11/16/2017
Buzz Buggy Buzz Buggy has just undergone a complete rebuild and flew for the first time on the 24 of November. Once test flights are successfully conducted we will depart for China.
Weather is good through January and February so we have about a 3-month window to complete the flight in. Due to the time delay and the Christmas holidays approaching we will not plan to fly before the first of January, 2016.
Flight from Australia to China Update
Pilot and weather problems caused us to postpone the flight until August of this year. Our plans now call for departure from Bathurst, Australia on August 15th. With an August 23rd arrival in Guilin.
Plan:
Day 1 – August 15
- Bathurst (YBTH) to Longreach (YLRE)
4.8 hours 666 NM
Day 2 – August 16
- Longreach (YLRE) to Darwin (YPDN)
7.4 hours 1019 NM
Day 3 – August 17
- Darwin (YPDN) to Bali (WADD)
6.9 hours 959 NM
Day 4 – August 18
- Bali (WADD) via Jakarta (WIHH) (592) Palembang (WIPP) (311)
Johor (WMKJ) (219)
7.2 hours 1002 NM
Day 5 – August 19
- Johor (WMKJ) to U-Tapao (VTBU)
4.7 hours 654 NM
Day 6 – August 20
- U-Tapao (VTBU) to Chiang Mai (VTCC (439) to Mandalay (VYMD) (281)
4.6 hours 627NM
Day 7 -August 21
- Mandalay (VYMD) to Kunming (ZPPP) (442)
3.2 hours 442NM
Day 9 – August 23
- Kunming (ZPPP) to Guilin (ZCKL) (460)
3.4 hours 460NM
Total Time 42.4 Distance 5828 Nautical Miles
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