kalizzi 53 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 That's quite an original initiative, and it looks like fun. I intend to participate using the trusty old Catalina, I may change the aircraft in certain legs to a C-46 and/or a DC-2 even, and as Mathijs stated it is encouraged, I may use an Electra as well in Amelia Earhart's configuration. There is a lot of flight planning to do and a lot of rust to polished off. Will post my routes as soon as I them ready. Best wishes to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted September 27, 2017 Aerosoft Share Posted September 27, 2017 If you pick the Dutch civil one (that has some 1980 radios etc) you can use this texture that has the logo on the nose. PBY5A_CIV_EXTERNAL_NOSESECTION_C.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 I intend to use this one, a totally fictitious aircraft that I am learning to paint with. I have taken liberty to add your (Around the world in 80 days) logo from the forum postings. I hope you are okay with this. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted September 28, 2017 Aerosoft Share Posted September 28, 2017 Of course! A lot of Cats will be flying the route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted September 30, 2017 Author Share Posted September 30, 2017 Flight plan: Sweet and simple: I'm using the stock FSX flight planner. I will be flying VFR, GPS from Shoreham (honouring the airport where I took my first flying lessons, a mere 50 miles south of London) to Port Said. Distance is 1858 nm, it will be some 14 hours of flying according to the route planner, I suspect it will take a tad longer, depending on the weather en-route. I intend to fly at 12,500 ft, this is as high as I can go without the need for supplemental oxygen. Microsoft Flight Simulator Flight PlanShoreham -> Port Said Distance: 1857.4 nm Estimated fuel burn: 1887.5 gal / 11324.9 lb Estimated time en route: 13:28 Waypoints Route Alt (ft) Hdg Distance GS (kts) Fuel (gal/lb) Time off Leg 1750.0 0:00 EGKA (Shoreham, UK) Rem Est Est ETE 1857.4 Act Act ATE LFSR (Reims, France)(airport) -D-> 12500 118 190.7 137 195.1 / 1170.4 1:23 1666.7 / LSZH (Zurich, Switzerland)(airport) -D-> 12500 120 210.8 137 214.8 / 1288.6 1:31 1455.9 / LDPL (Pula, Croatia)(airport) -D-> 12500 121 271.0 140 270.6 / 1623.8 1:55 1184.9 / LATI (Tirana, Albania)(airport) -D-> 12500 125 328.4 137 334.9 / 2009.6 2:23 856.5 / LGMK (Mykonos, Greece)(airport) -D-> 12500 127 353.3 137 360.9 / 2165.2 2:34 503.2 / HEPS (Port Said, Egypt)(airport) -D-> 8 131 503.2 137 511.2 / 3067.4 3:38 0.0 / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 Full Route Planned -phew- total distance is 18,952 nm, filing below, will find a way to plot it on world map and post laters. London to Suez, 2-9 October (7 days) Microsoft Flight Simulator Flight PlanShoreham -> Port Said Distance: 1857.4 nm Estimated fuel burn: 1887.5 gal / 11324.9 lb Estimated time en route: 13:28 Waypoints Route Alt (ft) Hdg Distance GS (kts) Fuel (gal/lb) Time off Leg 1750.0 0:00 EGKA (Shoreham, UK) Rem Est Est ETE 1857.4 Act Act ATE LFSR (Reims, France)(airport) -D-> 12500 118 190.7 137 195.1 / 1170.4 1:23 1666.7 / LSZH (Zurich, Switzerland)(airport) -D-> 12500 120 210.8 137 214.8 / 1288.6 1:31 1455.9 / LDPL (Pula, Croatia)(airport) -D-> 12500 121 271.0 140 270.6 / 1623.8 1:55 1184.9 / LATI (Tirana, Albania)(airport) -D-> 12500 125 328.4 137 334.9 / 2009.6 2:23 856.5 / LGMK (Mykonos, Greece)(airport) -D-> 12500 127 353.3 137 360.9 / 