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pjb 06.03.2012 05:42:45 GMT
bravo Matevž
Petra Draskovic 06.03.2012 05:41:47 GMT
Bravo, Matevž! Successful landing!
Marjan Kramer_(Albion Park,AUS) 06.03.2012 05:40:11 GMT
Well done Matevz. Congratulations and Bravo.. Enjoy NT…
Lazio 06.03.2012 05:40:08 GMT
One more time you did it ! BRAVO !
Michael 06.03.2012 05:34:52 GMT
Well done Matevz, look forward to your trip report! Now, there will be lots of flies!
Lazio 06.03.2012 05:25:08 GMT
Go Matevz, not only a pilot (and what pilot !) but a photograph...!
pjb 06.03.2012 05:24:43 GMT
Thank you Michael for your detailed infos.
Petra Draskovic 06.03.2012 05:23:29 GMT
Getting closer - wonderful flight! Congratulations, Matevž!
Marjan Kramer_(Albion Park,AUS) 06.03.2012 05:07:00 GMT
@Michael... Messages from Matevz.. Thank you very much for the great update Michael. I agree the best escape for Matevz today was Uluru. He is nearly there and I hope he will enjoy some dry weather. I hope the rain will not follow him today. I (and many more) was really looking forward to meet Matevz and his Virus in Canberra. Meeting him here in ACT would be once in a lifetime opportunity.
Domen Grauf 06.03.2012 05:01:17 GMT
Some minutes to the end of this stage. Congratulations Matevz! Bravo!
Bogdan 06.03.2012 04:57:08 GMT
Pozno poletne veÄerne fotke velike rdeÄe skale bodo verjetno bomba! // Late summer evening photos of The big red rock will most probably be fantastic!
mquirozt 06.03.2012 02:42:40 GMT
Hi Matevz good luck for you, I hope you have good weather It looks like the engine is working properly since Colin fixed it. It left around 700 km to reach Ayers Rock...
Petra Draskovic 06.03.2012 02:17:47 GMT
A note about the flight; The final destination for today is Ayres Rock, the flight length is 2298 km and this should take Matevž aproximately 9h 45 minutes. // Å e opomba o poletu: KonÄna destinacija danes je Ayres Rock, polet je dolg 2298 km in za to pot bi naj Matevž potreboval 9h in 45 min. SreÄno!
Michael 06.03.2012 02:06:11 GMT
Nope, back on course again.... may have been a photo opportunity (Or he fell asleep)
Michael 06.03.2012 02:03:45 GMT
Looks like Matevz is diverting to Birdsville ???
Greg 06.03.2012 01:06:08 GMT
Hello, Well done Matevz.
Message for Domen 06.03.2012 00:40:16 GMT
Hello Domen, the text below where people are writing their messages has suddenly gone really wide and is not displayed on the page correctly. It is like the page width has been changed from 800 pixels to 2000 pixels, it makes it difficult to read because you have to keep scrolling sideways even on a 24 inch screen, please delete one should have read this message
Auto Pilot Update 06.03.2012 00:30:31 GMT
the free play in the autopilot arm seems to be movement in and out of the servo itself. The arm is actually held fairly firmly and there is no free play in the unit itself but rather the shaft that holds it can move in and out of the servo motor. I am sure it is not meant to do this because it is moving approximately 4 or 5 mm.... as I get more information I will be sure to let you know
spyDer 06.03.2012 00:05:50 GMT
@Michael: So many thanks for a detailed update on everything you guys were going through in the last few days. It would be great if you could update us also on the manufacturer's answer to the free play in the autopilot arm. And yes, it looks like Matevz will really need the stormscope while flying across Indonesia! Thanks again, Michael!
Weather Info 05.03.2012 23:46:41 GMT
AMEND AREA FORECAST 052050 TO 061700 AREA 41.
AMD OVERVIEW:
ISOLATED SHOWERS NE OF YLRE/YMGI. PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AREAS E OF
YSTO/YCMU, CHIEFLY S OF YBCV. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NE OF
YLRE/YMGI FROM 02Z. AREAS OF SCATTERED LOW CLOUD NE OF YLRE/YROM TILL
24Z, LOCALLY BROKEN. ISOLATED SMOKE BELOW 10000FT. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> next area >>>>>>>>>>>>AREA FORECAST 052300 TO 061100 AREA 84.
