Comments for Flight 1
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002, F1,
AC680, 12.64, LANDING SPD 65.35 KIAS, -450 FPM |
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006, F1, Beechcraft D18S, 12.18, Great to be back for GAAR
2007. Should be a fun month of flying
down under. Thanks to the organizers
for all their work. |
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007, F1, Globe
Swift, 14.08, Time to start,been
anticipating the GAAR after a year of bush flying,washed
the dust off the swift,preflight and taxied into
line. Preparing I had the FTimer instialled,a digital choronograph,and
an inflatabile raft,flare
gun,and life vest.figure
on the short legs to stay below 3000ft unless winds aloft are favorable.bounced the landing as the first leg jitters
grabbed hold but no harm done. |
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012, F1,
DC-5, 16.84, Great to be in another GAAR. The fifth for me. |
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015, F1, Beechcraft D18S, 13.50, Good to get going. Great scenery! |
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016, F1,
PBY-5aCatalina, 18.04, Mike Stones Catalina |
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019, F1,
AC560A, 12.97, Took off on rwy 8, landed rwy 30. |
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025, F1,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 20.23, We're off! Flew
the trial at nominal cruise setting of 3100 rpm. As the maximum sustained
revs for the Pobjoy Niagara is about 3200, I doubt
whether the Monospar is capable of better than a Silver over the course. Kept the circuit nice and tight
at Badu, made a "hot" approach, followed
by a deadstick landing - FUN. |
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026, F1,
CESSNA 172, 17.80, Aircraft had to be held to track. NDB was operating OK but no joy with the
DME. |
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028, f1,
Corsair F4U, 11.13, OK. Why are all these islands so bloody small. |
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033, F1,
DC3, 13.26, Pleasent Flight. |
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059, F1,
Douglas DC3 Dakota, 13.90, Tight turn to land on a coral runway! |
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068, F1,
Miles Messenger, 17.32, Great to get started ! |
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070, F1,
DC3, 13.10, Flew real weather with 23kt headwind |
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071,
F1, Beechcraft
D18S, 14.5, and we're off |
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077, F1,
Spartan Executive, 12.58, Here we go again! |
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081, F1,
Douglas DC3, 13.16, My original (and unthought out)
plan was to keep my groundspeed as near as possible to that of my test
flight. LOL! Makes very little difference on a short leg! This is the result
of 23 tries! |
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088, f1,
DC-3, 14.68, Things kinda "hairy". I'm new to FS9 and after many FS-2002
hours, I've had to relearn some things.
Think this will be fun. |
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093, F1,
Ryan Navion, 13.81, Landing 67.26 kias and -129 fpm |
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098, F1, DE
HAVILLAND DEVON, 13.51, I am not sure if I have already sent this, however I
did make a mistake earlier tonight and send one with the wrong GAAR No I used
102 |
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103, F1, Messerschmitt Bf109E-4, 11.52, This had better not set
the trend for my landings. Thumpdown! |
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104, F1,
Fairchild C-123B, 12.28, Landing: 67.87 KIAS, -678 FPM |
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107, F1,
Douglas DC-3, 16.12, 2500ft, 31 gallons. |
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110, F1, PBY5 VR-HDT, 15.87,
Off to a reasonable start. That 3 minute
add-on is sending me back for a slide rule and some sharpened pencils (or
maybe just use EXCEL?) |
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122, F1,
Beech D-18S, 12.85, Run precisely to real aircraft parameters insofar as
engine manifold pressures, RPM, EGT, CHT, oil press & temp are concerned.
Flown at 1,500' |
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123, F1,
Piper PA-20 Super Pacer, 18.91, This and all subsequent sectors flown
consecutively and ahead of time to allow time to fly my other aircraft
entries. Based on developed flight
technique (see Forum if interested), flight times were as expected for this
general aviation aircraft with the aircraft's flight characteristics being of
great benefit for producing some excellent times. The real flying now begins with my multi
engine entries. |
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124, F1,
yak-3, 13.16, wow, what a weather - you can see the north pole from 3000ft.
;-) |
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125, F1,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 19.79, YHID Rwy 32, YBAU Rwy 12. Fuel used:
2,9 gal. |
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126, F1,
CAC P51D Mustang, 11.01, This is the new Warwwick
Carter P51 It works well in FSX with little mods I
cobbled together a 2D cockpit to go with his VC |
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127, F1,
de Havilland DHA-98 Mosquito, 11.93, This is a FS02
or CFS2 model I forget which I put a FS9 CFG & Aifile
in and a new cockpit Flies fine Sound file acts up Sometimes it makes idle noises
at cruise speed? |
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128, F1,
CAC Boomerang, 12.37, Aeroplane Heaven Payware model I converted it to FSX Flies fine |
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129, F1,
CAC Wirraway, 14.69, Flies Fine in FSX |
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130, F1,
DAP Bristol Beaufighter 21, 11.46, I tried a payware version but the cockpit did strange things so
this is a cfs2 model with new gauges Flies fine |
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136, F1,
Linnet, 19.61, It can only go downhill from here, 0.01 off target. |
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137, F1,
Yak-18, 14.18, short hop, transit @ 2,500', full, 71% |
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139, F1,
DHC-4, 13.27, Hard to nail the numbers! |
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141, F1,
DC-3, 14.06, Very dicey crosswind at YBAU was not helpful. Cruised at METO
power settings to compensate for my inevitably too-long traffic pattern at |
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144, F1, Beech
D-17 Staggerwing, 12.95, This is the simTECH model Really hard to convert to FSX Oroblems with the textures CG is all wrong too will fix
during rally Flies fine |
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145, F1,
Cessna Bobcat, 17.46, Tried everything I could thonk
of Bobcat won't appear in FSX |
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146, F1,
Grumman G21 Goose, 18.01, Off we go again |
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148, F1, PA-22 Tripacer, 14.92, Shaky start, fine tuning the PC and aeroplane (and pilot). |
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154, F1,
DC-5, 13.62, On line with bgas046 |
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161, F1,
DC-3, 13.95, The extra three minutes doesn't leave
much room for error, and that's a fact! |
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164, F1,
Lockheed P-38L, 7.72, First flight of GAAR 2007 |
Comments for Flight 2
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002, F2,
AC680, 16.67, LANDING SPD 69.30 KIAS, --156 FPM |
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004, F2, Ambassador,
15.35, Closer, or luckier! |
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006, F2, Beechcraft D18S, 15.54, The Beech truly is a beech to
fly. Low speed maneuvering is very
sensitive, and my landing at |
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007, F2,
Globe Swift, 19.51, learned a lesson this leg,I was behind time as I approuched
the Island the pattern was clear so i called a
straight in approuch,it was only a slight tail wind
as the mains touched I tapped the brakes and almost nosed it over,firewalled the throttle went around and lost more time
than I would have flying the pattern. |
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009, F2,
DC3, 19.00, Short flights are easy, right? |
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025, F2,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 27.93, More headwinds,
so another very tight cicuit and deadstick landing to make up a bit of time. |
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030, F2,
ANSON, 17.57, RW 11 APP |
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059, F2,
Douglas DC3 Dakota, 17.60, Another shortish runway
- working hard to get the aircraft slowed down! |
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071, F2, Beechcraft D18S, 20, Piece o cake |
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077, F2,
Spartan Executive, 16.36, Interesting cross winds. |
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092, F2, DC3,
20.25, Hairy short final, dodging hills and trees. |
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093, F2,
Ryan Navion, 18.42, Landing 71.59 kias -361 fpm |
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098, F2,
DE HAVILLAND DEVON, 17.85, I am not sure if I have already sent this, |
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104, F2,
Fairchild C-123B, 16.30, Landing: 79.11 KIAS, -179 FPM |
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107, F2,
Douglas DC-3, 20.03, 3500ft, 36 gallons |
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110, F2, PBY5 VR-HDT, 21.61,
Still a bit long... Need to get down a
bit quicker. |
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122, F2,
Beech D-18S, 20.41, Run precisely to real aircraft parameters insofar as
engine manifold pressures, RPM, EGT, CHT, oil press & temp are concerned.
