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I made a video of my flight to Singapore, condensed into three minutes. I'm trying to figure how to use AVS Video Editor. It's a pretty cool program. I glued some scenes together, taken with Fraps, with simple smooth transitions of 0.3 second duration. It was a fun filled flight to the tip of the Malaysian peninsula. A little lightning and thunder, a couple of hills. Nothing to write home about.

 
Made it to Melbourne in the Gee Bee. If it wasn't for the crash landing penalties, I'd probably have done pretty good. But I knew going in that I'd collect a few of those. Here's a few kodaks of the final leg.

Now to go collect up that Spartan that was stashed down here for the return trip to England.
 

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Started back to England in the Spartan. Nice flight from Melbourne to Charleville.
 

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Well, I'm finally in Oz. One more leg to go and it's so short I don't know if I can stay awake...

The last few days have been a lot of this
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Followed by an awful lot of this..
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"I got plenty of nuthin' and nuthin's plenty for me..."
IF this is normal then I don't think the idea of air tourism to Australia will ever be a success.
 
Well done Rob, glad she came up to spec, now how about trying to break H L Brooks return flight record!!!!!
Keith
 
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Well done Rob, glad she came up to spec, now how about trying to break H L Brooks return flight record!!!!!
Keith
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Not likely! I figure 93 flight hrs plus another 60 for sleep and I could do it in 6.5 days (better than Brook's time) but.. no.. absolutely NO! The seat in the Falcon lack sufficient padding and I have to pack for a trip to warmer climes (MMSD).

Thanks for the ride Keith. It was fun!
 
One really has to admire the pilots who took part in those long distance events back then - just think of fighting some of those aircraft in the air without the nav aids & the autopilots......not to mention the hazards of foreign climes in those days......
Enjoy MMSD
Keith
 
Now just where the heck is that airport?
 

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Went back to Melbourne to bring the Gee Bee back home via a different route
 

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What a trip!

Congratulations to everyone who made it all the way. And heartfelt thanks to Miss Nellie and the organizers for their efforts.

This voyage reminded me that even after thirty years in this hobby there are still things to learn.

Thanks to all!
 

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A heart felt Bravo and Hip Hip Hurrah to the organizers, committee, and administrators for putting on such a great historic event.:applause:

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