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Old 22nd Oct 2010, 00:07
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Enjoying the photos and tales - keep them coming. Imagine it would be a long way from Australia to Europe in the F27.
Okay, not many photos left though.

Yes, although many aircraft do the flight every day, usually with only one stop, it is a VERY LONG flight in an F27.

With the VH-FNR ferry we took 9 days including a free day (day off) in Bahrain.

The first day was the longest, and we didn't even leave Australia. The first leg Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Alice Springs was the longest leg, we almost had to divert to Leigh Creek for fuel. Then to Broome for our first overnight, have already posted a photo of the 3 Captains in Broome, and this is VH-FNR the morning we left Tullamarine, AN 767 behind.



Next morning we finally departed Australia, and after a transit in Denpasar we overnighted (Seletar) Singapore.

The third day was the shortest, only one leg to Bangkok.

Then day 4 was from Bangkok, a transit in Calcutta before overnight Delhi.

Have already posted some photos of those places and this is another from Delhi.



Day 5 was from Delhi via Karachi to Bahrain overnight, where we also had a well deserved day off, this is VH-FNR in Bahrain.



To be continued...................................
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