Flown at 2,500' |
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124, F2,
yak-3, 17.02, if i hadn't practiced with flights 6
- 8 (murray island and back) i
wouldn't even get close those numbers, believe me. this
one was pure luck, too. this will get really
difficult with some serious weather... |
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125, F2,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 27.39, YBAU Rwy 12, YYMI Rwy 29. Fuel used:
4,5 gal. |
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133, F2,
Commander 560, 16.67, I cheched the forum and noted
that you only have my F1 I also sent F2 F3
and F4 if you didnot recieve
2,3or 4 Ihave sent them again with F5 and F6 |
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137, F2,
Yak-18, 19.13, full,72%, early arrival, 5 minutes to spare, long run in. |
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141, F2,
DC-3, 18.89, Another tough crosswind. |
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144, F2,
Beech D-17 Staggerwing, 17.47, Ted Wells had a lot
to do with the conception of the Staggerwing Ac |
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154, F2,
DC-5, 17.87, On line with bgas046 |
Comments for Flight 3
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002, F3,
AC680, 20.68, LANDING SPD 70.47 KIAS, -201 FPM |
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006, F3, Beechcraft D18S, 19.34, Why oh why did I pick the Beech
for this rally? All of these grass and
gravel short strips are taking a toll on my landing gear as I haven't been
able to accomplish a single landing without at least one bone crunching
bounce. At least my mechanic's
happy. Confirms his long held belief
that I don't know what I'm doing. |
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007, F3,
Globe Swift, 24.70, First impressions of this rally were wrong,I thought these short legs would be nothing to Max
out and land on time,but even judgeing
the pattern altitude and length come onto play as well as winds aloft and
dead on navigation.makes those hundreds of a second
seem like hours when I realise I'm a little high or
fast. after inspecting for dammage
after the last landing this flight was ok and look forward to tommorows adventure. |
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009, F3,
DC3, 24.30, Bit longer flight equals better time |
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023, F3,
Cessna182, 32.67, I have no fishing pole and one stinking coconut tree out here !!! |
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025, F3,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 33.46, Tailwinds - hooray.
Got to Boigu in enough time to make a respectable
circuit for once. |
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030, F3,
ANSON, 22.50, Fine flight easy circuit and approach |
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033, F3,
DC3, 24.83, Good Flight, finding air strip short, having to land at slow speed's. |
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036, F3,
DC-3 BEA, 24.40, Spot On!! |
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065, F3,
Ryan Navion, 27.29, I almost totally nailed this
one should have accelerated a bit longer down the runway but I was afraid I'd
run off the end! |
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068, F3,
Miles Messenger, 30.61, I blame the wind |
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088, f3, DC-3,
22.83, Runways getting shorter! Gonna need a grappling hook hanging from tail before long
to arrest landings! |
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093, F3,
Ryan Navion, 23.81, Landing 71.98 kias -116 fpm |
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103, F3, Messerschmitt Bf109E-4, 22.07, Nice smooth flight all the
way, very happy! |
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104, F3,
Fairchild C-123B, 22.38, Landing: 74.17 KIAS, -148 FPM |
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107, F3,
Douglas DC-3, 23.48, 4500ft, 37 gallons |
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110, F3, PBY5 VR-HDT, 26.57,
Sheer bloody luck!!!!!!! |
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122, F3, Beech
D-18S, 24.60, Run precisely to real aircraft parameters insofar as engine
manifold pressures, RPM, EGT, CHT, oil press & temp are concerned. Flown
at 1,500' |
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125, F3,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 35.02, YYMI Rwy 11, YBOI Rwy 27. Fuel used:
4,6 gal. |
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136, F3,
Linnet, 35.12, Last year this would have exactly balanced the last leg at
-0.28 out! |
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137, F3,
Yak-18, 24.59, full,71%,3,000', Leonid was spot on, Proppy will demonstrate new kettle concepts next days. |
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139, F3,
DHC-4, 23.64, Distance to go divided by time remaining minus 2.5 minutes = O'Gawd where did that spare 1.5 minutes go! |
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141, F3,
DC-3, 23.86, At last, surface winds aligned with the runway. I wish I could
brag on the time but luck was a part of it. |
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154, F3,
DC-5, 24.38, On line with bgas046 |
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155, F3,
De Havilland DHC4 'Caribou', 26.08, Lost avionics
and comms on finals into Boigu. Needed the rest days to effect repairs
before "legging" it to |
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155, F3,
De Havilland DHC4 'Caribou', 26.08, Lost avionics
and comms on finals into Boigu.
