GLEX N36LG mle/syd

[D Watkinson]

Hi All,

Just about to over-fly PER onroute to SYD ex MLE is N36LG - GLEX, operated by LFG Aviation.

Currently crusing FL430.

ETA SYD 1232UTC.

Cheers, Duncan

[Gerard M]

It just came up on PP now. 7400ft. Inbound Sydney

[Grahame Hutchison]

Jus in now ...

N36LG XA0000 07/06/2009 22:26 Corporate ----------> BD-700-1A10 Corporate Flight
-> Tracked in over Warrgamba (52nm out) then via ODALE

[chrisb]

This is the second time I've pondered this today - Great Circle Mapper shows that the shortest path MLE-SYD is well above PER - Do these flights actually head down and near PER and then go east? (Presumably due to winds?)

http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=MLE-SYD,+PER&RANGE=&PATH-COLOR=&PATH-UNITS=mi&PATH-MINIMUM=&SPEED-GROUND=&SPEED-UNITS=kts&RANGE-STYLE=best&RANGE-COLOR=&MAP-STYLE=

[Gerard M]

Just saw it on 16right and PP at the same time i was editing my post as you were posting yours Grahame.

Thanks.

[Rhys Xanthis]

chrisb - I think that question might have been asked before, and it might have had something to do with requirements for fuel.

[D Watkinson]

This is the second time I've pondered this today - Great Circle Mapper shows that the shortest path MLE-SYD is well above PER - Do these flights actually head down and near PER and then go east? (Presumably due to winds?)

http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=MLE-SYD,+PER&RANGE=&PATH-COLOR=&PATH-UNITS=mi&PATH-MINIMUM=&SPEED-GROUND=&SPEED-UNITS=kts&RANGE-STYLE=best&RANGE-COLOR=&MAP-STYLE=


Chris,

This one passed directly o/head YPPH at FL430. Nice contrail too! Right on dusk here in PER and was 5 mins behind the EK flight tracking DXB/MEL.

Cheers, Duncan