Guest Qwerty Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I have a couple of jaunts coming up. Next weekend 3rd Oct a mate (DT) and I are flying George Town - Lakes Entrance and return to check out an anphib that DT is interested in. Then on 16th Oct I am ferrying Rod's new J250 (with Rod) from Maroochy to George Town via Emerald, Longreach, Birdsville, Lake Ayre, Arkaroola, Mick's place (near Adelaide), Melbourne, Yarram and the islands of Bass Strait. If anyone is interested I will post a bit of a story here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brett Campany Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Lucky bugger!! Will be looking forward to reading up on your jaunts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relfy Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Put it this way, there'll be trouble if you don't post something about a trip like that! :hittinghead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Qwerty Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 OK, first post. Trip preparation. The Lightwing is ready to go. It always is. Stuff to check and ensure is on board. Tiedowns PLB PFDs Maps and crap ASIC Carnet cards Flash lube Eng oil Toolkit Glasses Visa card Undies, sox, tooth brush, hair brush Phone charger (Multi tool, camera, pocket knife and phone are always on my belt.) Have I forgotten anything? Oh, and I had better find out where we are going, so far all I've got is "Gippsland Lakes". Right.....that's the planning and preparation done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 propeller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Large mouth (or maybe small in your case ?) Gatorade bottle/s ??....................... Spare tubes, main and tailwheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Qwerty Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I have plenty of propellors on the lightwing. But thanks for the reminder...it would be a bugger to get half way across the pond and realise that I had forgotten the propellor.:hittinghead: As far as I know, Lightwing pilots dont use bottles, they just land somewhere....anywhere. :artist: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derby Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Hi Qwerty. If you get to Lakes Entrance give me a ring i will come and say g'day ph 51551392. Rory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brett Campany Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Qwerty, you're going to have a blast mate, I'm envious!!! Sounds like you've got everything, is there much tiger country where you're going? I was going to suggest a sat phone, you can hire them but if you reckon it's not needed then I wouldn't worry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Qwerty Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Qwerty, you're going to have a blast mate, I'm envious!!!Sounds like you've got everything, is there much tiger country where you're going? I was going to suggest a sat phone, you can hire them but if you reckon it's not needed then I wouldn't worry! No tiger country mate but there is the minor issue of the pond. I keep forgetting the exact figures but I think its about 2hrs over the blue stuff. Not tiger country but an unplesant place to land just the same. I've done the crossing plenty of times, I guess I should make the effort to count the number some time. The second trip is another matter. There is a bit of tiger country on that one......but I dont plan to land in that either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Qwerty Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Change of plan. The Wx if fine so we're off today at about midday. I'll let you know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brett Campany Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Awesome have a great flight mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazda Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Don't forget your credit card! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Safe and enjoyable trip Querty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rod Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 He always forgets his credit card, or at least till mine is maxed out. I'm the lucky bugger, great new plane, epic trip and a mate --- ok, a bloody good mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Qwerty Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Report, Trip 1 I'll try to make this as painless as possible. Friday YGTO - YYRM 2:13 YYRM - YBNS about 50 min Saturday Up and at the airport a bit early so we took an hour scenic over Lakes Entrance. Sorry Rory we didn't have time to stop and catch up. Spent a couple of hours looking at and talking about the Osprey, was taken for a 0.7 demo flight/test fly, did quite a few T&Gs on some pretty crap water. I'll try and add a bit of video here in a minute. This is a brilliant a/c and will be a good buy for someone. I just can't justify another 80/90 kn cruise a/c for my fleet. I don't know if DT (my mate) will buy it. It was an honour and a pleasure to meet Marty who is selling the a/c for his dad. Then over to Latrobe valley to take Brad for a test fly in the Lightwing, we did a go-round over his hay paddock and could have landed three times in the length available. I am secretly hoping that he's not interested, I had a blast in her this weekend. The wind was at 25 kn by now so we duely headed off to Yarram over some rough country and through some rough and wet weather to camp in the Yarrram clubhouse last night. Sunday Got the weather from Jim's phone and headed back across the pond landing in Georgetown 2hrs and 23 minutes later. Ripper weekend but I still want to buy the Osprey. Total air time 8.3 hrs. Now lets see if I can add a vid of a T&G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Qwerty Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Bahhhhh, Heres a couple of pics (hopefully)...the vids were too big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Another bit of nice reliable cruising in a Lightwing, by the sound of it Querty ?...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Qwerty, Have a safe trip and yep your right no tigers over the pond but there maybe a few tigers (sharks):ah_oh: lurking beneath the pond so for your sake keep the wheels dry mate. Cheers and once again safe travels. PS I'll wave to you from the rig if you get blown off course lol Alf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Qwerty Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Trip report Delivery trip report Last Friday, Rod and I flew to Maroochy in an Aluminium tube. Rod is the proud new owner of the J250 to be delivered to Tas. We preped and familiarised ourselves with the shiny J250 on Friday afternoon at Gympie. We planned a “sensible” route to Tassie, so on Saturday am we departed for Emerald for lunch then on to Longreach. Overnight with a mate and depart early on Sunday for Birdsville for a pie. Then a bit of a zig zag route out to Poepples Corner, Goyder Lagoon (near Clifton Hills), Lake Ayre and Arkaroola in the Flinders ranges. After a good nights sleep we headed off (on Monday) to have lunch with a mate near Stonefield, we dropped in at a deserted Murray Bridge airfield where we had intended to meet some forum members...bugger. Then on the the Coorong (mouth of the Murray near Adelaide), Then coastal via the Twelve Apostles, Cape Otway, and the Great Ocean Road to Essendon for a Vietnamese dinner and overnight with my brother. Tuesday saw 155 kn ground speed on the way to Tooradin...again pretty much deserted, then on the George Town via the pond of course. The jab performed flawlessly and used a meagre 19 litres per hour. This aircraft carried two decent sized blokes and way too much gear along at 115 kn. That is an impressive effort in terms of miles per gallon. I am very impressed by the J250. Here are a few trip stats. Saturday 4.8 hrs Gympie – Emerald = 336.53 miles Emerald – Longreach = 248.49 Sunday 6.6 hrs Longreach – Birdsville = 351.37 Birdsville - Popel Corner = 84.76 Popel – Wetlands = 95.15 Wetlands - Lake Ayre = 177.56 Lake Ayre – Arkaroola = 155.36 Monday 6.4 hrs Arkaroola – Micks = 312.75 Micks to Murrays Bridge = 35.00 Murrays Bridge to Coast = 38.23 Coast to Mt Gambier = 179.00 Mt Gambier to Essendon = 270.00 Tuesday 2.0 hrs Essendon to Tooradin = 42.7 Tooradin to George town = 213.18 Total 2207 nautical miles 2207 n/m divided by 19.8 hrs = 111.46 knts average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brett Campany Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 That's awesome mate, I'm envious!!! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relfy Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 What a great trip and such a large portion of the country covered in so little time. Great work mate. :thumb_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Qwerty Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Thanks guys, Hey look what I can do with Google Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 So you just had to do a little test fly Querty did you ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Des Funslow Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Hi Querty, great trip & pics. Not flooded out any more? Question, when you are flying over the pond is there a ALA on Hogan Island that you are aware of. Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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