Needed the rest days to effect repairs before "legging it" to |
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164, F3,
Lockheed P-38L, 13.02, Flight 3 |
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VH-015,
F3, spitfire, 16.05, bit better all
good bit cloudy |
Comments for Flight 4
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002, F4, AC680,
11.81, LANDING SPD 65.65 KIAS, -136 FPM |
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006, F4, Beechcraft D18S, 10.69, That landing wasn't so bad - not
quite a bone crunching bounce, more like a teeth clacking hop. Getting better. |
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007, F4,
Globe Swift, 13.86, This flight it is time for 007 to break out the Q branch
top secret equipment,reached
in the closet and found the old E6-B calculator,after
40+years of storage in the samsonite brief case,the only part totally rusted was the operators brain!luckly the manuel was
still there.I hope this will give me some solid
airspeed numbers for winds so i end up closer than
the 3-6 miles off course. |
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015, F4, Beechcraft D18S, 10.50, Gotta
remember to take a pic one of these times. |
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025, F4,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 17.29, 3.2 gallons |
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025, F4,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 17.29, A bit like
flying a (very slow) turboprop - up to cruise height (3500ft) and started
down again almost immediately. Lined up for a straight-in landing (the
windsock was clearly visible). A minute early due to drifting right of track
and cutting the corner onto finals. |
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030, F4,
ANSON, 12.48, One day oh one day i will get it bang
on. |
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035, F4,
DC3, 12.54, Nearly a minute early. Heck! |
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046, F4,
Douglas DC-3, 13.05, Flight at 1500ft, straight in approach at destination |
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082, F4,
C47, 14.00, Who planted that tree at the end of the runway!!! |
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088, F4,
DC-3, 12.70, Needed whole runway to get off at YBOI. Managed to have a little to spare landing
at YSII. I was very low on final! Glad no sailboats around the approach lane. |
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093, F4,
Ryan Navion, 13.32, Landing 91.26 kias -223 fpm |
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104, F4,
Fairchild C-123B, 11.56, Landing: XXX KIAS, XX FPM |
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105, F4,
AC680 MAC VC, 11.31, Short straight in flight had to excersise
speed control not to miss the mark |
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107, F4,
Douglas DC-3, 12.89, 22 gallons |
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108, F4,
Douglas R4D-6, 12.90, Have to seriously watch landing speed on these short
runways |
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110, F4,
PBY5 VR-HDT, 15.23, Not much wiggle time on such a short flight! |
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112, F4, B-25
Mitchell, 14.68, Came in too steep and had to go around. |
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122, F4,
Beech D-18s, 13.36, All I can say is "Thank heavens for
autopilots!" |
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137, F4,
Yak-18, 13.42, Moderate winds enroute,Full,71%,3000ft. |
Comments for Flight 5
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002, F5,
AC680, 34.14, LANDING SPD 72.00 KIAS, -316 FPM |
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006, F5, Beechcraft D18S, 33.36, Having read some of the pilots'
comments about Murray Island, I flew the leg a bit fast, but I needed the
extra time to line up and touch down shallow and sloooow. Even so it was close. That's a tall cliff off the end of the
runway! |
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007, F5,
Globe Swift, 40.48, I wonder if the planners have a DC-3 hauling in water to
the islands, the summer sun dehydrates me and I'm sure the fresh water supply
is limited on the smaller spits of sand. starting to figure this aircraft out,can't man-handle it around like a bever
will sometimes forgive you,watch the cross-winds,wheel landings-not three point. |
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019, F5,
AC560A, 36.27, Almost nailed it. |
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023, F5,
Cessna182, 45.94, I seem to be tighting my times up
a little |
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025, F5,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 57.70, 9.7 gallons. |
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028, F5,
Corsair F4U, 30.63, Hope nobody really needs the wind sock. I just attached
it firmly to my right wing tip. Sheet metal work required. |
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030, F5,
ANSON, 37.07, Damn |
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046, F5,
Douglas DC-3, 40.38, Flown at 3500ft, straight in approach, and short field
landing at destination |
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059, F5,
Douglas DC3 Dakota, 37.19, Nice flight!
Timing was off but hope to do better along
the way! |
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066, F5,
Douglas DC-6, 31.54, They oughta put an arrestor
hook on these things! |
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082, F5,
C47, 39.73, Think I had a tail wind. Very short runway at |
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088, F5,
DC-3, 41.10, Nice little island.
Interesting airstrip. |
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090, F5,
DC-3, 43.47, Been pretty lucky so far finding these APs. I live in dread of not finding one. |
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093, F5,
Ryan Navion, 39.12, Landing 67.82 kias -266 fpm |
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098, F5, |
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103, F5, Messerschmitt Bf109E-4, 00, Crashed on landing, have no
time to repair plane and re-fly before the close of entry for this leg,
therefore I withdraw from the Rally. |
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104, F5,
Fairchild C-123B, 35.32, Landing: 78.14 KIAS, -211 FPM |
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105, F5, AC680
MAC VC, 35.34, Those cliff look menacing on the approach, had to break hard
not to overrun the rwy. |
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107, F5,
Douglas DC-3, 39.41, 68 gallons |
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108, F5,
Douglas R4D-6, 36.00, Well ahead of estimated times....don't know why |
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110, F5,
PBY5 VR-HDT, 44.07, Those on the ground were amazed to see a Catalina doing
slow S's on the approach and then not braking until the very last second. |
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112, F5,
B-25 Mitchell, 33.53, Perfect straight in approach |
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122, F5, Beech
D-18s, 36.83, The first time I've actually had to fly this kite. Approach was
difficult, requiring a precise touch and an almost dead-stick landing. Made
it though. |
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124, F5,
yak-3, 36.62, yeah, that went smoothly |
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137, F5, Yak-18,
41.10, No flak barrage on arrival, the Pipkin type
must be lagging behind,Full,72%,3.000ft |
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141, F5,
DC-3, 40.40, Great landing site. |
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154, F5,
DC-5, 39.96, 85 gal for YBOI-YSII-YMOI Only ndb
& dme,
no FSNAV or GPS best time ever
only .02 min late |
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160, F5, Curtiss-Wright AT32 Condor, 47.83, Now realize Condor was
not best choice for flight - no flaps + short strips + lack of pilot skill =
very nervous landings! |
Comments for Flight 6
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001, F6, Cessna
Bobcat, 28.62, Sure looks different with the Torres Strait Scenery. |
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002, F6,
AC680, 23.46, LANDING SPD 68.30 KIAS, -283 FPM |
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005, F6,
Beech Twin Bonanza, 22.62, Thought the circle around for Rwy
10 approach would kill me...can't believe my time on this one! |
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006, F6, Beechcraft D18S, 21.71, One more short runway and
landings should get a lot easier. A
4,000' runway now seems luxuriously long.
And asphalt! Most of the
remaining sectors have asphalt runways!
You're spoiling us GAAR. |
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007, F6,
Globe Swift, 26.58, Just as I get feeling good about my landings,I
try to "grease one in" to impress some of the pilots waiting to
take off and bounced hard an almost ground looped the little beast, the red
face was just sunburn... |
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012, F6,
DC-5, 27.60, Landing on an aircraft carrier? ... OK. |
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015, F6, Beechcraft D18S, 23.11, Put the Lime in the Cocconut and Relax on the Beech!!! |
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019, F6,
AC560A, 25.08, entered pattern on downwind for rwy
9. |
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025, F6,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 37.88, Fuel 6.9
gallons. |
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028, F6,
Corsair F_4U, 21.36, What a lovely bunch of coconuts. Watched my time like a
hawk, performed a nice side slip onto the runway and still came up short on
timing. |
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030, F6,
ANSON, 25.30, MMMMMM |
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046, F6,
Douglas DC-3, 27.56, Flown at 4500ft. Left hand pattern at destination |
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047, F6,
DC3, 29.55, First send F6 pirep was wrong, this one
is the right one.Thanks |
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059, F6,
Douglas DC3 Dakota, 25.84, Tricky landing but made it ok! |
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065, F6,
Ryan Navion, 30.61, Successful crash land!! No
crash reported in FS. Wingtip overhangs runway. Time barely missed by 0.01!
