i am just about to compley a flight i took around the world it is quite fun i would sugest it it puts a purpose to your flying

here is what i sugest to do

first you start at your local airport i stongley sugest the closest intl airport
then plot your corse using the flight planner

and continuisley flying frome airport to airport and eventuley making your way around the world its fun and a great way to get aquanted with the atc and several of the aircraft  and ofcorse you cant do it in a day save it every time you land or save in the middle of long trips

dont be shy to make great detors to visite places or things

I sort of slowly began doing a RTW flight in the Baron. Having flown from my local airport of Belfast City, EGAC, I went to Birmingham, EGBB. From there I flew up to Inverness via Dundee, and onto the Faroe Islands. The worst part was flying from the Faroe Islands all the way to the east coast of Greenland, where I am right now. I haven't flown much on it recently because my graphics card isn't so fond of FS2004, which I really want to use for it. But I'll resume it and get to the bottom of the States before Christmas!

EDIT: I'm flying in Real Time (none of this speeded up business, and I was using FS Real Time) along with real weather. And I'm hoping to fly the whole thing without autopilot either!

As I write this I am leaving the coast of Indonesia after leaving Kula Lumpur destined for Aryes Rock.  About 10mins ago I took off from my one fuel stop at Juanda.

For me this is the longest flight so far on my 1st RTW.  I started from Andoya in Norway (although my local airport is Aberdeen Dyce in Scotland) down through Russia and some new rebublics, Calcutta, Nepal, Thailand etc.

I've decided to make a dash for Australia because I was dissapointed at not seeing the Petronas Towers in Kula Lumpur.  It was either going to be Australia or Japan.

I use the CAEA Falcon F50, can't imagine using a prop and really can't imagine not using auto pilot!  I tend to keep the time of day as close as possible to real time, although I do try to fly in daylight mainly and I use active sky to keep the weather true along with 1 random engine failure between 0-500 minutes (none so far though)

What would be useful is a guide for RTW pilots, routes based on sights of interest.    

When I get to a destination I tend to take a helo or the Valmet Vinka for a quick close up tour of local landmarks.

Anybody got any suggestions for sight seeing in this part of the world?

lib



oops, must have left the passengers at Juanda, ah well I'm sure they'll amuse themselves til I get back......

Why the Baron and not the 350?

Its just the King Air 350 is faster, I've got the RTW panel on both, not sure if this causes any problems with the 350 as its meant for the Baron.

ps I've just reached the Australian coast in a heavy cloud layer, 30000 ft. 82 nm west of Curtin airport YCIN, I may put down soon as its still 650 nm to Ayres Rock and its so late its early here, BST

I found that I have been using a Friendly Panel (http://www.friendlypanels.arrakis.es/) with the 350 so I should probably add the RTW panel to it, fly a couple of flights to get used to it, then go around the world.

I forgot to check, does the 350 have functional landing lights?

If you're a REAL masochist, try doing it in the Rutan Voyager, one shot!    I had to wait until the wife left town for two weeks. 

The reason I'm flying the Baron is that I just like it. It's not terribly fast, but it's a nice plane to look at and to fly. And I've gone without autopilot for all of it because it's teaching me about how to fly a plane. How to trim it, how to use the throttle and the prop and the mix levers properly.

I was originally in the C172 up until Inverness and then I just decided to switch to the Baron. And it's a great plane!