London to Sydney by Cherokee (Oct 2013)
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London to Sydney by Cherokee (Oct 2013)
G'day one and all... just to let anyone interested know, myself and my co-pilot Sam are going to fly my 1966 Cherokee 180 G-ATYS from London to Sydney later this year.
This is partly about a personal challenge - I'm an Australian ex-pat living in London for 24yrs and have always dreamt of flying home under my own steam! But it's also about charity - we have the ludicrous aim of trying to raise £1/NM (it's 10,500 NM from EGTB to YSBK..!).
If you find this of interest and want to follow our plans, preparations or have questions or want to offer advice(!) then please checkout our various web presences, all of which are listed at www.g-atys.co.uk.
Cheers!
Andy
This is partly about a personal challenge - I'm an Australian ex-pat living in London for 24yrs and have always dreamt of flying home under my own steam! But it's also about charity - we have the ludicrous aim of trying to raise £1/NM (it's 10,500 NM from EGTB to YSBK..!).
If you find this of interest and want to follow our plans, preparations or have questions or want to offer advice(!) then please checkout our various web presences, all of which are listed at www.g-atys.co.uk.
Cheers!
Andy
Aussie Andy,
Make certain you have fuel supplies guaranteed, that is now a really big problem.
In some places along your route, the fuel prices for avgas are scary, I have seen one recent report of US$27 per US gallon.
Pre-print say 1000 General Decs. you will not have all that many left by the time you get to Oz.
Tootle pip!!
Make certain you have fuel supplies guaranteed, that is now a really big problem.
In some places along your route, the fuel prices for avgas are scary, I have seen one recent report of US$27 per US gallon.
Pre-print say 1000 General Decs. you will not have all that many left by the time you get to Oz.
Tootle pip!!
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G'day Chaps, thanks for the comments ....
Couple of mates of mine have done the trip both ways. Will welcome Plank Bender's input as well ... but it seems to be a changeable situation so the real issue is current info...
Yes arranging (and paying for!) Avgas is an increasingly difficult task... but not yet impossible. It does involve having 44 gallon (sorry, Aus is metric these days: 200L
) drums specially ordered and shipped - so far that is the case for 6x airfields enroute..!
You say Avgas can be expensive, but here in the UK we already pay vastly more than you do in Oz so it doesn't seem as bad for us as it does for you guys ;-)
Cheers Ozzie Auster Driver :-)
It'd be great to meet some of you who are interested as we make our way from Darwin to Sydney. Planning g this (depends on when the wet starts) via FNQ where I have relations I'd like to visit, thence down the East Coast... but if the wet has kicked off, we might have to go Kupang - Broome - west and south coasts...
Lastly please all consider to give just a little if you can on the donations page (this is not to cover my costs, it goes directly to Oxfam to help eg Syrian kids get a drink of clean water) :-)
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Couple of mates of mine have done the trip both ways. Will welcome Plank Bender's input as well ... but it seems to be a changeable situation so the real issue is current info...
Yes arranging (and paying for!) Avgas is an increasingly difficult task... but not yet impossible. It does involve having 44 gallon (sorry, Aus is metric these days: 200L
) drums specially ordered and shipped - so far that is the case for 6x airfields enroute..! You say Avgas can be expensive, but here in the UK we already pay vastly more than you do in Oz so it doesn't seem as bad for us as it does for you guys ;-)
Cheers Ozzie Auster Driver :-)
It'd be great to meet some of you who are interested as we make our way from Darwin to Sydney. Planning g this (depends on when the wet starts) via FNQ where I have relations I'd like to visit, thence down the East Coast... but if the wet has kicked off, we might have to go Kupang - Broome - west and south coasts...
Lastly please all consider to give just a little if you can on the donations page (this is not to cover my costs, it goes directly to Oxfam to help eg Syrian kids get a drink of clean water) :-)
Everyday Hero UK: The Cherokee Challenge Flight to Australia 2013
Mate,
You are doing what I've dreamt of doing for many many years!
Have a blast and don't let anything stop you. I'm envious just thinking about it.
Enjoy and stay safe.
Coolnames
You are doing what I've dreamt of doing for many many years!
Have a blast and don't let anything stop you. I'm envious just thinking about it.
Enjoy and stay safe.
Coolnames
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As another Cherokee driver, if you happen to do the west to east across the bottom option, there's a spare hangar and bed for you halfway across! Look forward to reading of your adventures!
Jaba, I'd usually be aboard with that dodgy guy from Canberra. But apparently he's running his IO 520 "On Condition". So for safety reasons, I'll have to stay on the ground...
In a previous life (circa 1984) Andy, me and a now dodgy Bo guy all shared the same avionics bench...
In a previous life (circa 1984) Andy, me and a now dodgy Bo guy all shared the same avionics bench...
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G'day Andy!
There's only one "Forked Tailed Doctor Killer" Beech based at YSCB so we do need to be discreet...
There's also a very nice G36 Bo there that never seems to fly..
There's only one "Forked Tailed Doctor Killer" Beech based at YSCB so we do need to be discreet...
There's also a very nice G36 Bo there that never seems to fly..
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We'll be posting pics on www.facebook.com/CherokeeChallengeFlight and Everyday Hero UK: The Cherokee Challenge Flight to Australia 2013 :-)
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Mate, I'd love us to buy an old ARC-164... let's do it! I'll fit it to the aircraft and file /U (will I also need 415VAC?)
Minnipa eh..! Can't say I remember it when driving between Perth and Sydney years ago, but I see where you are on the map before Whyalla if coming form the West, so we'll stop by if we end up tracking west/south coasts!
Cheers
Minnipa eh..! Can't say I remember it when driving between Perth and Sydney years ago, but I see where you are on the map before Whyalla if coming form the West, so we'll stop by if we end up tracking west/south coasts!
Cheers