carusoam Posted June 21, 2017 Report Posted June 21, 2017 17k' @178kts heading S out to sea... there are a lot of city names on that chart I don't even recognize. Best regards, -a- 1 Quote
carusoam Posted June 23, 2017 Report Posted June 23, 2017 Hanging out in Singapore today... Keep up the good work, BL! Best regards, -a- Quote
Piloto Posted June 25, 2017 Report Posted June 25, 2017 AROUND THE WORLD WITH NO GPS, NO MAPS AND NO ENGINE Quote
Marauder Posted June 25, 2017 Report Posted June 25, 2017 AROUND THE WORLD WITH NO GPS, NO MAPS AND NO ENGINE Yeah, but they didn't need to be back at work a week from Monday. 3 Quote
Bob_Belville Posted June 26, 2017 Report Posted June 26, 2017 21 hours ago, Piloto said: AROUND THE WORLD WITH NO GPS, NO MAPS AND NO ENGINE I could ask Ms. Google but was Australia ("unknown") not discovered by the Europeans until sometime after 1580? Quote
cliffy Posted June 26, 2017 Report Posted June 26, 2017 All I know is that the first convicts arrived in 1788 2 Quote
gsxrpilot Posted June 26, 2017 Report Posted June 26, 2017 Captain James Cook - April 1770 "discovered" Australia. Of course there were people there already, but he was the first European. Quote
Piloto Posted June 27, 2017 Report Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) Quite a challenge for Magellan to find a passage to the Pacific via the southern tip of South America. This passage "Strait of Magellan" was in use until 1914 when the Panama Canal was completed. Skippers Magellan and Columbus really had guts for exploring the unknown and motivating their crew to follow them. Edited June 27, 2017 by Piloto 2 Quote
Bob_Belville Posted June 27, 2017 Report Posted June 27, 2017 19 hours ago, gsxrpilot said: Captain James Cook - April 1770 "discovered" Australia. Of course there were people there already, but he was the first European. Turns out it is a little more complicated - and interesting: http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/european-discovery-and-colonisation ... The first records of European mariners sailing into 'Australian' waters occurs around 1606, and includes their observations of the land known as Terra Australis Incognita (unknown southern land). The first ship and crew to chart the Australian coast and meet with Aboriginal people was the Duyfken captained by Dutchman, Willem Janszoon. Between 1606 and 1770, an estimated 54 European ships from a range of nations made contact. Many of these were merchant ships from the Dutch East Indies Company and included the ships of Abel Tasman. Tasman charted parts of the north, west and south coasts of Australia which was then known as New Holland. In 1770, Englishman Lieutenant James Cook charted the Australian east coast in his ship HM Barque Endeavour. Cook claimed the east coast under instruction from King George III of England on 22 August 1770 at Possession Island, naming eastern Australia 'New South Wales'. The coast of Australia, featuring Tasmania as a separate island, was mapped in detail by the English mariners and navigators Bass and Flinders, and the French mariner, Baudin. This period of European exploration is reflected in the names of landmarks such as the Torres Strait, Arnhem Land, Dampier Sound, Tasmania, the Furneaux Islands, Cape Frecinyet and La Perouse. Expeditions between 1790 and the 1830s, led by D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, and Furneaux, were recorded by the naturalists Labillardire and Pron. ... 1 Quote
FloridaMan Posted June 27, 2017 Report Posted June 27, 2017 21 hours ago, cliffy said: All I know is that the first convicts arrived in 1788 3 Quote
Mcstealth Posted June 27, 2017 Report Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Antares said: Great movie if you are looking for a not so typical "western" adventure. Quote
Piloto Posted June 27, 2017 Report Posted June 27, 2017 Hey Brian if you come across this island https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=party+girls+generation&view=detail&mid=9D6C400CB9F6D8A56ED69D6C400CB9F6D8A56ED6&FORM=VIRE please let us know. It is somewhere in the Pacific. And if you decide to stay on it Amelia and us will understand. José Quote
peevee Posted June 27, 2017 Report Posted June 27, 2017 I'd hang out in Singapore and Australia or new Zealand as long as I could, those long Pacific legs sound brutal. Quote
DonMuncy Posted June 27, 2017 Report Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Piloto said: Hey Brian if you come across this island https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=party+girls+generation&view=detail&mid=9D6C400CB9F6D8A56ED69D6C400CB9F6D8A56ED6&FORM=VIRE please let us know. It is somewhere in the Pacific. And if you decide to stay on it Amelia and us will understand. José Geez, What a dirty old man! Almost all my grandkids are older than those cuties. 1 Quote
Piloto Posted June 27, 2017 Report Posted June 27, 2017 First around the world non-stop, enjoy it. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=yuri+gagarin&qpvt=yuri+gagarin&view=detail&mid=C8B0C148FFB628729E04C8B0C148FFB628729E04&FORM=VRDGAR José Quote
Bug Smasher Posted June 27, 2017 Report Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Piloto said: First around the world non-stop, enjoy it. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=yuri+gagarin&qpvt=yuri+gagarin&view=detail&mid=C8B0C148FFB628729E04C8B0C148FFB628729E04&FORM=VRDGAR José And it only took him 108 minutes... 1 Quote
Piloto Posted June 28, 2017 Report Posted June 28, 2017 (edited) Noticed on Brian track log that the last position reported was 14 hours ago at 11:44 GMT near the Singapore Zoo. Either his tracker failed or something else happened. Any one knows? José Edited June 28, 2017 by Piloto Quote
carusoam Posted June 28, 2017 Report Posted June 28, 2017 Thailand, June 21... Hello, Brian? Hellooooooo.....? http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N916BL Or did FA stop following...? Best regards, -a- Quote
Bob_Belville Posted June 28, 2017 Report Posted June 28, 2017 5 hours ago, carusoam said: Thailand, June 21... Hello, Brian? Hellooooooo.....? http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N916BL Or did FA stop following...? Best regards, -a- He's been stuck in Singapore for several days with a bad mag. Brian posted 2 hours ago on their FB page: Everything has been on hold while in Singapore waiting for a magneto. The magneto arrived this morning. We installed and tested it. Everything was all ready to go, I was just waiting for the permit to allow flight to Indonesia. We waited and a thunderstorm rolled over the field. We pushed Spirit back into the hangar, canceled the fuel order, and I scrubbed for today. And then the permit came through. Now we need to get a NEW permit issued for tomorrow. That appears possible but I was advised to stick with the current plan of stopping overnight in Bandung. So now the whole trip through Australia has been set back another day. That schedule in Australia? Add 1 day to everything. This means that I am now probably going to slip a day going into New Zealand and arrive on July 6 instead of July 5. In any case, I am now back to 100% myself. I am ready to be underway again. Magneto fixed, engine timing set properly again, oil changed, HF fixed, all good. I'm ready to finish the trip! 1 Quote
cliffy Posted June 28, 2017 Report Posted June 28, 2017 Whoooo hooo! Get it on :-) The world is watching :-) :-) Glad things are back to normal. Quote
BCrystal Posted June 29, 2017 Author Report Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) Departed today WSSL Singapore, Singapore 0300 UTC 29 Jun ETA WICC Bandung, Java, Indonesia 0700 UTC 29 Jun (14:00 Local Time in Bandung) Edited June 29, 2017 by BCrystal Quote
carusoam Posted June 29, 2017 Report Posted June 29, 2017 http://flightaware.com/live/flight_track_bigmap.rvt?ident=N916BL-1498713643-adhoc-0 Indonesia, Go BL! Best regards, -a- Quote
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