Willy's Flight of the Gee Bee to Oz

[Willy]

Darn fish weren't the only things biting.. lots of crocagators around here too..

Heading on to YCCY..

 

[Willy]

NIce landing at Cloncurry, even if I did land on the wrong runway...

Flight Time: 01:50:13
Routine Ground Time: 0:45:00
Special Ground Time: 0:00:00
Penalty Time: 0:00:00

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=r5JdKBzWRJVnXNo3kpTPsLzHoaY

 

[Ron Attwood]

Go Willy, go!

 

[Willy]

Time to take off to YBCV. Maybe I won't get too lost in the outback...

 

[Willy]

Made it to Charleville. A bit of a rough landing though. About the time I think I'm getting the hang of flying the Gee Bee, it bites me. But as they say, any landing you can walk away from....

Flight Time: 02:14:02
Routine Ground Time: 0:45:00
Special Ground Time: 0:00:00
Penalty Time: 0:00:00

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=icaFhEHHjXGmASgGq7fGO3WfGfY

 

[Willy]

Let's see if I can manage to make it to Narrowmine YNRM (not enough range to go straight to Melbourne)

 

[Willy]

Arrived at Narrowmine safely with no major problems. Wish all my Gee Bee flights went this well.

Flight Time: 01:44:56
Routine Ground Time: 0:45:00
Special Ground Time: 0:00:00
Penalty Time: 0:00:00

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=saWF5RznCAUSVGccV5jQBXxOcU

 

[Willy]

Melbourne or Bust! Flying the leg online.

 

[Willy]

Made the final heading change and it's straight on to Melbourne from here... About 250nm to go.

 

[Willy]

Have the Melbourne ADF signal and now it's just follow the needle in.

 

[Willy]

Safe at Melbourne! Had to make a different approach than originally planned due to winds on the ground, but we made it!

Flight Time: 01:43:52
Routine Ground Time: 0:00:00
Special Ground Time: 0:00:00
Penalty Time: 0:00:00

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFlight.php?detail=flight&value=r7V2TsN5IKHtVSZEnC8WgjuTcQ0


Now to find out where that Spartan was stashed at for the return trip...

 

[Moses03]

Way to stick with it in that finicky racer Willy.

 

[robert41]

Congrats Willy.

 

[Craig Taylor]

Bravo Zulu!

 

[JimmyRFR]

Congratulations! To think that pieces of landing gear have been left at airfields from London to Melbourne... shows a lot of perseverance to get that thing up in the air and back down on the ground again so many times!

 

[rwhsim]

Well done Willy. Great feat in that engine with wings attached.

 

[Willy]

Thanks guys!

I think PRB is doing a much better job of flying the Gee Bee than I did.

 

[spokes2112]

Congrats Willy ! Way to tame that beast!

 

[PRB]

Bravo Zulu Willy!

 

[jt_dub]

Well Done Willy!!!!