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well the crew is just getting sorted
with the cameras there we don't want to
miss one second of this trip we're
heading out to channel country in
outback Australia and we're going to
turn right and see how close we can get
to the top
of Australia. I've always wanted to see
just how beautiful and diverse this
beautiful country of ours actually is
and to see it from a small aeroplane the
classic Cessna 172 it's going to be
remarkable this is Out and Back two.
Yeah we've done a bit of a long range
forecast for our trip and it's looking
pretty good, well the cruise in its final
stages of planning everything's going
like clockwork all the weight and balances
have been done, the weather's looking
fantastic, an engineer has checked the
aircraft, flight plans have been lodged
and we are getting so so close
and you know what it looks like we are
going to get all the way to Horn Island
right to the top of Australia.
We'll be traveling more than 3 000
nautical miles and between the
ever-changing landscape and incredible
sunsets we'll seek out some of the
characters that truly make up the
backbone of rural aviation and we'll
give you plenty of tips and advice along
the way and some extra information on
our safety topics page.
I'm flying with Catherine Fitzsimons in
the Cessna, Catherine's a chief flying
instructor from Bathurst who's
experienced in teaching jackaroos how to
fly and is used to covering endless
miles in a light aircraft.
Dan Murphy will be flying our support
aircraft the GA8 airvan. The airvan's
suitably named as he carries a fair bit
of gear but Dan's already laid down the
law, seven kilos each, that's all!
Catherine and Dan have refuelled both
planes and done their daily inspections,
so I think we're ready to go
and i can't wait.
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This journey has started, we've just
taken off from Bathurst
and the conditions are
really favourable, yep very pleasant
conditions we've got some clouds that
we'll need to stay below for the time
being but we can see the horizon clearly
ahead so we're good.
It's uh pretty spectacular, the
visibility is so nice from up here at
the moment.
Unverified the other is uh
totally north of that track at 8300
feet unverified tracking west will be
passing about one minute. This is
interesting and that's why it's good to
listen to the area frequency and he's
alerted some aircraft to the fact that
there were two of them quite close
together south of Bathurst. This is in
class G airspace where it's see and be seen.
We all look after ourselves. So i'm always
listening as well as
the frequency that i might be
broadcasting on i'm always listening on
this other frequency just in case
there's some information that will help
me with situational awareness and then I
might need to make sure what I might
need to broadcast there and say hey
I might be one of those aircraft.
Always be on the right frequency at
non-controlled aerodromes and if there's
an assigned frequency well that's the
one you
use and if you don't have a designated
frequency always use one two six decimal
seven
and for those that aren't on the charts
will you always use the aerial frequency
go to the CASA website for more info
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