Guest Avgas172 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 G'day, trip report fro Townsville to Cowra to ferry a C172 home follows....We got back from TL at 1130 today, left Townsville @ 0730 yesterday got fuel in Emerald and then got the crap pounded out of us on the Emerald - Roma leg, mostly as we ran parellel with the Carnarvon Ranges. Ground speed was a miserly 75 kts which made the flying time to TL - Roma almost 6 hours + a 1/2 hour pit stop, so we elected to call it a day in Roma. Got up at daybreak and left Roma at around 0600 Qld time in a severe smoke haze so we stayed at 1500ft above the ground so we could see a bit better, until the sun got high enough (around St George) with the assistance of a 35 knot tail wind we were scooting over the ground at around 130kts and did the Roma - Cowra leg in a tad over 4 hours with a 1/2 hour brekky & pit stop at Walgett. We had a good run from Walgett to Cowra, but a wild ride landing in the 35 kt head wind at Cowra which had a fair cross wind component as well. Any how the 172's safely down on the ground again and might stay there until all this wild weather goes away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Chop Chop Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Great report mate. Did you get any Pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glenn Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 This is the aircraft that Chris flew from Townsville to Cowra album_page.php?pic_id=20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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