Darwin to Bali...

[petermcleland]

This is my RTW leg 5. All these pictures look best when click to the bigger size:_


Having left Darwin there is a bit of a crossing the Timor Sea before any land comes into sight.


GPS shows where I am with 4hrs 13 mins to go...the biggish island ahead on the right is Timor.


I spend these longish crossings learing a bit more about this lovely cockpit.


Here's a shot of Ernie and me...I'm busy and he is loafing!


The weather is a bit patchy with the occasional rain shower...


Then sometimes cloudless...I've settled on this position for GPS and that strip of useful bits...I've clipped off the sixth little window in the strip.


And I've zoomed back from the default landing view...The approaching land is the Western end of Timor.


Here I am about to cross in over the coast of Timor.


Having crossed the Savu Sea this island is Sumba...All this landclass is Orbx Global.


I find the little Radio Altimeter useful when crossing islands but sadly I forgot to take a picture of it.


Well, I'm coming to the end of Sumba with 2hrs 35mins to go...I'm fortunate to have a tailwind all the way and the G/S is 188kts at the moment.


This island is Sumbawa.


And I'm assuming that its Landclass is all Orbx Global...Looks pretty nice!


I think this is the next island along and if so it is Lombok with the next being Bali.


Maybe that is still the...


...previous island


I think this might be Lombok...


Well it must have been because here I am on the ground...


...on Bali...I came straight in on the ILS of RW 27, discovering that there is working auto-throttle and you can dial the speed like a Trident...


...and was vectored to this stand...I love this aeroplane!

Thanks for looking...my next stop is Changi, Singapore.

[Nigel H-J]

Hello Peter, great pictures again and thoroughly enjoyed looking at them. As for your co-pilot loafing around I would get him to go and get the tea and sticky buns.

I guess it will be a few days rest before your next leg to Changi BTW, were the girls with grass skirts there to welcome you on your arrival?

Regards
Nigel.

[petermcleland]

No girls in grass skirts Nigel...Not even sure if that is the right Bali for that sort of thing! However, it seems a nice airport (just the default P3D one) with an ILS that is offset about 5 or six degrees to avoid over flying something...That is for RW27 but the RW09 just has a VOR and an ADF approach. Anyway, I enjoyed the flight and the real weather seems to work well. Now that I have left Australia, I would like to get some Traffic for the rest of my RTW but I'm not sure what to get.

[Aharon]

Great shots!!!

Regards,

Aharon

[blanston12]

Again great series. Really enjoy following along with the adventure!

[hobby]

I look forward to the next instalment.

Great pictures.

[Kevin Farnell]

Great screenshots, Peter.
Looking forward to the next instalment

Kevin