Jane is working, Robin is on holiday
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Re: Jane is working, Robin is on holiday
Hi Graham
When you get to Sydney, there is a great flight you can do. See the trip report in this forum - The trip to do when in Sydney.
Schofields flying club at YSBK- Bankstown have a DA 40 XLS.
Hope you enjoy your time Down Under.
Regards
Robin
When you get to Sydney, there is a great flight you can do. See the trip report in this forum - The trip to do when in Sydney.
Schofields flying club at YSBK- Bankstown have a DA 40 XLS.
Hope you enjoy your time Down Under.
Regards
Robin
Robin
DA-40XLS 40.1078
VH-JRZ, Australia
DA-40XLS 40.1078
VH-JRZ, Australia
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Re: Jane is working, Robin is on holiday
Some more pictures from Whyalla
There is an active army firing range, lots of unexploded bombs. Hope I do not have to make a forced landings there!
Cheers
Robin
There is an active army firing range, lots of unexploded bombs. Hope I do not have to make a forced landings there!
Cheers
Robin
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- A typical country town. The wheat silos - the big white towers again are very useful to navigate by. Clearly marked on the WACs - World Aeronautical Charts
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- The way to navigate visually - the salt lakes are great to navigate by.
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- Warning sign - not to be ignored!
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Robin
DA-40XLS 40.1078
VH-JRZ, Australia
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VH-JRZ, Australia
- Robin
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Re: Jane is working, Robin is on holiday
The trip out to Streaky Bay - YKBY
Not much out at the airport.
We had fun anyway.
Regards
Robin
Not much out at the airport.
We had fun anyway.
Regards
Robin
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- Views from Streaky Bay
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- Gravel taxiway to the runway
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- The main hangar at YKBY
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Re: Jane is working, Robin is on holiday
The town of Streaky Bay.
A fishing port, great sheltered bay. A popular summer holiday location.
Cheers
Robin
A fishing port, great sheltered bay. A popular summer holiday location.
Cheers
Robin
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- Navigating home looking out for the salt lakes.
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- The bay
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- Streaky Bay Township
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VH-JRZ, Australia
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Re: Jane is working, Robin is on holiday-Trip to Olympic Da
Some more pics of the trip upto Olympic Dam/ Roxby Downs
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- The salt lakes are great to visual navigational features.
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- A small mine enroute to YOLD - Olympic Dam. All of these are marked on the WAC. I like to look out when visual, just to make sure the GPS is working well.
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- The main highway through the centre of Australia. Nice to confirm that the GPS is working!!
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Re: Jane is working, Robin is on holiday:Flying back to YWHA
A front was coming through, so we had a great tail wind. The wind was 340 to 030 degrees at 25 to 40 knots
I got a GS of 183 knots at one stage
I got a GS of 183 knots at one stage
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Re: Jane is working, Robin is on holiday; Whyalla Township
Coming back into Whyalla
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- The main runway 35/17 at YWHA
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- Whyalla Township
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Re: Jane is working, Robin is on holiday
The G1000 on the way upto Olympic Dam
We had to do a small dog leg to avoid the Woomera Restricted Area - WRX, hence to AMK - Anadamooka.
We had to do a small dog leg to avoid the Woomera Restricted Area - WRX, hence to AMK - Anadamooka.
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- Robin
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Re: Jane is working, Robin is on holiday Roxby Downs
Some pictures of Roxby Downs. The town was created as a supply town for the Olympic Down Mine.
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Re: Jane is working, Robin is on holiday
Is Woomera still in use? I remember it being used for missile testing way back when I was growing up in "good old Blighty"!Robin wrote:We had to do a small dog leg to avoid the Woomera Restricted Area - WRX, hence to AMK - Anadamooka.
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