Oz Teen World Record Flight
 

Teen World Flight

One more sleep.

Blue skies and tailwinds Ryan :ok:

CG

I need to do it at 18! Perhaps Cessna could lend me the new diesel Skylane?

Ryan has come such a long way from his first speaking engagement at AusFly last September thats for sure. We were happy to be one of the first sponsors and its a personal dream of mine to do such a journey.

We'll be catching up with Ryan at Oshkosh in a few weeks - cant wait!

Bevan..

VFR or IFR?
 

That would be hard work VFR!!

Bevan666

Well said sir! :D


He deserves many bars for the way he has conducted himself so far.

Proud to say that some of us have had a strong influence in his progress so far.

On Behalf of Andrew, John & Walter Tail winds to you Ryan, and look out for a friendly face at Van Nuys airport :ok:

I look forward to seeing you in YNRM at Ausfly. :ok:

Incredibly impressive young man! The hard work he has put into raising sponsorship sets a great example. No wealthy parents or patrons here,

Ryan's web site is also impressive and the Telstra sponsored tracking system will allow all of us to follow the flight as it progresses.

Long ocean crossings in small single engine aircraft that take off heavily overloaded involves risk that will inspire everyone.

I think it's great that a young person like Ryan is still allowed to go on such an adventure. With just about all risk taking for young people being prevented in some way or other by do gooders and bureaucrats this must be one of the few activities that can still take place to inspire all!

All the best Ryan - Just keep heading into the dawn until you see the Tasman Sea again .

Good luck, sir. Hope the UK weather is OK for you...

What a bloody good story!
 

Ryan, kudos to you young man! There certainly is more to life than XBox and Facebook. You are going to use skills you never realised you had, you are going to gain skills you never thought possible, and you are going to make decisions well beyond your years. Mate I suspect you will even gain a few extra hairs on your chest. I envy your passion, admire your conviction and feel refreshed by your youth.
Just one tiny piece of advice - as busy as you will be, tired, sore and everything else; take in the beauty of gods hands along the way - sunsets, sunrises, valleys and peaks....fly safe.

Into the wake of Hinkler, Lindbergh et al/. ( Neither of whom, by the way, ever said or probably thought 'God speed'.) May some guardian angel though, be on your wing. May 'The Luck of the Draw' be yours in abundance too.

Just as David Attenborough, on the doco of his life, 'Living on Air', said, he chooses to never respond to correspondence from creationists who want to engage him in religious debate. In other words, he distances himself by never mentioning God, or any god or gods.

Bear in mind the well known injunction posted in the ward rooms of Royal Navy warships . . . .. .. "Abstain herein from three contentious subjects - religion, politics and sex."

Unless Ryan happens to subscribe to a particular denominational creed, it may be just a bit presumptuous to ask him or expect him to -

p.s. Other more latter day forerunners to Ryan come to mind too, who have tackled the big one, all all alone. Gabby Kennard. Jon Johannsen. Clive Canning . "The Electronic Appendage". And Bill from Boonah, shoe-horned into his V-tail Bonanza, (VH-TYE)

Bill's survival gear was one of his paramount concerns -

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p.p.s. Just remembered a little detail of CAL's departure from New York in -27. A woman thrust a paper bag into his hands as he sat in his cockpit about to start. It contained two sandwiches and one Saint Christopher. So there you go.

And just remembered the young boy going to his first fight at the Sydney Stadium with his fight-game loving dad.

As one of the boxers is warming up , the lad asks -

"Dad, why is he rubbing his feet in that white stuff?"

"So his shoes won't slip on the canvas son"

"Dad, what's that he's putting in his mouth?"

"It's a mouth guard son. So his teeth won't get broken."

"Dad, why is he crossing himself like that?"

'Well son, he's praying to the Lord that he will win the fight.
But you know what? If he can't box it counts for nothing."

'Fantome' yr last message seems to ring a bell (no pun intended either), similar words from the movie "Flight of the Phoenix':-)...."why's he crossing himself like that?............not a damned thing if he can't box"

It's nice to read that adventurers are still out there in a cotton wool world as aviation is no longer a frontier but just an everyday event!

Ryan make it last as for life will get in the way of ever doing such a thing again, God's speed:ok:


Wmk2

I love the placement of the logo on the tail fin transition!

Onya Ryan :ok:

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Dick, great message too! Get out and have a go! :D

He's using our app, AvPlan - I hope it hasnt gone that wrong!
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ohh no Bevan.....Should he download Bas's app? :uhoh:

He should be at Norfolk about now, plus or minus a bit for winds. Not sure which schedule you are looking at but I have a copy of his plan summary.

He has a day in Norfolk then launches at 3am local Tuesday for a long lonely leg to Pago Pago.

One leg down......almost!

Perhaps the distance thingy is actual travelled with legs around airspace and via Lord Howe etc it is further than the direct distance?

the good thing about IFR and Flight aware. Even with non radar, it has ATC position reports.

VH-OLS ? FlightAware :ok:

Anyone know what he is using for comms out in the non VHF areas? I saw no sign of HF. Satellite links?

He has a sat phone..

Good luck for the journey!

Was planning on heading down there this morning, but work called. Hopefully I can be there for the return! :ok:

If outside radar coverage, I thought what you see on flightaware was only a computer generated position??

yes its computer generated from the pos reports.

Well it appears leg 1 is done and dusted! :D

Oz Teen World Record Flight
 

He has HF also

Hey Bevan, looked what I found :ok:

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