy:

Thanks to John and Dave for a good effort and a great race!

Rob

..and to the Race Committee for hours of entertainment :ernae:
 

Some kodaks of the final legs.

Pics 1 - 4 are the approach and landing at Cloncurry.
Pics 5 - 8 are the same for Melbourne.

I was a little high and fast coming into Cloncurry, but it all worked out. Melbourne had rain showers less than perfect visibility, but nothing to complain about. It was a fun event, and a special thanks to the hard workers of the race committee, for putting together another fun filled race.
 
● Buzz... I was not practicing my ACM while you were on approach to Darwin! (ok? friend?)
● Very spiffy aircraft that Executive.
● The Arrvoo has arrived!
 
Unlock the doors!
Staggering in to the watering hole , looking for one long-needed drink (or 6)

Just in time to pack my bags and head off to the Mexican Riviera for a post-race holiday!

Photos:
1) early, thanks to some wonderful winds. Did a low pass across the airport and circled for Rwy 35
2) so tired I think I was seeing double
3) as I landed I noticed a whole bunch of cars on the perimeter road so I went back to look
4) sure enough, an Aussie traffic jam.. hope it wasn't my fault (satellite shots courtesy of Plan-G)

Meep... meep.. that's all folks!
 
Came straight in with the wind and landed the Cessna Death Machine (tm) safe at YMEN for the finish. I'm done flying in this year's MacRobertson.

Hope there's some of that "nitro" left!
 
Many beers flowing at the Windsor and many tall stories of Headwinds , Dodgy landings , Appaling weather , The Storms of the Far East , Fatigue , Exhaustion , the Indian Fog , The Swealtering Australian Heat and many more . Here are some Photo`s of the Cirrus`s Epic journey from Mildenhall to Essendon . Hope you like them , I certainly enjoyed taking them :)
 
Continued :) Also some photo`s of Arrvoo beautiful Duke playing chicken with the Longhaul Airliners resulting with a few words of advice from the Military :) I believe they asked " if he was aware of the effects of wake turbulence from a 747 and if he wanted to sample the turbulence from a pair of afterburning Turbo-Union RB199`s :jump:

Fantastic event :ernae: to everyone
 
Waiting for Godot.. or Dave

I gave up stumbling along in the Beech at Puss Moth speeds and "raced on ahead"

Nice sunset though, which might turn into rain by the time the Moth arrives
 
Hey All,

Does this seem fair? :icon_lol: Last leg - precision estimate required - and this is the weather as of about 6AM local (YMEN) time - fog 3/4 mi vis. It'll be hard enough just getting on the ground in one piece much less being precise. Think I'll wait 3 or 4 hours to see if it clears up at all.

-Ed-
 
Hey All,

Odd Spookster I'm in FS9 weather engine and I got fog and rain and low vis. One of those get 1000 ft or so off the ground and it's clear and you can see the airport drop down and you can't see diddly.

-Ed-
 
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