What Luck! |
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066, F6,
Douglas DC-6, 21.50, Ze wodka
kettles zey did explodes slightenly
prematurely but et least i fount ze ladiez undiez
albeit after landink! |
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082, F6,
C47, 26.77, nice and calm. |
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090, F6,
DC-3, 25.27, Thanks for the bright Blue area around the Is. Sure helps to find the air strip. |
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093, F6,
Ryan Navion, 25.99, Landing 65.03 kias -273 fpm |
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104, F6,
Fairchild C-123B, 22.82, Landing: 64.95 KIAS, -474 FPM |
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107, F6,
Douglas DC-3, 26.06, Fuel 53 gallons |
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110, F6,
PBY-5 VR-HDT, 29.86, Thought I had
some seconds in hand at beginning of descent, but still managed to loose too
time on the approach |
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122, F6,
Beech D-18s, 24.06, Thank you, auto-pilot! |
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135, F6,
DHC-4, 25.54, Long enough leg to get the timing close but still had to rush
the base & finals. I hate it when
you hear the overstress sound as your flaps extend above V flap max but love
the reverse pitch of the Caribou. |
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136, F6,
G-B Linnet, 39.10, Drat, on approach I got fixated on the target time being
39.10. It was only when the clock stopped that I noticed that it was actually
39.15! |
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137, 6,
Yak-18, 27.81, on-line with an armada of fellow aviators (sorry they are kapitalistni). No fear of panzerfausts
since the Pipkin type left the rally. Very sorry to
hear. Full,72%.3,000' |
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161, F6,
DC-3, 26.29, These short runways really tax the capability of this huge
airplane - the locals are quite impressed with its size. Send a bill for the runway lights to the
company headquarters, as I'm sure they will be glad to send a virtual check
for the new bulbs. |
Comments for Flight 7
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002, F7, AC680,
9.28, LANDING SPD 66.17 KIAS, -269 FPM |
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004, F7,
Airspeed Ambassador, 8.70, Hard work these short ones. |
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006, F7, Beechcraft D18S, 9.10, Glad these short runways are
done. Bet the Rally has other
surprises in store for us though. |
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007, F7, Globe
Swift, 9.73, It will take a few more days of this sun to thaw out from the
Alaska Bush,but it sure feels good. the rumors are
starting that a Capt.Zlog has something other than
water in those bottles,a vodka martini might be
possible after all and with my landings it would be shaken and hopefully not
stirred.(vermouth is not a problem I have a photo of a bottle that i can wave over the glass) |
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010, F7,
DH104, 9.71, Told my batman(Charleycam)to deploy
the spoilers instead he pushed the throttle levers full fwd. |
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019, F7,
AC560A, 9.24, Had to refile this flight cause it didn't go thru the first time. |
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021, F7,
DC3, 10.18, Some ashpalt in the middle of a lagoon!
With a crosswind approach! Great fun! |
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025, F7,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 13.93, Fuel 2.7 gallons |
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028, F7,
Corsair F_4U, 8.37, Gear up, Gear down and I came up short time again. I am
getting closer but getting it all to come together at the same time is not as
simple as it sounds. |
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030, F7,
ANSON, 9.60, Worse than longer legs |
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036, F7,
DC-3, 10.03, Ammended result, read target times
from column 36 not pilot ID 36 LOL |
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046, F7,
Douglas DC-3, 9.54, Flown at 1200ft, straight in approach, and short field
landing! |
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059, F7, Douglas
DC3 Dakota, 9.23, Short hop and hard to judge but got it! Tight landing |
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064, F7,
DC3, 9.30, CORRECTED ENTRY |
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065, F7,
Ryan Navion, 11.90, Another crash land as I was
rushing! Not as close as before though. |
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066, F7,
Douglas DC-6, 8.55, No neet fur ze
undiez diz time... schnepp! |
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082, F7,
C47, 10.95, I think this was the hardest flight yet, found it really tight to
get down and on final. |
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088, F7,
DC-3, 12.37, Ain't much island here except for the
runway! |
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093, F7,
Ryan Navion, 9.62, Landing 65.33 kias -123 fpm |
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104, F7,
Fairchild C-123B, 9.57, Landing: 70.50 KIAS, -220 FPM |
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105, F7,
AC680 MAC VC, 9.43, Short hops like this one throws your time out of
kilter.....pprrr...ppufff! |
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107, F7,
Douglas DC-3, 10.81, Fuel 20 gallons |
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108, F7,
Lockheed P-38L, 6.23, Flt 7 |
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110, F7,
PBY-5 VR-HDT,
10.83, First two flights were way, way over time. Third time used a hot rod descent and
careful braking. Yee Hawwwwww!!!!!!!!!!! |
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122, F7,
Beech D-18s, 8.43, Not real world stuff, surely? |
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124, F7,
yak-3, 9.90, it's not that easy. I almost broke off a wing and strayed off
the runway in a wild attempt to hit the right time...have to check the yak
before I will continue. |
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131, F7, deHavilland DH-88 Comet, 8.71, Wow, short legs are harder
to nail the time than the longer ones...Yuch!!!
Never got the plane trimmed completely before needing to decend
for the landing. Great challenge. |
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135, F7,
DHC-4, 9.12, Barely time to admire the scenery as I usually spend 10 minutes
on Finals! |
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137, 7,
Yak-18, 10.28, low flight profile, YWBS full of kettle lovers in admiration
of Proppy's last demo. Full,69%,1.700' |
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160, F7, Curtiss-Wright AT32 Condor, 14.22, Two attempts at
landing as pilot bottled it on first try! |
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161, F7,
DC-3, 9.98, Gear up . . . gear down!
Not enough time to drink a coffee, much less turn off the "No
Smoking" sign! |
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164, F7,
Lockheed P-38L, 6.23, Flt 7 Think I filed under 108 instead of 164 so I refiled |
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076, F7, Beechcraft D18S, 8.56, |
Comments for Flight 8
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001, F8,
Cessna Bobcat, 20.12, Nailed it! |
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002, F8,
AC680, 16.49, LANDING SPD 74.67 KIAS, -191 FPM |
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006, F8, Beechcraft D18S, 15.40, Time to make some repairs and get
a bit of rest before the long flight to Gove. |
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007, F8,
Globe Swift, 19.61, Not to thrilled at the prospect of havind
to ditch,just spotted a shark that looked big
enough I DON'T think my Rubber Raft would stop it if it wanted a lunch! The
E6-b is helping the navigation and speed,but my
judging the pattern length & height is hurting my times at first reading
I thought this would be easy,now I know a slower aiecraft may have been a better choice,that
Zepplin pilot just might have the winner(at least
good shade) |
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009, F8,
DC3, 17.90, I am finding these short flights very difficult. I hope to
improve later. Yeah, right! |
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010, F8,
DH104, 19.12, Better timing this flight,Charleycam's
out ratting. |
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015, F8, Beechcraft D18S, 15.17, Thanks for all the support back
in the states. The Beech is running
fine and we'll contact you all when we reach civilization. |
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021, F8,
DC3, 19.02, Elected to run Downwind right for RW08 and take the crosswind
component - given my time I'm glad I took that choice! |
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025, F8,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 26.32, Fuel 4.8 gallons.
