28th January 2024
With the engine finally delivered late last year the install is well underway. I probably lost 8 months of the year and there was nothing I could do about it. So much had to wait for the engine. There are now significant delays with the radiators but I keep pushing on.
I now expect to be taxi testing by the middle of this year at best. This puts the trip back yet another year. I guess the earliest possible would be mid 2025. I’m still looking to avoid the Northern route as that may give me a wider weather option.
So I expect to be ready 2025 where I either go a bit before the Northern summer or after, making it about 18 months from now. Safety is the number one priority. The plane AND pilot need to be ready.
This planning is based on a slow 170knots average TAS and 40Lt/hour. I hope to do very much better but that will be determined during flight testing. My route planning is getting more detailed. This make the plan real. I expect things will change and I have to be ready for that too.
YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOMED!
YMMB Moorabbin Airport (I will either start and finish here or at Leongatha Airport YLEG)
1. YSNF Norfolk Island Port of Exit to get out of Australian Customs
->1,320nm 7hrs 45mts (465mt) 320L
YMMB LACEY W188 TEMIS W696 LUTVU W465 AY J42 ARRAN Y59 TESAT B450 NF YSNF
2. NSTU Pago Pago International (Fiji)
->1,478nm 8hrs 40mts (520mts) 347L
YSNF NF (DOLSI enter Nadi) B450 (DUNAK) (SOVRA back in Auckland Oceanic) (KILAN) DODUX) – CTA airspace) TUT (NDB) NSTU
3. PLCH Kiribati (Christmas Island) Cassidy Intl
->1,265nm 7hrs 30mts (450mt) 300L
NSTU DARMA (SAPIX) PASSA B577 PASSA PLCH
4. PHTO Hilo Intl Hawaii
->1076nm 6hrs 17mts (377mt) 252L
PLCH WOSLU 15.00N/155,00W 17.00N/155.00W ITO PHTO
5. KHWD Haywood Executive, USA
->2073nm 12hrs 15mts (735mt) 490L
PHTO 03.PPKEO1.PPKEO KAGGA AZIBA ONOVY CEBEN R465 CREAN PIRAT KHWD
6. KSAF Santa Fe Regional Airport (includes Grand Canyon Loop)
-> 938nm 5hrs 39mts (339mts) 238L
KHWD KCMR ( 35.88N/112.33W VPGCF VPGCG VPGCI ZUNI ALPHA-VPGCH) KCMR KSAF
7. KMKL McKellar-Sipes Regional Jackson Tennessee
->857nm 6hrs 7mts (307mt) 225L
KSAF TAFOY3.FTI V190 MMB END LOMAC BICEP TEEUP BERGG V140 INNAM JBR KMKL
8. KMRH Smith (Michael J Smith Field) Beaufort, North Carolina
-> 607nm 3hrs 32mts (212mts) 143L
KMKL CHSNE OKENE RESPE OMARR MURKY CRLNA LORRY V296 FAY V56 WALLO KMRH
9. TXKF LF Wade International Airport, Hamilton Bermuda
->618nm 3hrs 34mts (214mts) 146L
KMRH OXANA M325 (NETSS) (ONGOT) (PERDO) (ENAPI) (AWSOM) (GUICE) BDA TXKF
10. LPPD Joao Paulo II, Sao Miguel – Azores (this is the second longest leg over water)
->1,986nm 11hrs 40mts (700mts) 466L
TXKF BALOO 6.00N/60.00W 38.00N/50.00W 40.00N/40.00W KOKER H142 FRS H115 (ELBEN) (SOLGI) (TIMTO) (CIDLO) VMG BAVAS5A LPPD
11. LEST Rosalia De Castro (Santiago) Northern Spain
->913nm 5hrs 20mts (320mts) 212L
LPPD BERUN5Y BEKUN ERPES (LPPC FIR change) ASMOV AGADO LEST
12. LMML Malta (Luqa)
->1,247nm 7hrs 10mts (430mts) 288L
LEST ROXER2A ROXER UM190 SSN UP181 URUNA (LFBB FIR) R10 BTZ G17 AUCHE G5 TOU G393 Y25 SALIN M731 TEKSA M732 GZO LMML
13. HEGN Hurghada On the Red Sea, a part of Egypt (huge airport)
->1332nm 7hr 50mts (470mts) 315L
LMML AGARI2A AGARI M978 TOSKA M67 MAROS M855 RASDA A16 CVO L315 SOKOT SOKOT1A HEGN
14. OOMS Muscat
->1435nm 8hr 35mts (515mts) 345L
HEGN SOLOX1B SOLOX V603 HGD M872 WEJ J874 HLF L604 TABTA L681 GINTO M430 DOH B415 SIXIV N318 LAKLU LAKLU1V OOMS
15. VABB Mumbai, India (Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport)
->1016nm 6hr 0mts (360mts) 240L
OOMS VUSER2S VUSET R462 LAKIV N894 TELEM G210 BVR R458 BOFIN VABB
16. VCBI Colombo Sri Lanka Katunayake Sri Lanka Banderanaike Int Columbo
->870nm 5hrs 06mts (306mt) 204L
VABB RAXET2C OMKIS AVKOR W128 BBM W17 MML W15 CIA P895 BIKOK BIKOK1A VCBI
17. WMKP Penang, Malaysia
->1223nm 7hrs 10mts (430mts) 288L
VCBI WMKP (direct across the water)
18. WADD Denpasar, Bali Ngurah Rai (Bali) International Airport
->1374nm 8hrs 5mts (485mts) 325L
WMKP BOGUK1A ANBIK Y507 MAKNA Y511 TOPOR A464 SJ B469 HLM G461 SBR W33 MOVMO MOVMO1E WADD
19. YPPD Port Headland, WA Australia (port of entry)
->742nm 4hrs 24mts (264mts) 176L
WADD MURAI3A MURAI G578 PD YPPD
20. YNUB Nullabour Motel
-> 1008nm 5hrs 55mts (355mt) 238L
YPPD PD A585 BEZZA YNUB
21. YMMB Moorabbin Airport
->820nm 4hr 46mts (286mt) 192L
YNUB CDU A585 AD V255 BENDO V211 PUBAP W291 AV W635 MB YMMB
TOTAL 24,282nm (44,970km) 5,744L 21 flights 143hours flown
