Simviation Forum - Help going to Hawaii

May 3^rd, 2004 at 11:50am

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Are there any islands to land on between San Diego and Honolulu? I can't find any on the maps I have.

Please help!

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Reply #1 - May 3^rd, 2004 at 12:18pm

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Hi Jeeper..............
Maybe an aircraft carrier! Wink

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Reply #2 - May 3^rd, 2004 at 12:42pm

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It's been a long time, but does Catalina island have an airport? If not, you could still crashland there Grin

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Reply #3 - May 3^rd, 2004 at 2:50pm

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You can always make the trip in the grand caravan Grin

That way you can land in the ocean pretend to refuel then continue on. Just make sure to bring plenty of food as it will defintely take a while at that speed Grin

You could even rest a bit before going on. 8)

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Reply #4 - May 3^rd, 2004 at 3:33pm

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There are three ways to fly to Hawaii realistically.

1.) Go up through Alaska and down the Aleutians, The Orient, and island hop through the Pacific.

2.) Fly east across the Atlantic, Europe, Asia and island hop through the Pacific.

3.) Fly a plane with the range to go from the US mainland to Hawaii non-stop.

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Reply #5 - May 3^rd, 2004 at 5:12pm

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You can always make the trip in the grand caravan Grin

That way you can land in the ocean pretend to refuel then continue on. Just make sure to bring plenty of food as it will defintely take a while at that speed Grin

You could even rest a bit before going on. 8)

Pretending to refuel every time you run out of fuel would be unrealistic. For a more realistic trip, take a floatplane and pack some sails Grin

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Reply #6 - May 3^rd, 2004 at 5:50pm

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Well, sailing would be fun, but I'd like to get there before this year is up. Cheesy

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Reply #7 - May 3^rd, 2004 at 5:57pm

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Or you can just swim there. Grin

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Reply #8 - May 3^rd, 2004 at 11:00pm

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I'm not sure if there are real world flights between these cities but you can try taking a non-stop flight from San-Diego to Hilo Intl there on the big island 8) Or you can take a floatplane, fly up the west coast onto the Aluetian Islands, then when you get to Atka fly down to Midway, then onto Honolulu. That's what I did on part of the Pacific crossing on my world tour in a floatplane Grin

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Reply #9 - May 3^rd, 2004 at 11:42pm

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Thanks for your help guys. I think I'll try the Aleutian route.

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Reply #10 - May 4^th, 2004 at 11:22am

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You can alway edit the aircarft.cfg and stick some aux tanks on board. When pilots ferry aircraft long distances they will have aux tanks put in to give them the range to get the aircraft accross the worlds oceans. Grin

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Reply #11 - May 4^th, 2004 at 12:24pm

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The Aleutian route (Alaska Peninsula) is twice as far as flying direct Looking at http://www.indo.com/distance/index.html one finds it's 2455sm from KLAX to PHTO (Hilo) and 2782sm PANC (Anchorage) to PHNL (Honolulu)

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Reply #12 - May 4^th, 2004 at 7:04pm

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Dont any of the islands have a runway suitable for a big jet?

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Reply #13 - May 4^th, 2004 at 8:52pm

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Dont any of the islands have a runway suitable for a big jet?

If your wondering about the Aluetian Islands I'm not sure if the runway can support a large jet...the biggest plane I've landed at was at Atka in a Learjet. But you can definitley land the heavies at KLAX, PHNL, PANC, and Hilo Wink

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Reply #14 - May 5^th, 2004 at 7:04pm

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Yeah sorry Im not great with that part of the world.

Well if there's room for heavies, use 'em. 8)

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Reply #15 - May 5^th, 2004 at 10:22pm

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Flying the Caravan Amphib and stopping to re-fuel wouldn't be that unrealistic because they can carry about 7 45gal drums, that is if you don't have any paxs Wink

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Reply #16 - May 5^th, 2004 at 10:53pm

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Why worry about the heavies, I've flown the 777 over 3,000 miles, and I didn't even need half the fuel capacity Wink

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Reply #17 - May 6^th, 2004 at 12:12am

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I've flown a 747-400 almost 7000nm (KLAX~YSSY) and managed to have a little under 50% fuel remaining. (46% was left Grin

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