Moving a C172 to Australia from California

argon39 wrote:
: After 30 years of fun and excitement in the SF Bay area, I've taken a
: new job in Perth, Western Australia. Now I need to decide what to do
: about my iBugsmasher, a wonderful 1969 C172K that I have modified so
: that it's just the way I want it:

Did you consider the long way around? Atlantic - Europe - Asia - Australia?
I worked with a guy who flew this route, round trip, twice, in a C172 with
factory "long range tanks". It took a while!

Also don't forget that there are sometimes problems with US STC's in Aus.
Australia has its own AD notes, of which many more are issued than in the
US (I checked for my airplane which is not a C172).
--
Aaron C.

("Aaron Coolidge" wrote)
I worked with a guy who flew this route, round trip, twice, in a C172 with
factory "long range tanks". It took a while!


Is California to Alaska, then over to Russia and down that edge of The Rim
an option? Is anybody using that route these days?


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote:
("Aaron Coolidge" wrote)
I worked with a guy who flew this route, round trip, twice, in a C172
with factory "long range tanks". It took a while!


Is California to Alaska, then over to Russia and down that edge of The
Rim an option? Is anybody using that route these days?

Think south! Here's a fun (i.e. not to be taken seriously) suggestion:

Head down through South America, to the southern tip of Argentina at
Ushuaia, hop from there to Antartica to:

Palmer Antarctic base (U.S.) on the Antarctic Peninsula,
San Martin base (Argentina) on the Antarctic Peninsula,
Belgrano III base (Argentina) on the Weddell Sea coast,
Amundsen-Scott base (U.S.) at the South Pole,
McMurdo base (U.S.) on the Ross Sea coast,
Dumont d'Urville base (France) on Antarctic Sea coast,
Macquarie Island (Australia) in the South Pacific,
Hobart in Tasmania,
Adelaide in Australia,
and finally to Perth.

Here's a map that shows those bases:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islan...ctic_pol97.jpg

I have no idea what the actual lengths of any of the legs of that trip are
- just eye-balled it using the above map. You'd still probably need long
range tanks - and skis! :-)

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
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"Montblack" wrote:
("Aaron Coolidge" wrote)
I worked with a guy who flew this route, round trip, twice, in a C172
with factory "long range tanks". It took a while!


Is California to Alaska, then over to Russia and down that edge of The
Rim an option? Is anybody using that route these days?

Think south! Here's a fun (i.e. not to be taken seriously) suggestion:

Head down through South America, to the southern tip of Argentina at
Ushuaia, hop from there to Antartica to:

Palmer Antarctic base (U.S.) on the Antarctic Peninsula,
San Martin base (Argentina) on the Antarctic Peninsula,
Belgrano III base (Argentina) on the Weddell Sea coast,
Amundsen-Scott base (U.S.) at the South Pole,
McMurdo base (U.S.) on the Ross Sea coast,
Dumont d'Urville base (France) on Antarctic Sea coast,
Macquarie Island (Australia) in the South Pacific,
Hobart in Tasmania,
Adelaide in Australia,
and finally to Perth.

Here's a map that shows those bases:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islan...ctic_pol97.jpg

I have no idea what the actual lengths of any of the legs of that trip are
- just eye-balled it using the above map. You'd still probably need long
range tanks - and skis! :-)

Probably be faster to go the other way around Antartica given the hurricane
force winds that commonly blow west to east...

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"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote:
Probably be faster to go the other way around Antartica given the
hurricane force winds that commonly blow west to east...

True - and there are more stations and bases along the coast in that
direction. I just discovered, though, that Macquarie Island has no airfield
(it's a World Heritage Site). So the flight from Dumont d'Urville station
to Hobart Tasmania is about 1450 nm. :-(

("Jim Logajan" wrote)
True - and there are more stations and bases along the coast in that
direction. I just discovered, though, that Macquarie Island has no
airfield (it's a World Heritage Site). So the flight from Dumont d'Urville
station to Hobart Tasmania is about 1450 nm. :-(


What are the hops (distances) from California to Australia?

Sorry, being lazy.


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote:

("Jim Logajan" wrote)
True - and there are more stations and bases along the coast in that
direction. I just discovered, though, that Macquarie Island has no
airfield (it's a World Heritage Site). So the flight from Dumont
d'Urville station to Hobart Tasmania is about 1450 nm. :-(


What are the hops (distances) from California to Australia?

Sorry, being lazy.

Beats me - I'm to lazy to figure that out too! ;-)