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Above all good advice.
Tin got it in one, first light departure and on the ground by late morning. The time zone change gives you a bit of a leg up in you are not Ngtvfr.
Otherwise get going before sparrows to ensure you're in the bar by lunchtime.
The Simpsons not so bad as long as you don't lose count of the number of sand dunes.
watch and compass always works and you know how to take drift into account, do they still have the occasional NDB. Used to do that both ways way before GPS and you know the old basic nav probably still works. And if that fails you will hit the highway sooner of later.
Just take plenty of water, at least a slab. Have fun.
Tin got it in one, first light departure and on the ground by late morning. The time zone change gives you a bit of a leg up in you are not Ngtvfr.
Otherwise get going before sparrows to ensure you're in the bar by lunchtime.
The Simpsons not so bad as long as you don't lose count of the number of sand dunes.
watch and compass always works and you know how to take drift into account, do they still have the occasional NDB. Used to do that both ways way before GPS and you know the old basic nav probably still works. And if that fails you will hit the highway sooner of later.Just take plenty of water, at least a slab. Have fun.
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How's this for a demonstration of why you need heaps of water.
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I heard on radio that they were 10km from the station. Doesn't sound like far for a 25 and 30 year old.
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I heard on radio that they were 10km from the station. Doesn't sound like far for a 25 and 30 year old.
owner of the Pink Roadhouse (Adam Plate) I regret to advise that he passed away in a car rally accident in Adelaide a few months ago.
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There was no avgas at Oodnadatta, so it was Parkes, Broken Hill, Coober Pedy, Ayers Rock.
There were no thermals on the way there and only a few on the way back.
There was a lot of staring at WACs, deciphering lines not meaning a thing.
The GPS was there... somewhere... had sat phone as backup just in case.
All in all a good trip, thanks for the advice, the aircraft behaved and so did I.
10 hours each way, flown in a day (almost) oh, and it wasn't too hot...
hmm, loved every second of it.
Next time I'll stop at a few homesteads on the way and take a week or two.
Ayers Rock IS THE MOST SECURE airport in Australia. The only one I have ever been asked for my ASIC, had it checked, cross checked, noted down, got escorted in and out...
and paid the highest landing fee/parking fee for the privilege 
There were no thermals on the way there and only a few on the way back.
There was a lot of staring at WACs, deciphering lines not meaning a thing.
The GPS was there... somewhere... had sat phone as backup just in case.
All in all a good trip, thanks for the advice, the aircraft behaved and so did I.
10 hours each way, flown in a day (almost) oh, and it wasn't too hot...
hmm, loved every second of it.
Next time I'll stop at a few homesteads on the way and take a week or two.
Ayers Rock IS THE MOST SECURE airport in Australia. The only one I have ever been asked for my ASIC, had it checked, cross checked, noted down, got escorted in and out...
and paid the highest landing fee/parking fee for the privilege
