Autorot8,
I wonder what fantastic flights he must have done to see my flight to the other side of the planet in an Autogyro as a poor job?
(just to add, this is caused by a comment on the GE message board, of which I have had no input.)
Mmmm.....
Middle Wallop N51 08.57 W001 08.57
GUWAHATI N26 06.26 E091 35.31
Now, I don't know what planet you are on about, but according to my nav notes 91 35.31 plus 1 08.57 is not greater than or equal to 180
A straight line distance of 4973 ish miles
Total GE distance travelled, from website, = 10.480 km = 5659.2 Nm = 6511.31 St
Again, with Earths circumference roughly taken as 25,000 miles, either my maths is cock a hoop or we are on different planets.
On a more serious note,
DON'T DO A PAULA !!!!!!
Go back to India, fly as far as you can, pause over the winter, stretch out/negotiate the extra time off as much as poss (I don't believe the Lynx flying rate has improved that much has it?) and for the rest of the time needed, take it as leave.
Flying to Sydney IMHO achieves nothing.
Autorot8 has said here previously;
This Expedition is not about getting into the record books
Then don't fly to Sydney, continue around the World.
(How will those of who has given money to this expedition feel if you don't even make it to Aus?)