Self Flying The Australian Outback

Download or read book Self-flying the Australian Outback written by Barbara L. Feader and published by . This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book, Feader talks about the amazing experience of flying over vast portions of Australia with only a few navigational aids and a single engine for fifteen days. During the plane safari, she flew with five other planes over the eastern half of Australia from Melbourne (Victoria), going west across to Ayers Rock (Northern Australia), northeast to the Gulf of Carpenteria (Queensland), east to Cairns on the Pacific Coast, then south towards the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea. The author and her companions later re-entered the mainland at Mackay where they flew southeast across New South Wales and by the time they arrived at Melbourne, their safari ended with a grand total distance of almost four thousand miles. Along the way, the author reveals interesting moments, such as what it was like landing on islands down the Great Barrier Reef, encountering vast wilderness in the Australian Outback, reaching landmarks in central Australia that most people never get the chance to visit, and the experience of landing at sheep stations where the Royal Flying Doctors land to take care of people who were sick and wounded in remote areas"--Publisher.