0.01 minutes late! |
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028, F8,
Corsair F_4U, 15.31, Back on |
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030, F8,
ANSON, 17.60, Nailed |
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037, F8,
DC-3, 20.37, Had to take time to replace brakes while down at |
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046, F8,
Douglas DC-3, 18.54, Flown at 2500ft, straight in approach at destination |
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059, F8,
Douglas DC3 Dakota, 16.60, Got the time wrong on this but made half decent
landing despite the crosswind. |
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065, F8,
Ryan Navion, 21.59, Routine finally! |
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066, F8,
Douglas DC-6, 8.31, Finally a runway that isnt reminiscant of a garden path! :D |
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082, F8,
C47, 20.75, At last a proper runway with lights and everything. I think thats why I was nearly 2 mins
over. Spent to much time setting up for a proper approach. Think I'm going to
have to tighten everything before the "big push" to Gove. |
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090, F8,
DC-3, 17.88, Nice to have a NDB to home in on. |
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093, F8,
Ryan Navion, 18.77, Landing 62.66 kias -60 fpm |
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104, F8,
Fairchild C-123B, 17.88, Landing: 68.76 KIAS, -162 FPM |
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105, F8,
AC680 MAC VC, 17.89, Trying to maintain that margin of error on the low
side.... Back to YHID for a good cold one....Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!....Ahhh! |
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107, F8, Douglas
DC-3, 18.69, Fuel 36 gallons. |
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110, F8,
PBY-5 VR-HDT,
20.13, This time too much hot rod descent! |
|
122, F8,
Beech D-18s, 18.56, Back at |
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124, F8,
yak-3, 17.86, Savely back at |
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131, F8, deHavilland DH-88 Comet, 15.60, Another challenging leg
for me to nail the time on. Hopefully will be better heading across the
sound. :>) |
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133, F8,
Commander 560, 17.75, great stuff very enjoyable if like getting taxed to the
max going to have to by a yoke |
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135, F8,
DHC-4, 18.32, Time to worry about traffic and find a place in the stack. |
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137, 8,
Yak-18, 19.35, shifting winds, not in line with forecast! |
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160, F8, Curtiss-Wright AT32 Condor, 18.00, Back at Horn. A much
needed chance to refuel (14% left in tanks) and give the brakes a good
overhaul (getting hammered with these short fields) before heading over the
gulf. |
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161, F8,
DC-3, 18.43, Nice to have a long enough runway - landing on aircraft-carrier
sized postage stamp airports was getting hard on tires and brakes, not to
mention passengers. |
Comments for Flight 9
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001, F9,
Cessna Bobcat, 149.94, Cruise at 8500' used about 3/4 of fuel capacity. Had to reduce speed enroute
due to tailwinds and extend downwind. |
|
002, F9,
AC680, 119.17, LANDING SPD 65.03 KIAS, -103 FPM |
|
006, F9, Beechcraft D18S, 112.73, This being the longest flight, I
calculated what my clock time should be every ten nm to monitor
progress. After that it was just a
matter of timing brake applications on the luxuriously long runway. |
|
007, F9,
Globe Swift, 139.65, Ready for the long haul,not
much when compared to some of past years,but I walk
better than I swim. going to climb up to 7000ft so if I have any trouble they
will have a little longer to hear me yelling out position and mayday!! after
looking at the Ftimer I feel good about the flight,not perfect but good. |
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009, F9,
DC3, 139.25, Now that was a lot better! Pleased with that time. |
|
012, F9,
DC-5, 132.28, long time without navaids, but all
went well. Only a few degrees of course. |
|
015, F9, Beechcraft D18S, 107.16, A lot of water fellas....weather was good though. Over half way now!!!! |
|
019, F9,
AC560A, 128.18, Long trip, nothing but water, started at 4500' but had to
drop down to 2500' as the winds came more from the west. |
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021, F9,
DC3, 140.58, Lots of speed adjustments enroute to
try to meke the time, misread the METAR and was
planning for RW13 until five miles out, so 30 seconds early was a stroke of
luck rather than good calculation! |
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023, F9,
Cessna182, 161.58, Have to remember to bring a larger coffee can. |
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024, F9,
Douglas DC-3, 139.03, Sorry Bill forgot the "0" in the last report |
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025, F9,
GA Monospar ST25, 201.58, Fuel 36.2 gallons. |
|
026, F9,
CESSNA 172, 171.77, The most difficult flight yet encountered,mainly
due to turbulence and an unstable aircraft.
Glad its finished |
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028, F9,
Corsair F_4U, 111.63, Im good on the long legs. This
old bird is hard to keep in check. Keeps wanting to go fast. This landing was
perfect to, if there had been an ILS approach I would have aced it. |
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030, F9,
ANSON, 128.93, Cant understand it.Arrived early
enough to make coffee in the hold |
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035, F9,
DC-3, 138.58, Report for Les Smith |
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036, F9,
DC-3, 136.99, Ammended result, read target times
from column 36 not pilot ID 36 LOL |
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046, F9,
Douglas DC-3, 138.85, Flown at 4500ft - Left hand pattern at destination |
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047, F9,
DC3, 144.20, Sorry, again a mistake in the first F9, I have counted the hours
and then minutes. |
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052, F9,
DC-3, 135.65, Cruise at 8500' used 208 gal of fuel. Variable winds made it a bit tricky - RW 13
this flight - RW 31 for gaar001
Neither one was an excellent choice. |
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059, F9,
Douglas DC3 Dakota, 128.71, Nice takeoff from Horn and a climbing left turn
to settle at 6000 feet. Lost the port
engine enroute but managed a re-start and continued
at 4000 feet, to a normal landing at Gove with a
fair time considering the problem.
Out over the water, not a good time to lose an engine! |
|
061, F9,
Globe Swift GC-1B, 134.09, Long Flight |
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066, F9,
Douglas DC-6, 110.05, YAHOOOOO!!!!... FIRST EVER EXACT TIME!!! W00T W00T W00T!!! |
|
068, F9,
Miles Messenger, 179.02, Wasn't looking forward to this long leg, but thanks
to lucky navigation, managed to get down OK by my standards. |
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071, f9, Beechcraft D18S, 100, Happy Valentines day all |
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073, F9,
Short S-17, 240, Wow that was a long flight! I doubt my time will be to good
with that one. |
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076, F9, Beechcraft D18S, 118.21, FSX - There's a couple of autogen trees growing in the touchdown zone of runway 31
@ YPGV!!!! |
|
077, F9,
Spartan Executive, 122.48, Best yet. Following Tom's advice I had time for 2 circuits
to get things right before landing.