OVERVIEW:
SCATTERED SHOWERS, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF YBIL/RENR/YAVD.
AREAS OF RAIN/DRIZZLE NORTH OF YTAN/YLKN CONTRACTING NORTH OF
YBIL/RENR/YAVD BY 03Z. AREAS OF LOW CLOUD NORTH OF YTAN/YLKN TILL
03Z. MODERATE TURBULENCE BELOW 5000FT SOUTHWEST OF YKIL/YAVD TILL
03Z.
Michael... Messages from Matevz 05.03.2012 23:43:04 GMT
Hello group, sorry at the delay at getting this e-mail to you but unfortunately we have been so very busy with Matevz over the last few days it is almost impossible to get time to write anything. There is so much to tell you and talk about after catching up with Matevz and he is firstly asked me to apologise to the group for not e-mailing this information himself but he is just so very busy there is not enough hours to do everything. Firstly, Matevz had a great flight from New Zealand to Australia, he had to land approximately 1000 km north of where he originally wanted to go in Canberra because of bad weather. The Canberra region is experiencing the worst weather and flooding that they have received since recording started. There was no option but to divert and not fly to Canberra and come to my base on the Gold Coast because of this bad weather. This diversion has caused a number of issues unfortunately, we had a Slovenian embassy function organised and this needed to be cancelled and also Matevz was going to fly over the top of the largest mountain in Australia, Mount Kosciusko but unfortunately everything was covered in rain and storms so plans had to be changed. Just before landing in Australia Matevz started to have electrical problems which is not surprising considering the amount of rain he has been flying through. Remember, Rotax is not meant to run underwater and many, many hours of flying through torrential rain has meant that the whole engine has been supersaturated with water and this caused some problems. Fortunately we were able to diagnose the problems and get everything going again, basically Matevz believed the problem to be with the alternator because in the last several hours of the flight from New Zealand the alternator light was flickering on and off but everything else was running normally. Matevz and myself decided to try and fault find the problem ourselves and we went through every wire leading from the alternator and either put a new fitting or undid the fitting, sprayed with electrical contact cleaner to make sure everything was perfectly clean with no corrosion and put everything back together again. We also removed all of the fuses from the aircraft and did the same, I must say that a couple of the fuses looked a little bit suspect with some very lite corrosion but everything else looked perfect. It took us a few hours to go through the aircraft completely following the electrical circuits and when everything was put back together to our biggest surprise and relief Matevz did a quick test flight and everything worked again! I explained to Matevz that this was probably more good luck than good mechanical skills on our part but I hope that everything continues working electrically. Important for everybody following the adventure Spider tracks started up again and the tracking is working properly and everything else electrically is working properly which is great news. As part of my thorough inspection of the aircraft we found a little bit of free play in the control stick which is very unusual. We traced all of the control rods and linkages checking everything eventually to find that where the control rods connected to the autopilot servo there seemed to be a little bit of free play in the autopilot arm. This is nothing to do with the aircraft itself but with the autopilot servo, there is a little bit of up-and-down movement in the autopilot servo and this is something which I don't believe should be there, you can actually feel the movement through the control stick when the aircraft is on the ground you would probably not notice in the air. To keep everything running perfectly and safe as possible we have spoken with a fellow earthrounder Jon Johansson who is the Australian representative for this product and we believe everything is okay with no chance of failure. Just to make sure we have taken a short 30nd movie showing the movement in the servo arm and have sent it to the manufacturer of the autopilot servo and we will hear back from them about the problem, again it was great to be able to contact somebody by phone and have assistance with the problem, is fantastic to get the support from everybody around the world. Today, Matevz had planned to fly along the Australian coast north north-west to a city called Cairns. With all of these plans weather