Yeah was awesome trips. Bucket list trip I’ve wanted to do for years. Wasn’t too bad on way home definitely lower tho, but very landable terrain especially with my big soft tyres, big wing, “low stall speed” , light plane, and the crops and grass was low being early in the season, also a nice smooth southerly of 10knots to land into and we were travelling SE, I do however think many fly obliviously too low, in fast heavy aircraft with little tyres and don’t consider where their options are within a safe realistic glide with time to set up for landing maybe because they are flying a “certified “ single engine aircraft. Near the end of video 2 Flinders flight was the sketchiest part of the trip, under the cloud from Quorn to halfway to Stirling North the height I had seemed minimal to insufficient considering the lack of landing options, it was a 5 minute period of questionable options. I cringe watching some of the mountain flying in USA but makes awesome footage all the same. I wonder for them in some areas it would be near impossible to fly if they had to consider safe glide to landing always.
I've had cloud issues coming back from the north. I had track east of the ranges and put down at Brooklands, wait 2.5hrs then track north west to Callington under 800'. Not comfortable, not knowing how long the unforecast cloud will last? Fun surviving!
Looks like so much fun, thanks for the share 😊
Thanks for enjoying and commenting. Yes was a great trip, first flying trip with wife.
A nice trip, if a bit low on the way home!
Yeah was awesome trips. Bucket list trip I’ve wanted to do for years. Wasn’t too bad on way home definitely lower tho, but very landable terrain especially with my big soft tyres, big wing, “low stall speed” , light plane, and the crops and grass was low being early in the season, also a nice smooth southerly of 10knots to land into and we were travelling SE, I do however think many fly obliviously too low, in fast heavy aircraft with little tyres and don’t consider where their options are within a safe realistic glide with time to set up for landing maybe because they are flying a “certified “ single engine aircraft.
Near the end of video 2 Flinders flight was the sketchiest part of the trip, under the cloud from Quorn to halfway to Stirling North the height I had seemed minimal to insufficient considering the lack of landing options, it was a 5 minute period of questionable options. I cringe watching some of the mountain flying in USA but makes awesome footage all the same. I wonder for them in some areas it would be near impossible to fly if they had to consider safe glide to landing always.
I've had cloud issues coming back from the north. I had track east of the ranges and put down at Brooklands, wait 2.5hrs then track north west to Callington under 800'. Not comfortable, not knowing how long the unforecast cloud will last? Fun surviving!