Simplest VFR route into Essendon
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Thanks Biggles
The same types of advice come up, and it pretty much fits with the flying around Melbourne guide. The clearance request at Kilmore sounds pretty sensible.
The same types of advice come up, and it pretty much fits with the flying around Melbourne guide. The clearance request at Kilmore sounds pretty sensible.
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Well it will be wagga for fuel, then mangalore and a call to Melbourne Radar/Centre at seymore with the YMEN Atis at hand. If that Doesnt get a clearance I've planned the inland route to sugarloaf thence Albert Park Lake to give the passengers the prime scenic view in .
I usually find planning the most robust route for all possiblilities of vfr flight weather causes the minimum hassle if theres cloud or rain.
Actually , we are going for a Geriatric Medicine conference and visit my dear Aunty!
I usually find planning the most robust route for all possiblilities of vfr flight weather causes the minimum hassle if theres cloud or rain.
Actually , we are going for a Geriatric Medicine conference and visit my dear Aunty!
That would be the way I'd do it. Before you hit Albert Park Lake, make sure you know which Racecourse (Mooney Valley and Flemington) is which and how to identify Freeway Overpass with some good surrounding features. They are really the only traps I've found going in to Essendon for the first time. The only other tracking point you'll get I'm fairly sure is the MCG and if you can't recognise that... 
