John "Tipster" Consterdine

[packercolinl]

BEN!! MAAAAATE,sorry I forgot you now that the Baron is in Inverell. My sincerest apologies

Cheers,
Col.

[packercolinl]

The Baron is now in YWIS g'day Darren.

I've got some time here so I might do another leg!!

Cheers,
Col.

[Dan]

Sadly I never got to e - meet this man. Even though I give greatest condolences.
Dan Garner  :(

[packercolinl]

Dan,that is one person sorely missed.

The Baron is now at Northwest Cape, Learmonth(YPLM).
It's not much more than that due to health issues here but that's OK cos I was sick in YPPH-my home town so all I had to do was land and get a cab. home(10 mins.)sweet. Best part was I didn't have to think about what was the active runway all I had to do was look out the window to see the approach. Sit here with the window open and listen on final!!

Bali and beyond tomorrow.

Cheers, Col.

[packercolinl]

Lot of catching up to do here I have been putting in an effort since the last post.

From Learmonth it was up to Bali then on to Jakarta. From there it was up the islands then across to Chennai in India. Next stop was Islamabad which was the stepping off place for an interesting flight to Gilgit(thanks MattNW). I must admit to have done the Gilgit flight before using FS intersections and flying up the river valley but it was so much more fun with FSnavigator being able to set my own fixes and get down low in the valley and only fly the final approach manually. Nice trip!!

Up and over from there following valleys in the general direction of Karachi then on to auto pilot and sit back ,til letdown. Which was fine until I was all lined up on final.
When the controller says'cleared to land No.3 for landing,follow the aircraft on final(me)'what it really means is 'cleared to land No.2 for landing,fly through the aircraft on final(me)'
Now if you haven't already found AUTOSAVE go looking for it because that was the first time I've had to use it and it is a very handy Utility.

Flying from Karachi to Djibouti via Salalah after that was pretty average. That is where the Baron is tonight HDAM.  Total flying timeYPLM/WRRR/WIII/WITT/VOMM/OPRN/OPGT/OPKC/OOSA/HDAM 37.2hrs.

On our way to ZIMBABWE!!

Cheers,
Col.

[packercolinl]

Well the flight down to Entebbe was fine apart from the fact that FSNavigator showed high ground on the right when in fact it was on the left and I had to fly around a lump of ground. Minor glitch,FSNav. is the guts!! From Entebbe I took off over to the top of Lake Tanganyika then headed along the left side of the lake for the length of it and finally landed in Harare. G'day GreG,had a beer for John while the Baron refuelled!!

I believe that the stop in Harare has met all of Johns' commitments around the world and so I've commenced the long haul up through Africa.

Current position for the Baron is FEFF. 5mins. after posting this it won't be there!!!

To date:HDAM/HUEN/FVHA/FZQM/FEFF. Total time 19.6hrs.

Cheers,I'm outta here,
Col.

[packercolinl]

Apology:FSNavigator uses the database  in FS2K2 for its' information.  Any suggestion that there is a fault in FSNavigator is incorrect.

OK. FEFF was the last stop so it's
FEFF/DRZD/DTTA/LFRC for a total of 15hrs.

The Baron is now in Cherbourg.

I am now waiting for contact from Johns' friends before proceeding further.

Cheers,
Col.

[packercolinl]

Johns' Baron is now back where it started its journey.
The flight was good and the landing done in rain and severe crosswinds. The Baron is now parked and shut down.

The last hour has been one of sadness as this journey ends.

Thanks to all who have followed the flight.

Now it's off to pub to salute John.

Col.

[Cherokee_6]

Good Job Colin! I have been following your trip and it was a very nice way to remember a good man....

I am going to make a note of this in the Cafe as everyone should be aware of this...

again...good job.

[ozzy72]

Great work Colin. Enjoy those nice cool pints, you've earned them.

Mark

[pete]

You've done John proud Colin! I think he's be delighted - in fact I know he would!

I'm so pleased this happened & someone has done this.  :)

[BFMF]

Well done Colin

[KDSM]

Johns' Baron is now back where it started its journey.
The flight was good and the landing done in rain and severe crosswinds. The Baron is now parked and shut down.

The last hour has been one of sadness as this journey ends.

Thanks to all who have followed the flight.







Now it's off to pub to salute John.

Col.

Did you finish the round the world flight for him?


I never knew him but ive spent the last 4 hours reading his posts on his other forums and he seemed like a wonderful,warm and caring man who sincerly cared for the people who knew him.It is such a shame that life gave

[packercolinl]

Yes. I completed Johns' RTW.

I only knew John through Simv but as you know for yourself from reading his posts that he was a very nice person and always ready to help.

Johns' RTW site is still open and I would ask anyone doing a RTW(or whatever)to consider posting there as well in the memory of John.

Remember that John never completed a RTW himself.

Cheers,
Col.

[slinov2]

i never actually new john but he sounds a great person and a great flyer so i give good wishes to him