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Nov 17th, 2009 at 5:15am

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G'day guys,

I thought it might be interesting to hear where you fly when you get a free minute. I can only squeeze in a short hop during the week, but extend out on weekends or do a couple of legs...

Post your journey, aircraft and a brief sentence about the flight!

My last flight:
Talinn, Estonia to Vilnius, Lithuania, airBaltic 737, great conditions, 1NM vis over Vilnius, nice approach over western Belarus!
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Reply #1 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 7:33am

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Good idea for a thread, Stewy44, hope lots of people join in!

Just finished a 're-enactment' of the DH88 Comet's epic flight in the 1934 MacRobertson England-Australia Air Race. Route was from Mildenhall, England via Baghdad, Allahabad, Singapore, Darwin, Charleville (Queensland), to Melbourne. I Just started putting on the odd video, hope this one (of the first leg) works.

http://www.simteevee.com/watch.php?mdid=1248&t=De+Havilland+Comet+Grosvenor+Hous...

The trip left me lost in admiration for the two guys, Scott and Campbell Black. I kept track of time and date, made a point of allowing an hour for refuelling between parking and taxiing out, and used the 'real weather' for October 1934 (which seemed to be just about right, including lots of cloud).

My time (by the clock, including adverse time-changes) was 71 hours. Believe it or not, Scott and Campbell Black's time was ALSO 71 hours! Smiley

They were working on 'elapsed time,' of course - so I can say that I 'beat' them by 8 hours in terms of 'clock time.' But, of course, I did it in comfort, over several nights, with full 'navigation aids,' fully-equipped airports, and even my home-designed autopilot to do most of the flying.

They were risking their necks, flying nonstop, they had weather trouble AND engine trouble on the way, they could only navigate by map-reading and dead reckoning and - above all - they were risking their lives every mile of the way!

Left me convinced that that flight of theirs was one of the greatest aviation achievements ever......... 
 
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Reply #2 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 7:42am

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My flights every day of the week mostly involve me and my little baby Cessna 150 Aerobat, hopping from one local Airstrip to another around the State of California, keeping a careful eye on the weather, admiring all the scenery at low level, and popping into the various FBO's en-route for a cup of tea and a snack, and meeting Folks for a chat l.... Kiss...!

..that's my idea of an enjoyable "Flight Sim Experience"... Wink... Wink...!

I leave all the mind-numbing, soul destroying; "Round the World" flights at extremely high altitudes, in heavy Passenger Jets full of screaming/fighting Passengers, to you Blokes!... Wink.... Grin....!

My Flight World is full of peace and tranquillity, lulled by the gentle hum of my Continental/Lycoming, 4-Cylinder motor up at the pointy-end, whilst listening to the Local Radio Stations on my Radio, and singing to myself... Kiss...!

...there you go Chums...been doing that daily, on the MS Flight Sims for the past 10+ years, (since Looking Glasses's Flight Unlimited II!)....Smiley...!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Navigator...and a very pretty little Cessna 150... Wink... Smiley...!



 

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Reply #3 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 8:36am

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Have lately been doing challenges from the book "Official Strategies & Secrets, for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, A Century of Flight". Last challenge was the VFR Approach and Landing Challenge. Flying the DC3, from King Salmon (PAKN) to Dillingham (PADL) Two mile visibilty in winter. Was difficult to see the Dillingham airstrip due to the snow. Saved at three miles out from Dillingham and tried three times before making a good landing.  Roll Eyes
 
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Reply #4 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 9:11am

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My latest flight was from EGLL to LOWW with Austrian Airlines A320. We had a tailwind around 100 kts on sunday... wich we had a flighttime of 1u40 min, 10min earlier than expected...
 
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Reply #5 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 9:53am

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Reply #6 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 10:31am

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My last flight in FS9...? That was over three and a half years ago.... Grin

But i've been so busy lately, I havn't had much time for FS. Last couple months i've been doing short-medium cross country flights in single-twin engine props. My last long trip was my flight around the world in the Spartan Executive that I did towards the end of summer. Check my signature for a map of the route I took.

Maybe I'll try to 'race' around the world for time in a Lockheed Vega, or the Dehaviland Comet.

