Sunday, 15 March 2020

Leg 214 - YPGV - AYPY

YPGV (Gove Airport, Northern Territory, Australia) - AYPY (Port Moresby Airport, Central, Papua New Guinea)

Departure
METAR YPGV 151500Z AUTO 20003KT 9999 // NCD 25/23 Q1011
Flight Plan ... YPGV GV W285 HID B598 PY AYPY (638 nm)
Cruise Alt... 7,000 ft
Fuel = 100 USG
PAX = Pilot + 1.1 (dear wife/copilot Marg + pooch Buttons), 100 lb cargo
Hobbs 248.5 hrs
Block Time 1548 UTC
Depart Rwy 13
Arrival
right hand rwy 14
AYPY 151938Z 30701KT 9999 23/19 Q1014
Fuel = 43 USG
Block Time 2000 UTC
Hobbs 252.4 hrs

Summary
Fuel used = 57 USG
Hobbs Trip Time = 3.9 hrs
Cumulative Distance = 67,679 nm
Cumulative Time = 209.5 (C182) + 9.9 hrs (Cherokee) + above Hobbs (Bonanza)
Country Count = 175 done, 18 to go

Journal Notes
- Refuel (mains + full tanks) and add oil on arrival.
- AME says "great shape".
- Comments... a great ride with some chop along the way. Beautiful country!  I had a near miss on arrival.  I was doing some COVID stuff and lost track of where I was.  Heard "terrain ahead", and avoided making a smoking hole in PNG.  Phew!
- In RW, crazy COVID-19.  It has consumed my weekend.  Saw our online Hawkwood service with Marg.  It was amazing!  Marg is off to Cochrane to visit with the kids while I stay home and do more work.  Crazy times indeed.

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