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Post by rattler1 on Feb 6, 2009 17:03:30 GMT -5
I know we've still got a long way to go, but I'm starting to think of the route to take the Pig back to UK. (For those who don't know, "Pig" was an affectionate RAF nickname for the Valetta/Varsity)
Coming out, we followed roughly an old "Imperial" route. Lyneham, Deci (Sardinia), Al-Ishmalia (Egypt), Sharjah (UAE), Mumbai, Butterworth, Jakarta, Darwin. I'd like to continue east, to make a global of it, but I don't fancy island-hopping where there are no sensible alternates. My thoughts are; Jandakot, Darwin, Brunei, Taipei, Sapporo, Atu (Alaska), Valdez, Yellowknife (Canada), Thunder Bay, St John's, Keflavik, Lyneham. The leg Sapporo-Atu is over a lot of inhospitable water, but there is an alternate at the end of it, and it would be planned to arrive in daylight with good (ish?) weather.
Any other thoughts are welcome.
Rattler
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Post by Ed Burke on Feb 6, 2009 21:21:02 GMT -5
I have flown the South Pacific route via Easter Island a few times, the legs are certainly long but the weather holds no nasty surprises. The scenery in New Zealand and the Andes is great.
Ed
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Post by rattler1 on Feb 7, 2009 18:48:22 GMT -5
Thanks Ed. I must admit I hadn't thought of Easter Island. I don't think it's on though. I'm limited to about 1600 nm with this beast. Coming out, I did manage one leg of nearly 1900, but I had a good tailwind (using actual weather) and only managed it by foregoing the alternate and landing with barely the half-hour's worth of fuel. Getting half-way across isn't too bad, but I run out of ideas somewhere in Polynesia. (Mind you, if you're going to run out of ideas, there are a lot worse places you could do it ) I'll keep working on it, you never know what airfield might turn up. Meanwhile, I've still got the rally to concentrate on. best, Peter
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Post by RKOines on Feb 7, 2009 19:36:35 GMT -5
Rattler,
DC-3 Airways has a charter flight from New Zealand to Alaska that you could pick up on and get to Sitka, Whitehorse, Yellowknow, and on
The Charter number is 86-02 and it is available for both FS9 and FSX.
New Zealand to Alaska From Auckland, New Zealand to Sitka, Alaska. NZAA to PASI
Roger Knott has revised Les Russell's original charter to provide a veritable extravaganza of Island hopping joy. Begin your journey in New Zealand, skirt the eastern coast of Australia, then via the Philippines to Japan. On to Russia and some challenging approaches in Alaska before finally arriving in Sitka, Alaska.
Go to DC3 Airways site and click on Flights ....
Ron
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Post by rattler1 on Feb 7, 2009 20:23:04 GMT -5
Thanks Ron. I've gone there, and it looks interesting. I'll take a closer look over the next couple of days. I think going "North to Alaska" is the only way. Shame it will be in March...brrr
Rattler
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Post by pterodactyl (George) on Feb 7, 2009 21:15:01 GMT -5
Rattler: I'm going to be a bit winded on this post. Two years ago, hard to believe it was that long ago, I flew the Corsair down to Oz from Winnipeg. I had the belly tank fuel load to make it over the pond. Coming home I decided on the long route and went north to Nepal over the hump, through Ukraine, Finland, Iceland, Greenland and then down through Churchill Manitoba before coming home to Winnipeg. As Ron above said ther are a lot of interesting ways to get you home, all it takes is time and short enough legs so you don't do any dead stick approaches to a spit of an island. I find the hardest part of setting up a flight plan that long is FS keeps wanting to go direct and except for the SR71 I don't know any of the stuff we like to fly that will do the 10000 miles on one tank of fuel. If you do go north you have to try Midway Island and some of the remote strips in the Aluetian Islands, talk about some remote areas.
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Post by rattler1 on Feb 8, 2009 10:54:49 GMT -5
Thanks George. Yes, I think I've got my route worked out, as above. Basically, keep going east.
Ron, any advice please? I've downloaded the trip, but don't seem to have FSNavigator on my system and it doesn't seem to want to accept the flights. There's probably a simple explanation, but I'm baffled.
Thanks guys,
Rattler
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Post by RKOines on Feb 10, 2009 5:06:30 GMT -5
Rattler,
My advice is to ignore the FSNav stuff and use the flight sim flight planner to go from point to point. Just enter your departure and arrival airports and let the flight planner find the route. You have the choice of VOR to VOR, airways, and direct. As I remember, VOR to VOR worked for me.
To use the flight planner, click on flights, click on flight planner. Enter your departure airport and your destination airport and select VOR to VOR and click on find route. Walla! There it is!
I used 86-02 to define my legs and used the above to make the flights.
Have a great flight home!
Ron
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Post by rattler1 on Feb 10, 2009 11:33:02 GMT -5
Thanks Ron,
I do use the flight planning option and as you say it works fine. It was just a query in case navigator would give any extras. I don't have it and I dare say I won't miss it. Thanks for the good wishes on the flight home. I hope there will be a GAAR 2010; it's proving to be a challenge and tremendous fun. Next time though I think I will opt for a tricycle undercarriage. The Valetta is a good beast, but as Sid says, it's a b*gger to stop without digging the nose in.
Cheers now,
Peter (Rattler1)
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Post by Andrew Godden on Feb 10, 2009 16:33:00 GMT -5
Peter,
If there is anything I have to do with it, subject to Bill Von Sennet giving me the opportunity to coordinate the GAAR again, I promise there will be a GAAR 2010.
I guess that formalises me putting my hand up (and my foot in my mouth).
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Feb 10, 2009 18:08:35 GMT -5
Peter, I can certainly recommend the Cunliffe-Owen Concordia for next year. It's a piece of cake to fly and a lovely all-round package - I've enjoyed the 10 legs I've flown so far this year. Which reminds me to get them all logged in. Well done Andrew, we knew you had it in you! We're all behind you (in the queue to take over the headache), about 10,000 miles at the last count.
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Post by Andrew Godden on Feb 11, 2009 0:22:32 GMT -5
Allan, Thank you, I think???. In some way, I guess I have always known you were all behind me and the question was: "How far?". At least I knew I had that comforting thought of support.
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Post by Allen Peterson on Feb 15, 2009 2:59:25 GMT -5
Peter, short of adding a nose skid on your Valetta , have you thought of moving the X position of the contact points for the mains forward a bit?
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Post by rattler1 on Feb 15, 2009 12:04:58 GMT -5
What? And take all the fun out of it? Good idea though.
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Post by Capt Zlogg on Mar 4, 2009 7:45:37 GMT -5
What? And take all the fun out of it? Good idea though. Comrade Battlestar, we have some "heavy water" for sale in small bottles (shhhhh!!!) contact Proppy behind the fourth tree from the left upon arriving at the next airport. nazdravje Capt Zlogg GAAR 013 VP KGB Air Droppers (cow & elephant div) Chief Fornicator "Petrified Sea Plant Bright Sunrise"
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