But I just love long trips like that in old vintage aircraft using a Map, navaids, and a whole lotta luck... Grin
 
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Reply #7 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 10:36am

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Been pottering around in New Zealand, Canada and Hungary on test flights, mostly in single-props. Oh and launching heavies off the roof into Central Park Grin
 

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Reply #8 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 6:42pm

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My last big one was a Mediterranean circular, starting and ending in Barcelona, using the stock Mooney Bravo, stopping at least twice in every country
 
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Reply #9 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 6:56pm

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I don't make long flights. I spend most of my FS time tampering with instrument panels (like updating some older panels with newer instruments, etc.). Over the past couple of days I spent a lot of time trying to swap the Comet's (the jet airliner, not the two-engine prop Comet that comes with FS2004) autopilot for the Lear's. Got a lot of help here at CalClassic and Garry Russell's site, CBFS.

As to the flights themselves, I spend a lot of time shooting instrument approaches. For example, I take off from an airport. As soon as I'm off the ground, I do the published missed approach procedure, then execute the approach. Clears the cobwebs out of the brain (I hope!).

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Reply #10 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 7:07pm

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Did KATL-LIRF yesterday... real wx, had 110 on the tail over Europe.  Level-D 767, Delta Airlines.  Watched some TV over the Atlantic  Wink.

Also did some formation flying the other day with the Iris F-15 around Elmendorf.  Trying to get some good clips for a video using recorder and fraps.
 

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Reply #11 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 1:17pm

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Reply #12 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 1:19pm
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KBOS - KABE.

Might do KBOS to KGLA this evening.
 
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Reply #13 - Nov 20th, 2009 at 5:11pm

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Reply #14 - Nov 21st, 2009 at 12:21am

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Reply #15 - Nov 21st, 2009 at 4:43am

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I just flew the real Transaero Flight 607 - Moscow Sheremetyevo to Rostov-Na-Donu in a Transaero 737-400.

Clear skies leaving Moscow, but some hairy turbulence near Voronezh!

I flew half the flight with an Aeroflot Tu-134 out the right window at the same FL and heading!

1 NM Vis and an 18 knot slight crosswind at Rostov - but landing was a greaser!  Landed a few minutes ahead of schedule!  A very enjoyable flight! Cool
 

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Reply #16 - Nov 22nd, 2009 at 7:41am

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I had that happen to me last night on the way to Innsbruck. An FS aircraft joined the airway about five miles in front of me. As I was closing on him, he moved over a mile and allowed me to pass.

Never saw that happen in all my FS years of flying.

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Reply #17 - Nov 23rd, 2009 at 10:40pm

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Zurich Kloten to London Heathrow in a BA 777 - I think vis at Zurich was 1/2 mile (or less!) and the short runway was in use - that made for an interesting departure at full flaps and just barely getting off the runway in time!

A nice dusk approach into London - very busy on the radio following approach and traffic instructions - but  I think that's a given when flying into Heathrow!
 

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Reply #18 - Nov 24th, 2009 at 12:05am

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My first IVAO flight in three years today...finally. I got the comm system installed into the simulator and downloaded the IVAP and TS software to a client and went at it.

Innsbruck to Frankfurt. The controller assigned the max-performance departure from 26. The KPT1Z I believe. You'd have to fly it to appreciate it. Loads of fun and will test your airmanship at the highest levels. I don't know that the controller on duty had ever seen a 727 perform a max climb departure before. He had me turn to KPT at my descretion before even getting to AB NDB. AB is the first fix after the 180+° turn off of 26 and then direct to RTT. I was at FL110 long before AB. You get to do this at a max speed of 165KIAS with a 25° minimum bank.

Leave the FMS and AP at home because you can't use it for this departure. If you can't fly your aircraft stay on the apron because you'll never get out of Innsbruck.  Wink

A wonderfull flight and it was nice to have the closest thing to ATC I've heard in five years or more.

 
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Reply #19 - Nov 24th, 2009 at 9:46pm

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Today, I took off from KSFO, IFR to KSEA.  After an hour, I got hungry and started lunch. Just as the water started to boil the doorbell rang. It was my 80 year old neighbor. I told him I had water on the stove and a plane in the air. He sat down and monitored my flight (He's a former pilot) until my lunch was ready. Before it was though...  ATC called me up to start my decent. Ugh! I was running back and forth trying to set up for landing and trying to finish making my lunch.

Thank God for the PAUSE!!! I ate my lunch while my neighbor explained how he needed my help. But, after I landed. At the time, I had forgotten I had setup for a PAE approach, so I couln't figure out why ATC had me at 10NM from KSEA @ 13,000 ft.

Needless to say, I slewed my self into a ok lineup and landed, forgetting to deploy the spoilers.

