… And into the Solomon Islands also…
GA flying in the carboncub (Taildragger)
Ocongee CO regional (KCEU) to Mountain ridge (25SC) to Mountain Air (2NC0)
this is really cool, thank you, wish I had the creativity to do stuff like this
Continuing my ferry flight from Leeds Bradford EGNM to Sydney Australia in the Blacksquare Turbine Duke and returning. With my earlier ferry flight from California, across the US, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes and back to the UK just before Xmas, this means that at the end of this trip, I will have pretty much circumnavigated the world in the duke.
Countries flown across so far during this trip.
Leeds (UK)
France.
Belgium.
Germany.
Austria.
Hungary.
Serbia.
Bulgaria.
Turkey.
Cyprus.
Syria.
Israel.
Saudi Arabia.
United Arab Emirates.
Iran.
Pakistan.
India.
Bangladesh.
Myonmar.
Thailand.
Malaysia.
Indonesia.
Made landfall in Australia at Darwin, circumnavigated the coast anti clockwise, dropped off the Duke in Sydney, climbed into another Duke with a different spec, braced myself for a long return flight via a different route, flew north, up the cape york peninsular and across the Timor Sea to PNG.
Papua New Guinea.
Borneo.
Brunai.
Philippines.
Taiwan.
Crossed the South China Sea and made landfall in China at Hong Kong, flew north to Peking and will be heading west to Kazakhstan, and hence Russia.
This is mega! Have you got a list of airports and the route etc? I’d have a bash myself!
Flying from Redcliffe to Hervey Bay in the default Cessna 172.
A little known fact about the Redcliffe Aero Club (YRED) was that on April 1st, 1974, Australian stunt pilot Doug “I-can-land-anywhere” Mackenzie landed a 747 here, though the extreme braking required to stop before the end of the runway blew out all the tires.
It was not until after he landed that it dawned on him that the 2,789 ft runway would not be long enough to get the 747 back in the air! As a result, the 747 has been parked at the end of the runway ever since, as you can see here. Notice that the 747 has now been sitting there for so long that the trees are starting to reclaim the parking spot:
From a distance:
Taking a closer look at the Mackenzie Marvel:
Now, some of you fine folks might wish to dispute these facts, but they are my facts and I’m sticking to them! 
Back in the air and flying north from the airport, one can fly by the Glass Mountains:
This is Mount Coonowrin:
Visit the Big Pineapple:
and the big Onion (?) on the other side of the parking lot:
Take in the sights of the Sunshine coast around Maroochydore:
and the beach at Great Sandy National Park:
Before landing at Hervey Bay (YHBA)
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(EGCB) Barton Aerodrome to (EGPD) Aberdeen Dyce Airport
It’s been a while since I jumped into the Piper PA-28T Arrow III Turbo, so I decided to do a little VFR practice today, in the dying light.
As usual, I flew using the most basic configuration possible, using VORDME and DME stations, Dead Reckoning, and Headings corrected for wind drift. This is the first time flying to DME Only stations like (DUF) Great Dun Fell, so it was interesting to use. Having clear visibility made things a lot easier.
I cruised at 6,000ft for the majority of the flight, at an KIAS of 155kts, only deviating from course to avoid a couple of cumulonimbus clouds.
Perfect day for this kind of flight, using live weather and live times.
Once I began to cross the sea at the Firth of Forth and on to the estuary of the River Tay, I had a very good idea of where I was and began to look for the landmarks along the coast to the north. I was able to quickly identify Montrose and then Stonehaven, and just beyond that, I knew I was coming up to Aberdeen in no time. As I reached Aberdeen, I turned left heading 340* and could see that I was perfectly lined up for a low approach into Dyce Airport, Rwy 34.
Landing was a little hard as I wasn’t trimmed correctly at all on the approach into Rwy 34 at Aberdeen Dyce.
What is the furthest you have flown VFR without a GPS?
Route Below:
- (EGCB) Barton Aerodrome Rwy 26R - 032* 19nm
- (POL 112.100) Pole Hill - 348* 58nm
- (DUF: 115.250) Great Dun Fell - 006* 74nm
- (SAB: 112.500) Saint Abbs - 359* 84nm
- (ADN: 114.300) Aberdeen - VRF Approach
- (EGPD) Aberdeen Dyce - Visual Rwy 34 Direct
SkyVector VFR Plan
Crossing Yorkshire Dales
Crossing Yorkshire Dales
Inbound Saint Abbs
Crossing Firth of Forth
Crossing Firth of Forth
Direct Visual Approach Rwy 34, (EGPD) Aberdeen Bryce Airport
I live minutes from Barton!
Finally got back into my account, was me a problem for sure but here we are 
Attempting an around the world flight with the Cessna 182, a plane I’ve learnt to love over the last couple of months on MSFS24. Started at Wolverhampton, have flown through France and Spain and I’m now in Lisbon about to start an early morning flight down to Portimao, then Faro, then Gibraltar before crossing the Strait of Gibraltar to Tangier to kick off the African leg, which does include a bit of a break by flying over to the Canary Islands. Live weather and time might make this difficult at some points but I’m here for it.
I’m 15 minutes away from Barton.
It’s only a short hop round the M60 for me. One of my favourite airports. Grass runways, Grade II Listed tower that is the oldest purpose-built operational control tower in Europe (1933). Has a cafe and it’s own smoke house, two proper simulators, one of which is a real 737 cockpit, and it was Manchester’s first airport. Lots of history to the place and it’s got great facilities. The Rwy 26R approach is fun, flying over the M60 overpass, and the departure is a little risky due to powerlines beyond the runway, and the airspace around the aerodrome is a little tricky, but it’s really fun to fly in and out of. Especially in a Douglas DC-3, which I do a lot.
I swapped my Cessna 172 for the NX Cub for my next leg up the coast of Queensland, from Hervey Bay (YHBA) to Emu Park (YEMP).
Departing from Runway 11 will take you over the bay, and after a gentle bank to the north you’ll pass the Great Sandy Strait Marina:
Hervey Bay spread out behind us:
About 40 NM as the crow flies, and we reach Bundaberg, another fine PG area in WU21:
I thought this was some type of terrain glitch, but no, it actually does look like this. This is the leftover residue of the Boyne Aluminium smelter 9 NM south of Gladstone at Boyne Island. Yuck.
Central Queensland University by the Heron Island ferry wharf in much prettier:
Flying past Camp and Curtis Islands and over the bay to the north will take you to the Singing Ship:
A short distance away is Emu Park Airport (YEMP) , though no emus were around when I was there:
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