Mission 3012 - Tambo to Archerfield

Background

On Thursday the 3^rd of July 2008 I flew Mission 3012, making it my 95^th Angel Flight.

The mission descriptions from Angel Flight was:

SUBSEQUENT TRIP REQUEST:
The assistance of Angel Flight is requested to transport a 46 year old woman who is being treated for breast cancer at the Mater Medical Centre in Brisbane. This lady is diadvantaged both finacially and by distance, without the assistance of Angel Flight she would face an uncomfortable 2000km round journey to attend these vital chemotherapy sessions.

Leg 1: Archerfield to Roma

It being school hokidays, I did not have to fulfill my parental duties of taking Max to school. So I managed to get away early enough to have some hot air balloons pass just north of the airfield. Because my aircraft cannot carry enough fuel to get me from Archerfield to Tambo and back, I had to first make my way to Roma where I topped off the tanks.

The weather was benign and the flight at 10,000' was largely uneventful.

Leg 2: Roma to Tambo

Having added some 95 litres of AvGas and called Heather with an one hour warning of my pending arrival, I fired up the engine and again headed for the blue westerly skies.

I was just getting out of the plane at Tambo when Heather arrived.

Leg 3: Tambo to Archerfield

The flight back east took some 2 and a half hours or so and we were back on the ground at Archerfield just before two o'clock.

Heather was going to be staying with a friend who was already waiting to take her home.

Summary

I was back on the ground in Archerfield after having

spent 6 hours and 18 minutes in the air and taxiing
consumed 303 litres of AvGas,
completed 3 take-offs and landings
covered 862 nm, 923 sm or 1,485 km