Piper Mirage VH-ZMM Longreach to Alice Springs

576 nm leg from Longreach in outback Queensland to the dead centre of Australia - Alice Springs. Flight is over the Simpson Desert and you see good pics of the long red sand dunes from the air. Had to land on the short runway at Alice due to departing jet traffic on the main runway. Stayed below FL200 to avoid strong head winds.

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• Avidyne
• cockpit
• in flight
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• aircraft
• aviation
• pa46
• piper Malibu mirage
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• vh-zmm
• Australia
• Queensland
• QLD
• Northern Territory
• NT
• longreach
• Alice Springs
• outback

[jjdnyc]

Question for you OzMirage: I notice on your centre MFD that you do not have Traffic info. Do you have it on the 430s? (In the Cirrus the 430 will display the traffic info on the Avidyne MFD). Also, is there yet any solution for cockpit weather info in Oz? I know you don't have XM, but I had heard Avidyne was going to offer sat based Wx for the region

tks much

[AussieMirage]

Firstly, the PA46 does have Traffic and it does display on the MFD - the locations where I am flying are very remote hense almost zero planes flying. But to answer your question yes aircraft do display on the MFD.

Avidyne have realised updated satilite weather for Australia, the only issue is it is very expensive at the moment and only have a refresh rate every 23 minutes, which when a strong line of thunderstorms are moving through an area - 23 minutes is useless.

Regards

T

[calster22]

Hi Aussie

I am thinking about buying either a Mirage or a TBM. I was wondering since you have flown both can give me your opinion on the matter of which is the better in terms of pilot comfort and, and more importantty, the difference in cockpit noise levels. I am a big fan of comfort. I would tend towards the turbine (I live in Colorado and fly over 14,000 ft moutain terrian) but on the other hand, if the mirage environment is more "cockpit friendly", that would be a major factor to me.

[AussieMirage]

Hi Sorry for the delay in responding, in regard to the environment you fly in, I would recommend the TBM is price is not an issue. I have only flown a C2 TBM once and the climb, decent, speed and cabin comfort are much better than Piper. The TBM is a much bigger aircraft, but is also much more expensive.

If money was not an issue I would go the TBM.

Regards

T

[thekidzcorner]

Is this plane anything like a piper cherokee 6 because I will be learning to flying in a cherokee 6. Also is it just me or did you land while going too fast? Great job though!

[AussieMirage]

Hey - The PA46 is a fair bit larger than the Cherokee 6 and naturally a lot faster. The Ch6 is also fixed gear but it is a great solid aircraft, you will enjoy flying it.

In regard to the fast landing, we were given a late change of runway which caused us to decend much quicker and I may have been 5 knts to fast (I cannot remember).

Regards

T

[DiamondPilotDan]

that plane is so amazing... i wish i had the money to have one.. rich people sure live awesome lives lol. cars they want, dont have to work all the time, planes they want.. money buys freedom

[onecheman]

@AussieMirage

Thanks, the manual of these old sim sais the same as you.

And after set the altitude for the FL it needs to set some switch? -Like the one at top right near light sitchers.

Thanks for the fast answer, yes, I was saying to my gf "look the red sand!!" hehe.

PD: If you come one day to Canary Islands, please, send a private. I want to see you in app.

[onecheman]

One question, my first sim was the FLY! of 1999 nad it had the Malibu.

I never understand how to adjust the pressuration control.

Can you explain me how do set for example FL250 ?

Thanks and sorry for my poor English, I'm Spanish.

[onecheman]

¡¡¡Oh good, TSIO 540 starting sound... *.*!!!

[jjdnyc]

Thanks for the response on the WX solution, OzMirage. I am an Aussie living in the US - have been here for 10 years and considering a return to Oz. If I do , I am really going to struggle to fly IFR without XM weather in the cockpit. A game changer and one I cannot imagine being without now. And you're right 23 min refresh cycles are useless.

[MonkeyIsFunky]

Hey man, your videos are awesome - thanks heaps for sharing. A couple of questions, I noticed you seem to run the engine regularly at around 70% power. There are all sorts of rumours about this engine, how it's highly stressed etc etc.... Lycoming recommend running at 65% or less as part of that SB they brought out. What is your experience with this engine so far? Also, do you run it LOP? By the way, you'll have to bring it over to NZ sometime - would love to see that beast over here!