HOW FAR HAVE WE COME?

We left Boeing Field in Seattle on August 19 and arrived in Sydney, Australia, on September 12.


We have flown more than 10,000 nautical miles

KBFIPANC321°(NW)305°(NW)1,256 nm
PANCUHMA298°(NW)281°(W)899 nm
UHMAUHMM261°(W)260°(W)803 nm
UHMMUHSS203°(SW)214°(SW)833 nm
UHSSRJNA203°(SW)213°(SW)745 nm
RJNARCSS237°(SW)244°(SW)1,004 nm
RCSSRPMD167°(S)171°(S)1,098 nm
RPMDWABB128°(SE)129°(SE)801 nm
WABBAYMD113°(SE)111°(E)629 nm
AYMDYBCS180°(S)175°(S)698 nm
YBCSYBCG149°(SE)142°(SE)800 nm
YBCGYSSY199°(S)187°(S)367 nm

Comments

  1. JorgSeptember 28, 2017 at 7:08 AM

    I actually saw your fleet parked in Broome in NW Western Australia which is a long way from Sydney. So you made it much further already.

    Cheers from Jorg & Shakti in the little white motorglider with large pods under the wings also parked in Broome. We flew in from Adelaide, about 3,500km away and are now in Karratha mapping submerged archeological structures from the past 10,000 years.

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    1. For Pilots by PilotsSeptember 30, 2017 at 5:53 AM

      Dear Jorg.

      Thank you for your kind comments. We are now in Sri Lanka going to the Maldives tomorrow before India, Dubai, Luxor and Europe.

      Our overall journey is 60 days and we will be back home by October 25.

      You have the prefect airplane to enjoy Australia. I am finishing the blog and will have posting catching up where we are.In Australia we went to Kangaroo Island and then Adelaide, Ayers Rock and Broome.

      We will be back

      Thierry N420CH

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    2. JorgOctober 1, 2017 at 8:48 AM

      Dear Thierry,

      Great trip you are having ! If you ever come to Adelaide again and want to see a rather unusual research aviation operation, please contact me. You can see our contact and what we do on www.airborneresearch.org.au .

      Happy flying !
      Jorg (VH-EOS and VH-OBS)

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