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Moorabbin to Echuca

Monday, 26 March 2012 16:36

Of late I have spent more hours in a B777 than in a C172, so the time came to do a cross-country flight. I decided to take a couple of people up to Echuca- a destination that was far away (a few hours of driving) yet close (an hour of flying) and one that included seeing lots of different types of terrain and scenery.

The day was decided on and booked, and to ensure that things went smoothly, I invested in an hour of solo circuits a few days before. We had C172S VH-LSP from 10am until 2:30pm. A look at the forecast wasn’t great the night before with low cloud and rain. We decided to head to the airport, and once there things were starting to improve with the cloud lifting and no showers.

The plan was to zig-zag on the way up to Echuca by traveling from Moorabbin via the Kilmore Gap and Mangalore and then home via Kyneton, Bacchus Marsh and Altona.

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Down the Islands & past the Gold Coast

Sunday, 11 March 2012 07:13

A mate of mine's wife approached me before Christmas & asked if I could take her husband for a fly for his Christmas present.... what do you think my answer was ;-) A week after Christmas I ran into him & asked what he thought of the gift & he was very excited, stating that he wanted to put some more $$ in to make it a good flight. So, as it turned out I threw in my bit, he put in his bit, and his wife her's and off we went.

We left Toowoomba and headed up for an orbit over his house, then off to the Glasshouse Mountains, north of Brisbane (about 10nm north of Caboolture - YCAB).

From here we tracked to YCAB and climbed to 3500' waiting for a clearance to 4500' to get over Moreton Bay. ATC was very busy dealing with an aircraft that had taken off from Ballina & was about to track right through the middle of the Tyagarah (local where I was doing parachute ops) dropzone with chutes on decent.

After her sorted that mess out, we got handed off to approach & got our clearance.

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Melbourne pilot looking to share flying hours

Wednesday, 07 March 2012 16:39

MG_Profile_100 First of all congratulations to the pilot below that just received their PPL. It's a fantastic milestone and one that you'll enjoy for many years to come.

I saw this request for help and thought that it would be beneficial to highlight it on the main DownWind front page as it's a very common problem that a lot of pilots experience. Getting those hours can be expensive!

Michael

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Hi. I have just obtained my PPL at Moorabbin and I am keen to get as much experience and hours in as possible, ideally sharing flights/costs with fellow pilots. Basically any flights out of a surroundng Melbourne airport.

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