I am proud to announce my "passenger" did not have a heart attack.
 

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Reply #20 - Nov 24th, 2009 at 11:33pm

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Fozzer wrote on Nov 17th, 2009 at 7:42am:
My flights every day of the week mostly involve me and my little baby Cessna 150 Aerobat, hopping from one local Airstrip to another around the State of California, keeping a careful eye on the weather, admiring all the scenery at low level, and popping into the various FBO's en-route for a cup of tea and a snack, and meeting Folks for a chat l.... Kiss...!

..that's my idea of an enjoyable "Flight Sim Experience"... Wink... Wink...!

I leave all the mind-numbing, soul destroying; "Round the World" flights at extremely high altitudes, in heavy Passenger Jets full of screaming/fighting Passengers, to you Blokes!... Wink.... Grin....!


Share your preference for 'small and interesting,' Fozzer - in terms of both aeroplanes and airfields! But I'm also an 'RW addict'!

Over the years I've 'developed' a compromise that gives me the best of both worlds - I generally stick to aircraft with a still-air range of 1,500nms. or less. This means that you have to plan your route very carefully, because you can't just sail straight across the Pacific or the Atlantic. For the former, for example (starting from Oz), you have to head north via Midway Island or Japan to Adak in the Aleutians; for the latter you have to use the 'old' route via St. John's, Newfoundland, and the Azores.

I almost never use the same route twice, because of the differing characteristics of the various aircraft. And RW in aircraft with limited range and only the 'basic' instruments can lead to lots of 'thrills and spills.' Time and again 'real weather' springs a nasty headwind or zero visibility - I've often found myself 'scraping in' on the last couple of teaspoonsful of fuel, or having to file IFR in the air and then hand-fly those awful roundabout approaches that the FS 'controllers' love to inflict on you!

I also log the flights, and make myself taxi in and out and spend at least an hour parked on the ground between flights. The record so far in a prop (in clock time, not elapsed time, and including stops) is four days 20 hours in the DH88 Comet; which CAN handle Honolulu-San Francisco (my all-time favourite trip, great scenery at both ends!) and St. John's/Heathrow.

Currently having a change though, belting round in Dave Garwood's very nice Hawker Hunter (which has a max. range of only about 1,400nms.). On impulse I'm currently re-enacting the MacRobertson Race route from England to Australia -on the last leg to Melbourne right now, looks like I'll make it in 46 hours 'clock time,' including nine one-hour stops. After that I plan to take the Hunter on round, via Midway, Alaska, and Canada, hoping to crack four days for the whole RW trip.      
 
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Reply #21 - Nov 25th, 2009 at 3:11am

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It's really interesting to read about all the cool flights you guys do - keep 'em coming! Smiley

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Reply #22 - Nov 25th, 2009 at 6:00am

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Reply #23 - Nov 28th, 2009 at 8:51am

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I just got my first real taste of winter flying and learned a big lesson in the process!

Omsk, Russia to Almaty, Kazakhstan in a default Boeing 747-400F.  A beautiful, snow-covered day and temps at 7 degrees Celcius on the ground - overcast and icing conditions.

Soon after departure, I lost the altimeter (the B747 anti-ice is not connected to the pitot heat) yet still made a 'command decision' to continue to Almaty.

I flew the whole way keeping a very close eye on the mach readout and the throttle, trying not to go over-speed! Shocked

While circling over the Qapshagay Bogeni Lake north of Almaty at 7,200 (hoping the pitot would just thaw out and trying not to panic), Dave3cu on the forums gave me the great advice to turn on the pitot heat manually and my altimeter problem was solved!

Landed normally at Almaty safe and sound!  Thanks Dave3cu!
 

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Reply #24 - Nov 28th, 2009 at 12:06pm

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Bangkok - London with Thai Airways A380 -800
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Tokyo - Fukuoka with ANA 747-400D. I just had to fly one of the few domestic routes with a jumbo Wink.

Now i am flying Lufthansa A340-600 from Münich to Hong Kong Smiley
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Reply #25 - Nov 28th, 2009 at 2:42pm

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I'm simple. Last night I made a short hop in my newly painted C172 from KAPV to L35 (Apple Valley, CA to Big Bear) It's a run my friend PV (rest in peace) took me and my mom on many, many times.

The other day I made a run from Boeing Field, WA (KBFI) to Roswell, NM (KROW) in a Convair 580 and a run from Roswell, to Albuquerque (KABQ) in a Convair 340.
 

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