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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Jun 10, 2010
Description:
Miles from nowhere; I guess I’ll
take my time. (Cat Stevens)
The day I visited the Horizontal
Waterfalls (See Australian
Odyssey-3) was a long one. I
took off from Derby at dawn
and by the end of the day had
logged 10.1 hours of flying with
4 land landings and 93 water
landings at more than 50
separate locations. As I
approached my destination I
was tired and low on fuel. I was
“Miles from nowhere” and my
destination (Kununurra) was on
the other side of this scary
looking monster storm cell. My
ground speed had dropped to
35 kts as I approached the
massive downdraft from the
storm cell. As I was pondering
my options, with Cat Stevens
words on my mind, I saw a dirt
road! It looked very inviting, “I
guess I’ll take my time”. The
strong wind, blustery conditions
and turbulence, with ditches on
both sides of the road severely
tested my landing skills! With
considerable relief I tied the
SeaRey down and waited for
the storm to pass (the photo
was taken after most of the
storm cell had passed and I was
preparing to depart). I took off
down the road and landed at
my destination as the sun set.
What a day!
As “the Cat” said, “Miles from
nowhere; I guess I’ll take my
time; Oh yeh, to reach there.”
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105, Australian News,
273, Flights About Oz,
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242, Searey Adventures
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Dave Lima - Jun 10,2010
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So Ross are there like Kangaroos and dingo dogs everywhere up in the north?<br />
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Marty Corr - Jun 10,2010
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Ross, what you're doing is the kind of stuff I dream of doing when my plane is built.<br />I'm scoring 11 out of 10 for this. <br />10 hours + flying in a day,<br />Boldly going where no 'rey has gone before<br />More landings than I' ve got fingers and toes (how do you keep count!) <br />Smart decisions on safety...<br />Getting out there and doing it, and sharing it all with great pics and storys<br /><br />Legend! Look forward to meeting you if you come to Sydney,(I'm building in the same hanger as Rob's office) or during the round Australia flight I want to do.
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Don Maxwell - Jun 11,2010
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A grand adventure, Ross! Very cool!
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Bruno Grondin - Jun 12,2010
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Ross, you look very confidend in you and your nice little bird.<br />Far from everything wow....<br />I like it Ross, where you alone in the cockpit ?<br />How did you plannified your refulling ? In a nowhere place.<br /><br />10 hours X 4 gallons per hour = 40 gallons hummm my math is correct ?...ehhehe. <br />So 40 gal / 26 = 1.5 pit stop<br /><br />For me with my 18 gallons tank.<br />So 40 gal / 18 gal = 2.2 stop .<br />You'll ask yourself, Bruno how the .2 will be made...in the air of coarse.....<br /><br />Do you bring a portable gaz tank for hazards situations, plan B,C, or even D ?<br /><br />Do you fill it with 100LL at airport ? or at Boat marinas for Super unleded ?<br /><br />For my part it the most important part is refueling and weather of corse...<br /><br />Hug<br />Bruno
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