is absolutely crucial and right on cue a cyclone started to form about 250 km north of our airport with the rain in excess of 150 mm/h. No plane can fly through these conditions and the developing cyclone was sitting stationary so there was no possibility of flying today to Cairns so in true Matevz style he said that this is no problem he will go to Ayres Rock instead which is about 2500 km to the west. Ayres Rock is a very interesting location in the middle of the desert and I would encourage you to have a quick look at the following link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru to find out more about this unique location. Because of the terrible weather affecting this trip we realise the name World GREEN Flight is so very true because Matevz is bringing so much rain that the earth is becoming a much greener place just because he is visiting ! For this reason we are happy to accept invitations now from countries with drought for at least 15 years. We are sure that a visit from Matevz will end of the drought and create a flood ! We are so very confident that this will happen because of the amount of rain which has followed him through the Pacific and into Australia and then right on cue a cyclone starts to develop which is very unusual in this location at this time of year but I really think it has something to do with Matevz and his GREEN flight! Tonight he is spending in Ayres Rock, a unique location right in the middle of Australia in the middle of the desert, tomorrow he is planning to fly about 2000 km to Cairns where he is booked into have the storm scope inspected and possibly replaced. From there he heads off to one of the biggest challenges and that is to fly through the monsoon trough to the northern part of Australia and on to Indonesia. This area will again bring substantial rain at this time of year so the flight through this monsoon trough will be very dangerous but once through this region he should have better conditions heading up through Asia and into India. Finally, I have known Matevz for almost 10 years and met him on the previous extreme flights he has undertaken at various locations around the world, again it was my great honour to assist with his trip through this area of Australia. It is so very important to get support from fellow aviators when Matevz is flying through strange and foreign countries. I encourage everybody on the group if they are based at an airport and location which is on Matevz’s itinerary to make themself available and assist, even if it is just transport to a motel, assistance with fuelling the aircraft or anything else you can help with it will make life so much very easy for Matevz. (I know everybody wants to help but you MUST be at the airport or location on his itinerary because many flights are done under special permits and he cannot deviate from the already approved flight plan). Before signing off I have just checked the Internet and he is going great, a good airspeed although the altitude is fairly low which I expect in this region because there is still some isolated rain, shortly he should be in better weather and have a good run through the desert to Ayres Rock. Everybody enjoy!
Bogdan 05.03.2012 23:22:23 GMT
@Domen, hvala za info o vremenskem obvozu. Je Uluru, Ayers Rock v naÄrtu za danes? // Is Ayers Rock planned for today?
flying cat 05.03.2012 23:15:57 GMT
@Lazio, both Spidertrack and wundermap are correct, they only use a different grid, hddd°mm.mmmm (spidertrack) vs. hddd.ddddd° wundermap. Anyway, good job
spyDer 05.03.2012 23:15:46 GMT
@Bogdan: Matevz leti na YAYE (Ayers Rock), ki je cca 330km JZ od Alice Springsa (YBAS). Njegova smer leta je natancno v smer YAYE. http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=27.767583+S++153.339425+E+-+YAYE,+YBAS&MS=bm&DU=km
Domen Grauf 05.03.2012 23:11:09 GMT
@Bogdan: ze dve uri leti med sloji oblakov, severno je vec oblakov, zato vzdrzuje to smer. V naslednji uri bo prisel na cistino in bo popravil smer. // Last two hours, he is flying between layers of clouds, more clouds are at the north, and maintains this direction. In the next hour, he will come at a purity and fix direction.
Bogdan 05.03.2012 23:02:48 GMT
Matevž, sreÄno Äez oranžno celino! Houston - trenutna smer leta ni ravno proti Alice Springsu. Gre morebiti za kakÅ¡en 'vremenski' ovinek? // Current flight direction is not really towards Alice Springs. Is this some kind of a 'weather' detour/bypass?
Scotty 05.03.2012 22:25:42 GMT
Good luck on your NZ flight.
spyDer 05.03.2012 21:51:02 GMT
@Lazio: Matevz was in a slight descent at that part of the flight.
Lazio 05.03.2012 21:25:27 GMT
Whaou ! 168 KTS ! what did Michael to the alternators ???
