Willy's Flight of the Gee Bee to Oz

Willy

Willy

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Sitting in Mildenhall doing last minute checks before taxiing to the runway.
 

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Taking off in a couple of minutes from Mildenhall in the Gee Bee Z "Patience" headed to Le Bourget for the first leg (EGUN - LFPB)
 
Landed at Paris for the first leg. A little foggy but no major problems finding the airfield. Now to refuel and prepare for the next leg.


Previous Time: 0
Flight Time: 1:02:55
Ground Time: 1:30:00 (RAC Unofficial Fuel Stop)
Total 2:32:55

Getting ready to head farther south...

Here's a pic I took going over the Thames Estuary

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Made it to LFML Marseille. Set the Duenna up for auto pickup and thought I was good to go. Landed at LFML and it never showed to drop the baton in the sim. Checked the duenna and it was still set to autopickup, but never did. So here's what I got:

Flight Analysis
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Duenna (what there is of it)
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Kneeboard Flight Plan (showing completion)

Part A
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Part B
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And I'm attaching the Duenna System Log.

Now what do we do and how much sweet talk does Miss Nellie need to hear to allow the flight?


Okay, I was told this was okay this time but to not let it happen again.

Flight Time: 2:07:00
Routine Ground Time: 0:45:00
Special Ground Time: 0:00:00
Penalty Time: 0:00:00
 

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Please proceed. Things look good with the backup Flight Analysis screen. We shall take this documentation up the circular staircase to Miss Nellie.
 
Getting ready to head on to Rome from Marseilles, talking off in a thunderstorm. Sometimes, you just gotta take the weather you get...
 
Engine died a mile or so short of the runway so I had to dead stick it into a field.... Bits and pieces flew everywhere. But I got a green duenna

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http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=FMkELftqW7CbZq7nDmPhjCN6AE

Flight Time: 00:11:51
Routine Ground Time: 0:00:00
Special Ground Time: 0:00:00
Penalty Time: 0:10:00 (Stop off airport with engines stopped and no refueling.

587.9 lbs of fuel onboard (after the fire was put out)


Now to fix this thing...
 

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Think I'm going to call it a night here and fly on to Rome in the morning... It just seems safer somehow.
 
Finally got out of that thunderstorm over southern France.. coming up on Corsica, but I'll be just passing through...
 
I'm glad you made it! You can't say I didn't warn you about the bad behaviour of your aircraft :biggrin-new:

Cheers,
Huub
 
I think that tree behind it that I clipped the top of with the wheels had a bit to do with the losing of the wheels and fire. There were bits flying everywhere when I went through that treetop. As for the engine, that was my fault. Was watching other things and not paying attention to the RPM and overspeeded it (again). Actually the main vice I've found for the Wozza Gee Bee has been mostly landing it. It will get a bit squirrelly on take off if you're not careful and it's best to keep your airspeed up for landing. Stall is around 70ish kias, but trying to land that slow is almost a death wish. I try to land about 90 to 100kias. It'll bounce around for a while and you'll need plenty of runway to get it slowed down. But it's working for me.

BTW, with the engine dead, it doesn't glide for beans. You are coming down very quickly and you'd best be picking a spot. With the engine cutting in and out, you have a bit more time, but you're still going to be losing altitude and speed. You just have more time to pick your spot.
 
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