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Posted by Tony on Sat Dec 15, 2001 12:42:10 PM

Get the Nav charts out, then cross-reference on scramble.nl
This I believe , was last year.....

March 29: Singapore to Jakarta in Indonesia (516 miles)
Maurice didn't care for the island of Sumatra, which seemed to be under two feet of water. He kept thinking of having to ditch, flipping over, and drowning with his feet still dry. In the end, the only problem was that he lost radio contact with Jakarta and was overdue, and the Indonesians (not realizing that G-KIRK is always overdue) scrambled a search & rescue aircraft to look for him. Meanwhile, convinced that her husband would indeed reach Australia, Kirstie set out with their daughter Genevieve to meet him--with a two-year-old in tow, a flight almost as impressive as what Maurice was attempting.
March 30: Jakarta to the island of Bali (530 miles)
"They flew across the mountains of Java where, in bad weather, M attempted to film volcanoes. Again, he ran out of daylight as he headed towards Bali. As he continued over jungle M saw a graveyard of WW II aircraft.... He landed on what turned out to be a military airfield (again!). After a "standard grilling" /questioning? (he's now well practiced and somewhat blase)M was taken by staff car to a very good hotel and given a conducted tour of the town by military personnel."


Bad news is, 26,000 people hit this thread b4 i did -lol





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