(YGDI) Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia
Latitude: 28°31.3'S
Longitude:150°19.2'E
Elevation: 714 ft
Runway: 04/22, 1340m
Tarmac sealed.
SOLO Cross Country NAV 7
YRED - YBAF Archerfield - YGDI Goondiwindi - YRED
WOW, out to Goondiwindi, and I cover 367NM SOLO!!!!
I have to admit being themost nervous yet as I headed out in this flight. I've been fighting the weather for most of December and early January so after NAV 6, I was keen to get moving along again. The general forecast was for showers, cloud at 3000 in places, gloom and doom, even a 30 INTER on my return. Oh no!, But after I spoke to Mal and ran through the forecast, we agree that the most likely place to run into any really bad cloud and showers would be between Gatton and Warwick, and that I could divert around those. I did indeed divert a number of times but all was well and it was a great solo!
Read my diary entry for my SOLO NAV 7 here.
Click on photos in this Gallery to enlarge.
View of Mt Cootha TV Towers, reporting point for entry to GAAP Archerfield. In the enlarge the photo you will see the YAK that passed me. Read my diary entry for more about this.
Refuelling VH SPQ at Archerfield
Showers coming across just west of Warwick causing the first diversion enroute
VH-SPQ parked at Goondiwindi. Just behind is the refuelling stop with a Cessna 206 and a 182 lined up.
Overhead Millmerran township. My uncle lives here and I had given thought to making Millmerran a stop on the route but the way the weather was it was lucky I had decided not to. Another trip!!
The showers ahead of me enroute from Millmerran to Toowoomba. My second and third diversion of the day!