Interesting to see wind farms. |
|
078, F9, Dornier Do27 B1, 217.22, Wow!! That was a long one!!! |
|
082, F9,
C47, 140.31, Nice flight, a few cross winds, thank god for a Sperry. Only 2.5
mins early. A few days off now to relax. |
|
088, F9,
DC-3, 140.92, Long overwater flight...no
scenery! Landed all OK and shut down. |
|
090, F9,
DC-3, 134.48, Longer Flight. Glad they
had NDB. I live in fear of not being
able to find the AP. |
|
092, F9, DC3,
152.49, Strange winds.... coming from everywhere |
|
093, F9,
Ryan Navion, 133.40, Landing 61.02 kias -176 fpm |
|
104, F9,
Fairchild C-123B, 124.25, Landing: 70.41 KIAS, -149 FPM |
|
105, F9,
AC680 MAC VC, 117.78, Heavy work schedule almost derailed my participation in
the rally. I belive this one is my best time so
far. |
|
106, F9,
Cessna 195, 142.19, A nice relaxing flight. |
|
107, F9,
Douglas DC-3, 139.20, Fuel 231 gallons. After the mad panic of the shorter
legs, this was a comparative doddle. Flew out with
tail winds at 8500ft, and then flew a few circuits of the holding pattern at
the VOR until dropping into the circuit (0.43 minutes late, but the
percentage wasn't worth worrying about).
|
|
110, F9,
PBY5 VR-HDT, 155.71, Lot of water and a
few clouds. But this must have been
the slowest approach ever made. Gear
down, floats down, Capt Zlogg's underwear hanging
out on the radio antenna, anchor from Great Motherland swinging in the
breeze... Just at stall speed forever
and then braking at the very last second.
Finished with the nose hanging over the tarmac! |
|
122, F9,
Beech D18, 117.86, Best leg yet as far as actual flight transit. In fact,
probably too good, seeing as I arrived 5 minutes earlier than planned for.
Still, it's nice to know that flight planning isn't a failed subject as far
as I'm concerned. |
|
124, F9,
yak-3, 127.61, Yiipeee - made it! Phew! At first i was very worried that i would
never make it to Gove. But thanks to great
tailwinds at FL10 i arrived almost 20 minutes early
with fuel for 20 more minutes. So i had the time
for a little sightseeing! cool! |
|
131, F9, deHavilland DH-88 Comet, 108.28, A challenge to nail the
long leg too, by the halfway point I was way behind my time, so I had to gun
it to make up the difference, managed to get it quite close. Long flight to
do without an autopilot, hand on the stick the whole way pretty much (flying
through weather fronts are fun :>) ). Great fun though, thanks. |
|
135, F9,
DHC-4, 133.28, Took this at 10,000 ft, with winds up the rear. Interesting trying to slow the descent down
to drag the time out but best time yet as I had plenty of time to think it
through. |
|
137, F9,
Yak-18, 141.42, dawn take off, several windshifts enroute, 8/8 clouds 5.000 ft. halfway. 7 minutes loiter,
barn door deployed, gear down and sailed in within reasonable limit.
Full,71%,6.500' |
|
139, F9,
DHC-4, 133.28, Flew at 10,000 ft. Interesting WX. Had to fly 219M to get back
on course of 247 then way to early with 30k assist so a long down wind and
base, |
|
142, F9,
Pembroke, 153.99, A near thing, just 10 gallons left My canine co-pilot was not amused. |
|
143, F9, Luscombe 8, 252.39, Strange how engines go into
auto-rough over a long stretch of water. |
|
150, F9,
DC3 (Delta Airlines), 129.50, Long water flight - makes you wish you had a
floatplane! |
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156, F9,
Handley-Page 'Halifax', 117.16, Arrived over Gove
early as planned with time to fly a full circuit. Couldn't 'nail' the 100%
result - short by 0.01 of a second against my target time. As they say:"You
don't win silver, you lose gold."
As for me, I'm just happy to be flying and challenging myself. |
|
160, F9, Curtiss-Wright AT32 Condor, 147.25, Sheesh! |
Comments for Flight 10
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002, F10,
AC680, 28.77, LANDING SPD 65.18 KIAS, -83 FPM |
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005, F10,
Beech Twin Bonanza, 27.84, Report resubmitted as I forgot the letter F in the
2nd field....sorry, |
|
006, F10,
Beechcraft D18S, 27.20, Ah, asphalt... love it! |
|
009, F10,
DC3, 33.41, Nearly.... |
|
019, F10,
AC560A, 30.50, Bad visibility on this flight, made straight in to rwy 28 with a long landing roll to maximize my time. |
|
021, F10,
DC3, 33.90, Lost one engine at 4 nm final due fuel starvation - that'll teach
me to pay more attention! |
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025, F10,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 47.88, Fuel 8.2 gallons |
|
028, F10,
Corsair F_4U, 25.32, Im starting to feel like the
guy who fell off the roof of a tall building. At every floor all he said was
So far so good. Well, so far so good. |
|
030, F10,
ANSON, 31.30, GAWD LANDED LIKE A BRICK |
|
046, F10,
Douglas DC-3, 33.53, Flown at 4500ft, straight in approach at destination! |
|
077, F10,
Spartan Executive, 30.03, Very hazy conditions and an unfriendly x-wind made life
interesting. |
|
082, F10,
C47, 33.08, It's those damn trees again.
Best I defoliate my undercarrage again. |
|
093, F10,
Ryan Navion, 32.47, Landing 78.67 kias -223 fpm |
|
095, f10,
Pilatus Porter, 41.37, Had to return to YPGV after realised the flight timer wasn't working. Fortunately hadn't gone too far. |
|
096, F10,
Lockheed Electra L10, 36.97, Dont know how I
managed this ? |
|
104, F10,
Fairchild C-123B, 29.84, Landing: 75.80 KIAS, -143 FPM |
|
105, F10,
AC680 MAC VC, 28.11, Uneventful leg very straight in approach. |
|
107, F10,
Douglas DC-3, 32.69, Fuel - 552 gallons. A bit murky at 4500ft but the
VOR/DME kept us on track to within sight of YELD. |
|
122, F10,
Beech D-18, 31.10, You win some, you lose some. This one I lost some. |
|
131, F10,
deHavilland DH-88 Comet, 26.57, SCARY LANDING!!!!
