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Apr 13th, 2003 at 10:47pm

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Yepperz, and you can expect vivid discriptions and excellent screenshots on my website sometime. (points to sig) Anyway, I've got a pretty good idea on my route:
Start at home airpor(KONT) in Southern  California
Fly a bit NE so I can fly along the Sierra-Nevadas
Turn a bit more NE so i can fly along the Colorado Rockies and the Canada-USA  border, then I'd point towards St. Louis, then go to NYC, Niagra, then fly through canada a little bit, scoot across the pond, fly across the UK, see stonehenge, and London, scoot down to Africa, see the pyramids, fly to india, see the Taj Mahal(it's in India right), fly to Moscow, then go WAY down to australia(sydney etc.) then I'd make my way through South America and BAm, back to KONT.
Anything I should see, that I'm flying near, that isn't listed?
BTW, any suggestions for aircraft(Prop only),that can make it across the pond?
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Reply #1 - Apr 13th, 2003 at 11:42pm

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Best of luck with it. Smiley

Make sure you've downloaded add-on scenery for StoneHenge - Microsoft left it out.  Not only that, but they left a hole in the scenery where it should be meaning if you fly anywhere near it, you'll get a string of errors.

You're going to need a hefty prop to get across the Pacific from Australia to S.America. It's about 5,000nm. If you stop at Hawaii, that cuts it down to 2 legs of about 2,500nm, but it's still a fair distance.
 
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Reply #2 - Apr 13th, 2003 at 11:46pm

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Great trip you've there !! my best wishes to you, and good luck !!
BTW, if you are planning to fly onto a location of South America, go to Chile !!!!!

Great landscapes, mountains and all the stuff you need to get yourself satisfied !!

Good Luck !!

BTW: This is my first post here !!!! Grin Grin Grin
 
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Reply #3 - Apr 14th, 2003 at 12:23am

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Tipster, I don't plan on going across from Asia to North America, I'm gonna go from Asia to Australlia, to South America, then straight up to North America. Thanks for the tip. Oh and I'll make sure to get that Stonhenge scenerey too, don't got it.

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Tipster, I don't plan on going across from Asia to North America, I'm gonna go from Asia to Australlia, to South America, then straight up to North America. Thanks for the tip. Oh and I'll make sure to get that Stonhenge scenerey too, don't got it.

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Yup Australia's what I said! Grin Wink
 
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Hmmm, you did say that. Hmm, stupid me.
 
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Reply #6 - Apr 14th, 2003 at 1:13am

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You could fly using the B-17. It's got good range.

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Sorry - got myself confused. I was talking Australia to N.America there. Humble apologies.

I've no idea what distance it is from Australia to South America but I'd think it's still going to be a big hop. You'll need something bigger than the Baron I use I think.
 
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Reply #8 - Apr 14th, 2003 at 1:22am

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It's a large hop, but it's got islands all over the place.
 
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Reply #9 - Apr 14th, 2003 at 4:36am

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If you go out through Tahiti there is a Chilean island east of there that will gety you in range of the Galapogas islands and so to Colombia.
In a turboprop that would be the best way I think but check your mileage as I've only done it in a small jet myself.
 
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Went and had a look and you continue East to Chile easier than what I said earlier. I did that long hop to Galapagas to save going all the way down South America.  A King Air should eat that,even a Baron! Well,maybe the right Baron!!
 
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It's a large hop, but it's got islands all over the place.


But not all those islands may have airfields on them, or at least not fs2002 airfields.  Wink
 
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Reply #12 - Apr 14th, 2003 at 7:18am

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Yeah. Those 2100' coral 'strips are out there waiting for the unwary Grin
 
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Reply #13 - Apr 14th, 2003 at 7:31am
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he,heh,use a N-22. it's a small aircraft for bush flying and it has a maximum range of,let's say, 400nm. i flew from montreal,canada to anchorage,alaska with it and i had to refuel about 5 times...Grin
 
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Reply #14 - Apr 14th, 2003 at 10:35am

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All this talk about "range" got me thinking,, and what better way to use up thought energy than FS2002  Wink

The Baron is listed as having a max range of about 1,500 nm. I just took a Baron up for testing and found the best distance/fuel consumption:

At 12,000 msl with props and mixture "optimized", I got roughly 24 g/hr with a ground speed of 180 kts. OK,, with 142 gallons of TOTAL fuel available,,,you do the math >?  Alright,,  roughly thats 1,100 nm.

I know the default aircraft.cfg file puts 4   170 lb passengers in there and I'm sure the range is based on just a pilot, but that still doesn't account for the huge ammount of fuel you'd burn climbing out to 12,000  ??? Not quite sure how you'd squeeze 1,500 nm out of it.


Anyway,,  unless you plan to cross the ponds up north (Alaska and Greenland/Iceland), a Baron is not a "Globe-trotter".....  UNLESS..... You remove the passenger load-stations and replace them with a big, 100 gallon center tank (600 lbs)  Grin   That put's you close to 1,900 nm  in range...

Surely Tipster knows a way around the planet with no legs (other than north) longer than 1,900 nm ?



 
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