A Wrap Up

Our Kimberley Flying Adventure ended up even better than we had envisaged. Over 11 days we have seen some of the most spectacular sights Western Australia has to offer and had an all round great time. Flying really opens up the Kimberley to those of use that do not have the time to spend weeks or months driving the massive distances that is part of the unique nature of region.

Some facts and figures for the pilots and those interested:

• Aircraft: Cessna 182
  
• Distance: 2968 nautical miles (planned estimate, well over 3000nm if include airwork over attractions)
• Time: 26.6 hours flying (air switch)
• Fuel: 1455.2L

Pilot's Note: A couple of things that really assisted in planning this trip was the AOPA National Airfield Directory and Avplan. The directory has the information you need for planning refuelling. Avplan is revolutionary in flight planning in my opinion with the ability store all relevant maps, ERSA, weather, notams etc and have them updated live and all displayed on the iPad is fantastic. The ability to log Sartimes for each stage of the planned flights is very handy and makes the process so quick and simple when you have flight planned before leaving home. I used a column mount to mount the iPad and the moving map facility on Avplan was fantastic as a second GPS. 

Our basic track.

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