Bleed off way to much speed on the approach, stalled her out, she started to decend at 4000 f/m (not great
when you are only 700 feet above the ground), managed to save her from
certain death with less than 100 feet in altitude to spare. Climbed to about
500 feet, and brought her in with a great time to boot. Now to go and change
my shorts!!! ;>) |
|
132, F10,
de Havilland DH104, 31.01, Sorry, I'm not sure if I
had already submitted this flight's report. If this is a duplicate, please
ignore this one. Thank you |
|
135, F10,
DHC-4, 31.90, Starting to get the hang of this but the short legs mean
straight-in approaches. |
|
136, F10,
G-B Linnet, 49.09, Best score yet. |
|
141, F10,
DC-3, 33.28, That 10 mi viz seemed more like 5 or
less to me. |
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161, F10,
DC-3, 32.82, Honest time! Exactly on
schedule! Probably couldn't do it
again, either. |
Comments for Flight 11
|
002, F11,
AC680, 16.15, LANDING SPD 65.20 KIAS, -220 FPM |
|
005, F11,
Beech Twin Bonanza, 16.89, Report resubmitted as I forgot the letter F in the
2nd field....sorry, |
|
007, F11,
Globe Swift, 19.41, These short routes,as predicted,are tough but it mkes
me fell good just to get within a minute of time.can
tell we are back on the main land,as the heat and humitity are increaseing,will
have to start carrying less fuel to help take off distance. The Swift just
keeps giving me lessons on crosswind proceder I
will be better on the rudder when this rally is over. no
auto-cornation as useing
it usually finds me all over the runway trying to keep the nose and tail from
switching ends. Iwonder if I should have went with
my first aircraft i trialed,
a navy kingfisher it was a lot more dociel but not
as pretty to look at. |
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009, F11,
DC3, 19.24, Close again, but not close enough |
|
019, F11,
AC560A, 17.50, Lots of haze. |
|
025, F11,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 27.54, Fuel 5.2 gallons |
|
026, F11,
CESSNA 172, 23.43, Having had trouble to arrive at destination on time for
the first ten flights I went out and bought myself a Logitech 3D Extreme PRO
joystick. The result was better
control and I can now get full revs,with the added
bonus of being able to arrive on time |
|
028, F11,
Corsair F_4U, 14.73, Well, so far so good. |
|
030, F11,
ANSON, 18.25, Anyone else think inland is better? |
|
035, F11,
DC-3, 18.76, Report for Les Smith |
|
046, F11,
Douglas DC-3, 19.80, Flown at 2500ft, short left hand pattern at destination
and full flaps on final to slow down as quick as possible just before
touch-down! |
|
052, F11,
DC-3, 21.03, arrgh!
Flew 250 to intercept GV 271 |
|
059, F11,
Douglas DC3 Dakota, 19.73, Difficult crosswinds on landing after a tight
final turn |
|
071, F11,
Beechcraft D18S, 26, I'd like to comment on the
visibility if there was any. |
|
077, F11,
Spartan Executive, 17.51, Had trouble fine tuning the approach due to x-wind. |
|
082, F11,
C47, 23.80, lost lots of time. thought I had a
strong head wind, then realised my gear was still
down.!!! Must have been the trees from Elcho. |
|
085, F11,
deHavilland DHC-2 Beaver, 23.81, The wee Beaver had
a tough time in these weather conditions. |
|
088, F11,
DC-3, 19.93, Hazy, hazy. Landed runway
29 at YMGB although wind more favorable for runway 11. Otherwise I'd have tacked on another minute
or two to the approach! |
|
093, F11,
Ryan Navion, 18.93, Landing 63.27 kias -153 fpm |
|
104, F11,
Fairchild C-123B, 18.21, Landing: 79.96 KIAS, -131 FPM |
|
105, F11,
AC680 MAC VC, 17.14, The muggy weather an low vis
made it a tad bit harder to go around for the landing on Rwy
11 but with nailed close. |
|
107, F11,
Douglas DC-3, 19.53, Fuel 36 gallons. The taller of the 2 "Gates
Pines" * on late finals to YMGB/11 is now a couple of feet shorter.
*I've long assumed that this sort of tree is personally positioned by Bill
Gates just to annoy pilots. |
|
110, F11,
PBY5 VR-HDT, 21.53, Another short
flight and another hot rod approach to come anywhere close to time. |
|
122, F11,
Beech D-18, 17.92, Not quite so bad on this one. |
|
131, F11,
deHavilland DH-88 Comet, 15.34, What is it with
these short legs!!! Tough to nail the time on this, did the leg 5 times and this
was the best I could do. Gotta love the challenge
though. Not much visibility either, about 5nm and an afternoon sun to boot.
Oh well. |
|
135, F11,
DHC-4, 18.40, Had to drink all the cabernet sauvignon before I landed at the |
|
136, F11,
G-B Linnet, 27.72, Same score as last leg - but half the time difference. |
|
137, F11,
Yak-18, 19.41, full,71%,2.000' |
Comments for Flight 12
|
002, F12,
AC680, 17.71, LANDING SPD 70.91 KIAS -206 FPM |
|
004, F12,
Airspeed Ambassador, 15.83, Each of the last 2 flights have taken 0.11 more
than the previous one. Obviously need to wake up the sloppy navigator. |
|
009, F12,
DC3, 18.76, Too long this time, Oh well..... |
|
021, F12,
DC3, 18.80, Nice long runway let me extend the rollout a little to match the
time! |
|
025, F12,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 29.08, Fuel 5.6
gallons. Knew this would be a bad leg for the Monospar,
but 3 minutes over is better than I hoped! |
|
028, F12,
Corsair F_4U, 18.27, The haze got to me. Blew right by the runway before I
even knew it was there. Had to do a missed approach and came around for a
second try. Question for all though, is it alright to always land beside the
runway. Except for one landing I dont
think Ive actually used the runway on most of the
landings. |
|
046, F12,
Douglas DC-3, 19.58, Flown at 2500ft, left hand pattern at destination. Did
all the maths I could, but was pretty hard to fetch
the scheduled flight time ;-) |
|
059, F12,
Douglas DC3 Dakota, 19.04, Last three flights had low visibility. Tough time using instruments without
flying the full procedure - but a good challenge! |
|
077, F12,
Spartan Executive, 16.90, Set up a good approach and nearly made the exact
time, but as Tom says there is a lot of luck in these times. |
|
088, F12,
DC-3, 19.32, The haze is getting thicker!
Landed OK and getting primed for next leg. |
|
093, F12,
Ryan Navion, 19.09, Landing 65.02 kias -126 fpm |
|
104, F12,
Fairchild C-123B, 17.46, Landing: 74.98 KIAS, -158 FPM |
|
105, F12,
AC680 MAC VC, 16.43, one more down and five more to Darwin |
|
107, F12,
Douglas DC-3, 19.96, Fuel 37 gallons. Another desperate flight, with contrary
winds for takeoff,landing
and in between! Will refuel here for the remaining legs. |
|
110, F12,
PBY5 VR-HDT,
20.58, Stayed at 1000' and enjoyed the scenery! |
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131, F12,
deHavilland DH-88 Comet, 15.04, Just about nailed
it on my first try. Had a pretty decent landing also. Might be getting better
at this flying thing. (LOL). |
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135, F12,
DHC-4, 18.22, Hardly enough time to get the screw top off the claret and then
back on again! |
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136, F12,
G-B Linnet, 26.74, Same score as last two legs - but still not hit the magic
one. |
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137, 12,
Yak-18, 18.62, Full,71 pct,3000ft |
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137, F12,
Yak-18, 19.25, some difficulty to get it right onto the rwy
in the stipulated time. |
Comments for Flight 13
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002, F13,
AC680, 22.35, LANDING SPD 65.84 KIAS -123 FPM |
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004, F13,
Airspeed Ambassador, 21.47, Nearly got caught out with a downwind landing. |
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006, F13,
Beechcraft D18S, 21.65, Another gravel runway! Landing was good though, slow and shallow. |
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007, F13,
Globe Swift, 25.75, A great flight,just lucky, but
when you keep looking at the timer looking at the runway at the timer and I
found myself holding my breath cause it was going to be close to perfect time
that you realise how much fun these rally,s are. |
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009, F13,
DC3, 25.30, Arived early. Again! |
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025, F13,
GA Monospar ST25, 37.45, Fuel 6.2 gallons. To get
anyway near the target time for YGBI rwy 10
involved a circuit tight enough to qualify as "crazy flying".
