Allan / Zenair Australia's Posts - Zenith Aircraft Builders and Flyers2024-03-28T12:59:26ZAllan / Zenair Australiahttps://zenith.aero/profile/Allan30https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2197067064?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://zenith.aero/profiles/blog/feed?user=3hbperqfva8rr&xn_auth=noAdded 3 more days Flight around NT Australia 48.9 hrs, 4478 nm and 14 days of funtag:zenith.aero,2010-07-05:2606393:BlogPost:618682010-07-05T14:16:17.000ZAllan / Zenair Australiahttps://zenith.aero/profile/Allan30
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<font size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The above map is of a flight by 2 601 XLB.s completed in the the first 2 weeks of June 2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Some facts about Australia,</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br/>Population Aust 22 mil USA 309
mil3<br/></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">States Aust 8, USA 50,<br/></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Land area Aust 2,969,907sq mil
USA 3,717,813 sq mil<br/></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">% of world Land mass Aust 5.2%
USA 6.5%</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br/>In other words, both countries
are</span> <b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BIG</span></b></font> <br/><br/>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Below is the flight log from my Garmin 196, the time away was 14 days I logged 4478 nm and 48.9 hrs</span><br/>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Day 1 was the 28 May 2010 and we flew from Bendigo-Swan Hill-White Cliffs 379nm 4.4 hrs. The weather was marginal but once in the air and heading north the cloud lifted and within the hour we had broken clouds.</span><br/></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">White Cliffs-Cameron Corner-William Creek-Oodnadatta 515 nm 6.2 hrs. All day we had head winds 15-20kts the landing at Oodnadatta was a welcome relief knowing the longest day was at last over.</span></p>
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<br/>Day 4 Curtin Springs-Ayers Rock-Tilmouth Well 301nm 3.2 flight hrs<br/>This was a day for the sights Ayers Rock, the Olgers, Kings Canyon and the McDonnell Ranges<br/>Tilmouth Well One to the best overnight stop with food well worth the days of flying.<br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2231427554?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></p>
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<br/><br/>Day 5 Tilmouth Well - Rabbit - Wolf Creek Crater - Halls Creek 436 nm 4.5 flight hrs<br/>As they say in Queensland beautiful one day, perfect the next. The flying conditions where just perfect <br/>Overcast with a cloud base of 6000ft and a small tail wing <br/><br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2231431181?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></p>
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<br/>Day 6 Halls Creek - Bellburn - Kununurra 224 nm 1.5hrs flight time Nice Tailwind today.<br/> <br/>We fly to the Bungle Bungles and land at Bellburn Airstrip for a day of sightseeing in a Bitumen Boeing there are times that you need to see things from the ground.<br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2231437767?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></p>
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<br/><br/>Day 7 was a day for rest.<br/><br/>Day 8 Kununurra - Emkaytee (Darwin NT) 137 nm 2.7 hrs flight time <br/>Just a short days flying but a lot of sightseeing as we are flying up the coast to Darwin for a 2 night stopover<br/>Great weather <br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2231449698?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></p>
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<br/><br/><br/> More to follow<br/><p></p>Natfly 2010 at Temora Australiatag:zenith.aero,2010-04-13:2606393:BlogPost:529612010-04-13T04:05:19.000ZAllan / Zenair Australiahttps://zenith.aero/profile/Allan30
Hi Everyone <br></br><br></br>Natfly 2010 at Temora Australia was a great event.<br></br><br></br>Natfly is the National Fly-in for Recreational Aircraft of Australia (RA Aus) the body that governs aircraft up to 600 Kg in Australia<br></br><br></br>The
change of venue went very well and there is a lot more space for everyone. <br></br><br></br>Zenair Australia had a site with three 601 XLs on
display, they were Peter Franke, Geoff Moore and Allan Barton.<br></br><br></br>Demo
flights where had by builders and people interested in…
Hi Everyone <br/><br/>Natfly 2010 at Temora Australia was a great event.<br/><br/>Natfly is the National Fly-in for Recreational Aircraft of Australia (RA Aus) the body that governs aircraft up to 600 Kg in Australia<br/><br/>The
change of venue went very well and there is a lot more space for everyone. <br/><br/>Zenair Australia had a site with three 601 XLs on
display, they were Peter Franke, Geoff Moore and Allan Barton.<br/><br/>Demo
flights where had by builders and people interested in Zenith aircraft.<br/><br/>The
Zenair BBQ on Friday night went well, with Chris Sinfield cooking and making sure everyone had something to eat and drink, a good time was had by all. The Zenair BBQ will be held each year at Natfly on the Friday night and will get bigger as more Zenith aircraft are finished and fly to Temora.<br/><br/>Prospective builders showed great interest in the CH
750 wing skeleton on display, which showed how advanced the kit now is, with the CNC pilot holes and cutting.<br/><br/>There were estimates of over 1000
aircraft visiting Natfly this year and the weather was just great. <br/><br/>On
the flight back I even had a 25knt tailwind coming back to Bendigo <br/><br/>I
was great putting faces to fellow Zenith builders and I hope to meet many more at Natfly 2011 at Temora<br/><br/>I would like to thank Geoff, Chris
and Mark who helped out on the Zenair Stand and Peter and Geoff for<br/>
putting their planes one display <br/><br/>Cheers<br/>Allan<br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2231341177?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></p>
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Zenair Australia's Demo 601 XL is back in the air after being fitted with the upgrade kit<br></br><br></br>The first flight was just before last light on the 12/3/10. It flew just great I did not notice any great change, It was just great getting back into the air again.<br></br><br></br>Here are a few pics of the Red Nose Beast coming out of the hangar.…<br></br><br></br><p style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2231339827?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></p>
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Zenair Australia's Demo 601 XL is back in the air after being fitted with the upgrade kit<br/><br/>The first flight was just before last light on the 12/3/10. It flew just great I did not notice any great change, It was just great getting back into the air again.<br/><br/>Here are a few pics of the Red Nose Beast coming out of the hangar.<br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2231339827?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></p>
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