Mooney Round The World Flight Project Amelia Earhart 1937 2017

[Browncbr1]

So, what's the cost of flying around the world like this?  

[cnoe]

So, what's the cost of flying around the world like this?  

I'm not privy to the details but as I recall from the Facebook posts he burned through 20AMU in fuel, handling, and fees by the half-way point. 'Tain't cheap, particularly on his (Amelia's) chosen route.


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[carusoam]

I had once looked at the fuel required to fly to Europe... it quickly added up in AMUs.

Enough to not take things lightly when going this route.

Today's flight is half way done...

A scheduled flight of 12 hours landing in the land down under.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N916BL

Keep going BL!

Best regards,

-a-

[Piloto]

Another option to see Brian's track is at www.flightradar24.com. Type N916BL in the search box. 

[HRM]

On 6/29/2017 at 9:26 AM, carusoam said:

Indonesia,  Go BL!

Here! Here!

[carusoam]

Darwin Australia, Friday night...

 

-a-

[BCrystal]

Spirit departed Darwin at about noon local time Sunday (0220UTC 02 July 2017 )

Brian's flight today is over the middle of Australia, including the Ayers Rock area.

 

Edited July 2, 2017 by BCrystal

[carusoam]

Not a lot of other planes in the air with BL, there...

Best regards,

-a-

[cliffy]

Having flown from bottom to top there in a Mooney, there's not a lot of traffic anywhere except at the big cities. 

[peevee]

On 6/30/2017 at 1:21 AM, carusoam said:

I had once looked at the fuel required to fly to Europe... it quickly added up in AMUs.

Enough to not take things lightly when going this route.

Today's flight is half way done...

A scheduled flight of 12 hours landing in the land down under.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N916BL

Keep going BL!

Best regards,

-a-

I was hoping I could make Europe for 10amus but that might be a huge underestimate 

[carusoam]

Going solo adds to the financial burden. Flying with a friend may use up some UL...

Tough choices.

It would be cool meeting up with Global MSers!

Best regards,

-a-

[Piloto]

40 minutes ago, peevee said:

I was hoping I could make Europe for 10amus but that might be a huge underestimate 

Check with the airlines, cheaper, faster, more comfortable and no need to worry about tie downs. 

[neilpilot]

1 hour ago, peevee said:

I was hoping I could make Europe for 10amus but that might be a huge underestimate 

I checked several years ago, and the cost of required EU liability coverage alone would have benn around $5k USD.  Maybe more now.  That doesn't even include hull coverage.

[HRM]

36 minutes ago, neilpilot said:

I checked several years ago, and the cost of required EU liability coverage alone would have been around $5k USD.  Maybe more now.  That doesn't even include hull coverage.

Probably need to put it at the bottom of the Bucket List 

[Piloto]

Amelia final days finding

http://www.wpxi.com/news/trending-now/could-a-newly-discovered-amelia-earhart-photo-shine-light-on-pilots-fate/550371258

José

 

[carusoam]

Brian has reached the other end of Australia already!

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N916BL

Best regards,

-a-

[LANCECASPER]

He's now in Hamilton New Zealand

[gsxrpilot]

He's in Hamilton New Zealand... which some Aussies claim is their 7th State, but I'm pretty sure the Kiwi's still think they're an independent country.

[Chocks]

The longest leg is coming up soon


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[Saul Goodman]

Wishing Brian best of luck! I will eagerly follow your flight/adventure online.

[carusoam]

Nice graphic, Lance!

Best regards,

-a-

[cliffy]

What would Amilia have given for a "SPOT"?

[HRM]

4 hours ago, gsxrpilot said:

He's in Hamilton New Zealand... which some Aussies claim is their 7th State, but I'm pretty sure the Kiwi's still think they're an independent country.

Yeah, like we do with Canada.

[Piloto]

Amelia Earhart’s failure to find Howland Island on the morning of July 2, 1937 was a radio navigation failure. Her announced intention was to find the island by using her Radio Direction Finder (RDF) to take bearings on signals sent by the Coast Guard cutter Itasca standing offshore Howland. In her pre-flight messages to the Coast Guard and in a radio transmission during the actual flight, she asked Itasca to transmit on 7500 kilocycles (kcs). Itasca sent the signals as requested and Earhart was unable to take a bearing.

Unlike a conventional ADF Amelia used a manual DF. On a DF the pilot rotates the antenna loop on top looking for  a signal dip on an S meter on the receiver. The bearing at the dip is then read at the dial on the cockpit ceiling. There is a 180deg ambiguity on these DF that was later resolved (sense antenna). But on these DF loops at frequencies above 1MHz the directionality of the loop is reduced and becomes very difficult to find the signal dip. At low frequencies the loop is an H field antenna but as frequency increases it start becoming an E field antenna.

Another factor on HF DF is that the signal propagation is via the ionosphere, not like a ground wave on lower frequencies 100KHz - 1MHz.  This why Loran C is on 100KHz vs the old Loran A on 1.7MHz

More on this at: http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/Bulletins/53_MiamiPhoto/53_MiamiPhoto.htm

José

KP4DAC

Edited July 7, 2017 by Piloto

[LANCECASPER]

7 hours ago, carusoam said:

Nice graphic, Lance!

Best regards,

-a-

http://projectameliaearhart.org/tracker/map.php