Goldrock 05.03.2012 21:21:16 GMT
Matevz has now left Jacobs Well and is about an hour into his flight to Ayers Rock
Lazio 05.03.2012 21:20:54 GMT
@spyDer : i've a problem between "spidertrack" and "wundermap"...same coodonates but not same location !!!
the spider one seems to be correct according to google earth...So use my link whith caution ! ;-(
spyDer 05.03.2012 21:13:21 GMT
@Lazio: I suppose it will be between 9 and 10 hours, it depends on winds. Thanks for the wundermap link. Looks nice for todays flight, but very nasty up in Indonesia and SE Asia...
Marjan Kramer_(Albion Park,AUS) 05.03.2012 21:02:16 GMT
Matevz have a safe flight to Uluru/Ayers Rock. The weather looks great so you should be able to take a few nice shots. Uluru looks amazing from above. You can also take some great shots during the sunset.
http://www.weatherchannel.com.au/WeatherMap#NT/Alice-Springs/ULURU
Petra Draskovic 05.03.2012 20:59:15 GMT
Good luck Matevž
Rojak (Beograd) 05.03.2012 20:56:06 GMT
SreÄmo Matevž.
Tone 05.03.2012 20:55:28 GMT
Gremo v naslednji podvig. SreÄno Matevžu.
Domen Grauf 05.03.2012 20:47:06 GMT
Here we go towards central Australia.
Michael coates 05.03.2012 20:44:57 GMT
We are off and going....
Michael coates 05.03.2012 20:44:55 GMT
We are off and going....
Lazio 05.03.2012 20:44:50 GMT
Follow Matevz on WunderMap too : http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=-27.74813&lon=153.34000&zoom=10&pin=Matevztype=hybrid&units=metric&rad=0&sat=1&sat.num=1&sat.spd=25&sat.opa=57 &sat.gtt1=108&sat.gtt2=108&sat.type=IR4&stormreports=0&svr=0&pix=0&cams=0&tor=0&riv=0&wxsn=0&ski=0&tfk=0&mm=0 &ndfd=0&fire=0&hur=0&ib=0&mits=0&extremes=0&dir=0
You only have to modify the coordinates seen on spydertracks...
Domen Grauf 05.03.2012 20:30:56 GMT
@StaneA: Alternator service was done - they checked, purified and greased contacts. After yesterday's short flight test demonstrated that everything is working just fine.
Servis alternatorja je opravljen – pregledali, oÄistili in namazali so kontakte. VÄerajÅ¡nji kratek testni let je pokazal, da deluje brez napak.
lazio 05.03.2012 20:17:26 GMT
@spyDer : i suppose a 9 hours flight, something like that ?
Lazio 05.03.2012 20:02:22 GMT
@Matevz : enjoy your fly !
May be we could hear him on Brisbane APP Live ATC : http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=ybbn
Last weather report with ATIS : http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/brief/html.asp?/cgi-bin/avreq?met=Ybbn
spyDer 05.03.2012 19:41:47 GMT
Sorry, METAR for YBBN: 051900Z 17007KT 9999 VCSH SCT004 SCT040 22/21 Q1010 INTER 1900/2200 3000 SHRA BKN010.
spyDer 05.03.2012 19:36:49 GMT
A warm-up before today's Matevz flight. Here is the map of the planned flight: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=27.767583+S++153.339425+E+-+YAYE&MS=bm&DU=km
Here is METAR for YBBN, fairly close to YJCW from where Matevz departs. Looks good so far, with few showers and light wind.
Petra Draskovic 05.03.2012 19:15:05 GMT
Today at 21.00 UTC Matevž will fly again. Join us again! GLWF team // Danes ob 21.00 UTC bo Matevž ponovno poletel. Prodružite se nam! ekipa GLWF
Poul Brandrup (p.t. Madagascar) 05.03.2012 15:35:02 GMT
Hi Michael and GLWF Team, Looking forward to the updates. To repeat myself this is not a speed record flight, so I trust you will give priority to ensuring that all systems work perfectly before Matevz continues his flight. I am not very surprised that some of the equipment fall out after so many hours flight. This is a very light aircraft and everything is build low weight and not to support an around the world flight. Surely there are lessons to be learned for everyone. Greetings from tropical Madagascar, also subject to the heavy rainfalls of the cyclone season ......