<g> |
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026, F13,
CESSNA 172, 31.80, This was one turbulent ride!!!! |
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028, F13,
Corsair F_4U, 19.56, A nice quiet flight. Hope there is enough fuel for the
final legs. I know we were told there was not going to be a lot of fuel out
here but this big gas guzzler wont run on air. |
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046, F13,
Douglas DC-3, 26.13, Flown 2500ft - Left hand pattern at destination |
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082, F13,
C47, 26.50, Thought this was my best time only 13 seconds off. Wait till my
next report. Amazing time...... |
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085, F13,
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, 31.73, A nice and easy
flight.... |
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088, F13,
DC-3, 26.43, Good flight. Lots of haze
getting worse. Or so it seems. |
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093, F13,
Ryan Navion, 25.24, Landing 62.68 kias -219 fpm |
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101, F13,
Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib, 23.52, Having real trouble
with the crosswinds on these landings. Not good. Down in one piece, but not
pretty. |
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104, F13,
Fairchild C-123B, 22.96, Landing: 77.02 KIAS, -157 FPM |
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105, F13,
AC680 MAC VC, 22.53, four more to |
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107, F13,
Douglas DC-3, 25.43, Fuel 46 gallons. |
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110, F13,
PBY5 VR-HDT,
28.48, I think I'm finally getting the hang of this! Best overall flight thus far, nice climb,
cruise, and descent. Landing roll was
extended simply to get time close. A
normal roll would have put me about 0.30 minutes sooner. |
Comments for Flight 14
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002, F14,
AC680, 23.78, LANDING SPD 68.27 KIAS -246 FPM |
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004, F14,
Airspeed Ambassador, 22.49, Almost lined up on the wrong airfield before
scrambling off to the right one. |
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006, F14,
Beechcraft D18S, 22.31, Another smooth landing
despite the sand surface. Good thing
the runway was long. |
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007, F14,
Globe Swift, 28.79, starting to judge patterns better resulting in better times,but only 3 flights left,maybe
a last minute run of good scores will put me into the gold . |
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009, F14,
DC3, 27.30, Not easy this GAAR. Next one is worse! |
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015, F14,
Beechcraft D18s, 23.58, Ok......I'll take a pic on the last leg...
Just to busy right now serving the drinks!! |
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025, F14,
GA Monospar ST25, 39.01, Fuel 5.7 gallons. Much
more relaxed flight than F13, with a bit of weaving on the approach to lose
time. |
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028, F14,
Corsair F_4U, 21.42, As usual we are almost at the end of the rally and I am finally starting to
get the timing down. |
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030, F14,
ANSON, 25.50, Internet downage reported in forum |
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046, F14,
Douglas DC-3, 27.52, Flown at 2500ft - Straight In approach at destination |
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082, F14,
C47, 27.56, WOW 4 seconds off, If only I could keep this up. But I don't
think so. Having a nice white strip to
aim at helped. |
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093, F14,
Ryan Navion, 26.74, Landing 61.2 kias -152 fpm |
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101, F14,
Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib, 23.89, You'd think with
all these takeoffs and landings I'd be getting better at flying the
Hurricane, but no. So frustrating. Any sort of crosswind around 10 knots and
I really have to watch what I'm doing. Practice, practice I guess. |
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105, F14,
AC680 MAC VC, 23.41, three more to |
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107, F14,
Douglas DC-3, 27.59, Fuel 45 gallons |
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110, F14,
PBY5 VR-HDT,
30.26, Much as for F13. Landing roll
was extended simply to get close to the time.
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Comments for Flight 15
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002, F15,
AC680, 40.27, LANDING SPD 66.81 KIAS -95 FPM |
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006, F15,
Beechcraft D18S, 38.19, Oh yeah, getting close to |
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009, F15,
DC3, 46.50, Very difficult to hit the numbers. Two to go.... |
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015, F15,
Beechcraft D18s, 37.01, Bought a camera at the last
stop. Gonna
take a pic real soon. I have to read the manual first!!!!!! |
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023, F15,
Cessna182, 53.80, Close, but no guitar. Two more chances though. |
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025, F15,
GA Monospar ST25 Universal, 67.37, Fuel 11.0 galons. |
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026, F15,
CESSNA 172, 57.77, Less turbulence due to smoother wind changes made this
flight a lot better to handle or my capabilities of flying spanish have improved. |
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028, F15,
Corsair F_4U, 38.91, No fuel here either. What do Aussies do for fuel? I
think I will have enough to complete the last flight but this is going to be
real close. |
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037, F15,
DC3, 45.97, Two more then fireworks, booze and BBQ. What an enjoyable GAAR this has been, for
me! |
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046, F15,
Douglas DC-3, 46.30, Flown at 4500ft - Straight in approach at destination -
Doing my best to match the scheduled time, but not that easy !!! |
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059, F15,
Douglas DC3 Dakota, 41.75, Way out on the time again, mainly due to having to
manouver from downwind for the landing. |
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077, F15,
Spartan Executive, 41.66, Nice tail wind, so arrived with plenty of time in
hand. Interestingly 9m out the tail wind moved to a crosswind for landing!!
Someone is testing us. |
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082, F15,
C47, 49.96, I think I have enough fuel for the run to |
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092, F15,
DC3, 51.28, Enjoyed this flight, plane is doing what I want it do (finally) |
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093, F15,
Ryan Navion, 46.08, Landing 62.87 kias -114 fpm |
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098, f15,
dh |
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101, F15,
Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib, 40.77, Arrived early, so I
did a lazy left turn until back on approach line. Did the job. A better
landing this time. |
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104, F15,
Fairchild C-123B, 42.35, Landing: 95.51 KIAS, -258 FPM |
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105, F15,
AC680 MAC VC, 40.12, very close to the estimated time, have been forcing the
old lady to perform but now my number two engine had starte
to stutter and puff, hope to finish well. Only two more to |
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107, F15,
Douglas DC-3, 46.98, Fuel 77 gallons |
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110, F15,
PBY5 VR-HDT,
52.51, Really getting into the groove or the third time in a row lucky. A wise man once said "practice makes
perfect." |