StaneA 05.03.2012 15:29:52 GMT
@Domen Grauf; Lahko izvemo, kaj je bilo narobe z alternatorjem?
Kman 05.03.2012 14:04:00 GMT
What is happening with yesterdays & today's flights??
Is everything OK???
lojze 05.03.2012 13:57:54 GMT
Pozdravljen na novem kontinentu. Meni so se tu dogajale samo zanimive zadeve. Recimo - sreÄal sem Slovenko, ki je uÄila Aborigene slikanja. V sredo pa gremo kljub alternatorju poÄastit Rotaxa v Wels. Lep pozdrav iz Rima.
@LB 05.03.2012 13:44:57 GMT
@Houston: sta najviÅ¡ji vrh Avstralije in Melbourne že dokonÄno opuÅ¡Äena?
Domen Grauf 05.03.2012 12:24:52 GMT
@ manang : For this moment, please find here http://www.worldgreenflight.com/knjiznica/pr/GLWF_ITINERARY_up_to_date_10.pdf
Matevz is planning route from Australia to Indonesia regarding to the weather. One option is Darwin, second is from Townsville where he expects to get new stormscope on Tuesday. All depends on weather conditions!
manang 05.03.2012 12:17:20 GMT
@domen grauf
Could you please advise the next itinerary of the flight. First Cairns, but then onwards? Which stops are planed in Indonesia? Apreciate your reply enabling me to monitor the progress. Thanks.
Michael Coates 05.03.2012 11:57:20 GMT
Hello all I will have a big update for you in about 12 hours, many things to say and tell. We have worked out the name World Green Flight is so very true, everywhere Matevz is going or has been is having record rainfall and that is the name GREEN in world green flight! With all the water everything is going green so Matevz is now taking booking to travel to the worst drought areas and bring the rain with him! Anyway enough jokes, more information in 12 hours from a proper computer
Domen Grauf 05.03.2012 11:43:14 GMT
@jure: Preden se je matevz podal na pot okoli sveta, je bila visina stestirana in letalo se lahko vzpne na najvisjo goro sveta. Kisik je resen s kisikovo flaso, ki jo ima Matevz s seboj in deluje, ker je bilo to na poti ze veckrat uporabljeno in bo na tajskem na novo napolnjeno. Letalo imam gretje, Matevz pa posebno obleko, ki mu bo pomagala, da ga ne bo zeblo. Glede preskoka vremena ni tako enostavno, ker so CB-ji v obmocju ekvatorja precej visji, kot smo jih mi vajeni v Evropi, zaradi visine tropopavze,...
jure 05.03.2012 11:22:31 GMT
Cestitke za nove prelete! Ceprav morda sprasujem neumnosti sem se odlocil, da vprasam za nekatere stvari, ki so tudi v zvezi novicami iz nasih Slo obcil. Namrec planiran prelet MountEveresta. To je sicer se dalec pa kljub temu ali lahko s tem avionom dosezas visino npr. 9.000m, jasno da brez kisika, tople obleke ne bo slo, kako bi (bo) dihal Rotax, sicer je menda turbo ......? V isti sapi se sprasujem, ce bi to slo, bi lahko preskocil marsikatero slabo vreme, saj so vremenske motnje ponavadi precej nižje. Ali je problem morda bolj birokratski, ne spoznam se okoli limitov in dovoljenih visin za UL avione. Hvala za odgovor in Srecno premagovanje vremena v Avstraliji!
Stojan S. 05.03.2012 07:46:39 GMT
ÄŒestitamo in drimo pesti za vase neverjetne podvige!!
justina olivos arg. 05.03.2012 04:09:15 GMT
Potujem z vami srecno pot do konca vam zelim!Bravo gospot Matevz to ni za vsakogar!!!!!!
justina olivos arg. 05.03.2012 04:09:14 GMT
Potujem z vami srecno pot do konca vam zelim!Bravo gospot Matevz to ni za vsakogar!!!!!!
gp bartoli 05.03.2012 03:32:11 GMT
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