2165.2 2:34 503.2 / HEPS (Port Said, Egypt)(airport) -D-> 8 131 503.2 137 511.2 / 3067.4 3:38 0.0 / Suez to Bombay, 10-23 October (13 days) Microsoft Flight Simulator Flight PlanPort Said -> Juhu Distance: 2428.4 nm Estimated fuel burn: 2483.8 gal / 14903.0 lb Estimated time en route: 17:43 Waypoints Route Alt (ft) Hdg Distance GS (kts) Fuel (gal/lb) Time off Leg 1750.0 0:00 HEPS (Port Said, Egypt) Rem Est Est ETE 2428.4 Act Act ATE OJAQ (Aqaba, Jordan)(airport) -D-> 12500 120 174.5 137 178.5 / 1070.9 1:16 2253.9 / OR1D (Shaibah, Iraq)(airport) -D-> 12500 079 657.0 136 672.4 / 4034.2 4:47 1596.9 / OBBI (Bahrain)(airport) -D-> 12500 143 295.1 137 301.6 / 1809.4 2:09 1301.8 / OOMS (Seeb, Muscat)(airport) -D-> 12500 107 445.9 137 456.1 / 2736.7 3:15 855.9 / VAJJ (Bombay, India)(airport) -D-> 10 104 855.9 137 875.3 / 5251.7 6:14 0.0 / Bombay to Calcutta, 23-26 October (3 days) Microsoft Flight Simulator Flight PlanJuhu -> Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose In Distance: 901.6 nm Estimated fuel burn: 922.0 gal / 5532.3 lb Estimated time en route: 6:34 Waypoints Route Alt (ft) Hdg Distance GS (kts) Fuel (gal/lb) Time off Leg 1750.0 0:00 VAJJ (Bombay, India) Rem Est Est ETE 901.6 Act Act ATE VANP (Nagpur, India)(airport) -D-> 12500 070 370.2 137 378.8 / 2272.6 2:42 531.3 / VECC (Calcutta, India)(airport) -D-> 23 078 531.3 137 543.3 / 3259.7 3:52 0.0 / Calcutta to Hong Kong, 26 October to 8 November (13 days) Microsoft Flight Simulator Flight PlanNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose In -> Hong Kong Intl (old) Distance: 1452.2 nm Estimated fuel burn: 1481.6 gal / 8889.8 lb Estimated time en route: 10:34 Waypoints Route Alt (ft) Hdg Distance GS (kts) Fuel (gal/lb) Time off Leg 1750.0 0:00 VECC (Calcutta, India) Rem Est Est ETE 1452.2 Act Act ATE VGEG (Chittagong, Bangladesh)(airport) -D-> 12500 097 188.6 137 192.9 / 1157.3 1:22 1263.6 / VYMD (Mandalay, Burma)(airport) -D-> 12500 097 234.1 137 239.4 / 1436.4 1:42 1029.6 / VVDB (Dein Bein Phu, Vietnam)(airport) -D-> 12500 092 392.1 137 400.8 / 2405.0 2:51 637.5 / VVCI (Haiphong, Vietnam)(airport) -D-> 12500 099 210.8 139 212.0 / 1271.8 1:30 426.7 / VHHX (Hong Kong, China)(airport) -D-> 0 077 426.7 137 436.5 / 2619.2 3:06 0.0 / Hong Kong to Yokohama (via Shanghai), 8-14 November (6 days) Microsoft Flight Simulator Flight PlanHong Kong Intl (old) -> Narita Intl Distance: 1645.2 nm Estimated fuel burn: 1683.1 gal / 10098.5 lb Estimated time en route: 12:00 Waypoints Route Alt (ft) Hdg Distance GS (kts) Fuel (gal/lb) Time off Leg 1750.0 0:00 VHHX (Hong Kong, China) Rem Est Est ETE 1645.2 Act Act ATE ZSSS (Shanghai, China)(airport) -D-> 12500 036 655.2 137 670.3 / 4021.6 4:46 990.0 / RJBH (Hiroshima, Japan)(airport) -D-> 12500 073 589.8 137 603.4 / 3620.5 4:18 400.2 / RJAA (Tokyo, Japan)(airport) -D-> 135 082 400.2 137 409.4 / 2456.4 2:55 0.0 / Yokohama to San Francisco, 14 November – 5 December (date line pass) (22 days) Microsoft Flight Simulator Flight PlanNarita Intl -> San Francisco Intl Distance: 4942.4 nm Estimated fuel burn: 5059.1 gal / 30354.8 lb Estimated time en route: 36:06 Waypoints Route Alt (ft) Hdg Distance GS (kts) Fuel (gal/lb) Time off Leg 1750.0 0:00 RJAA (Tokyo, Japan) Rem Est Est ETE 4942.4 Act Act ATE RJCK (Kushiro, Japan)(airport) -D-> 12500 027 471.8 136 484.0 / 2903.7 3:27 4470.7 / UHPP (Pet-Kam, Russia)(airport) -D-> 12500 046 831.0 136 854.5 / 5126.8 6:05 3639.7 / PASY (Shemya, Alaska)(airport) -D-> 12500 092 565.8 137 578.8 / 3472.9 4:07 3073.9 / PADK (Adak I, Alaska)(airport) -D-> 12500 092 342.5 137 350.3 / 2101.9 2:29 2731.5 / PADU (Unalaska, Alaska)(airport) -D-> 12500 060 384.9 137 393.8 / 2362.5 2:48 2346.6 / PADQ (Kodiak, Alaska)(airport) -D-> 12500 046 525.4 136 537.6 / 3225.8 3:50 1821.1 / PANT (Annette Island, Alaska)(airport) -D-> 12500 075 710.3 137 726.5 / 4359.1 5:11 1110.9 / KSFO (San Francisco, CA)(airport) -D-> 12 135 1110.9 137 1133.7 / 6802.2 8:05 0.0 / San Francisco to New York City, 5-12 December (7 days) Microsoft Flight Simulator Flight PlanSan Francisco Intl -> Kennedy Intl Distance: 2251.4 nm Estimated fuel burn: 2203.4 gal / 13220.6 lb Estimated time en route: 15:43 Waypoints Route Alt (ft) Hdg Distance GS (kts) Fuel (gal/lb) Time off Leg 1750.0 0:00 KSFO (San Francisco, CA) Rem Est Est ETE 2251.4 Act Act ATE KELY (Ely, Nevada)(airport) -D-> 12500 057 368.3 137 376.8 / 2260.7 2:41 1883.1 / KBKF (Aurora, Colorado)(airport) -D-> 12500 070 467.5 155 420.9 / 2525.6 3:00 1415.6 / KLNK (Lincoln, Nebraska)(airport) -D-> 12500 067 372.1 152 342.9 / 2057.3 2:26 1043.5 / KCGX (Meigs, Chicago)(airport) -D-> 12500 075 416.3 137 425.1 / 2550.5 3:02 627.2 / 4G1 (Greenville, PA)(airport) -D-> 12500 096 324.3 137 331.1 / 1986.5 2:21 302.9 / KJFK (JFK, New York)(airport) -D-> 13 106 302.9 138 306.7 / 1840.0 2:11 0.0 / New York City to London, 12-21 December (9 days) Microsoft Flight Simulator Flight PlanKennedy Intl -> Shoreham Distance: 3469.0 nm Estimated fuel burn: 3557.0 gal / 21342.2 lb Estimated time en route: 25:22 Waypoints Route Alt (ft) Hdg Distance GS (kts) Fuel (gal/lb) Time off Leg 1750.0 0:00 KJFK (JFK, New York) Rem Est Est ETE 3469.0 Act Act ATE CYZX (Greenwood, Nova Scotia)(airport) -D-> 12500 067 469.6 137 480.4 / 2882.4 3:25 2999.4 / CYQX (Gander, Newfoundland)(airport) -D-> 12500 075 485.0 136 496.6 / 2979.8 3:32 2514.4 / BGBW (Narsarsuaq, Greenland)(airport) -D-> 12500 040 796.0 135 822.5 / 4934.8 5:52 1718.4 / BIRK (Reykjavik, Iceland)(airport) -D-> 12500 090 667.1 136 682.9 / 4097.2 4:52 1051.3 / EGPK (Prestwick, UK)(airport) -D-> 12500 143 731.1 137 747.5 / 4484.9 5:20 320.2 / EGKA (Shoreham, UK)(airport) -D-> 7 153 320.2 137 327.1 / 1962.9 2:20 0.0 / 18952miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 Leg 1 (London to Suez) map, using Little Navmap: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 Picture diary of the first leg (London to Suez): Please login to display this image. Started up at Shoreham at 07:45, after a short warm up, taxied to runway 02. Please login to display this image. Took off just before 08:00, with a 17kt wind from the west, headed south east climbing to 12,000 feet as I go. Please login to display this image. Overhead Worthing with Shoreham aerodrome showing in the background. Please login to display this image. Brighton Pier and Marina as seen from the waist position. Please login to display this image. The port of Newhaven, 10 miles west of Shoreham. Please login to display this image. Beachy head and Seven Sisters seen below. Please login to display this image. Last glimpse of England's green and pleasant land for the next 12 weeks, as I climbed on across the Channel. Please login to display this image. Hit French landfall at the Bay of Somme, some 40 minutes into the flight, overflying the historically significant Abbeville aerodrome. Please login to display this image. My first waypoint LFSR (Reims/Champagne) is reached 1 hour and a quarter after take off, having had a lovely push by a 34kt tailwind giving me a good 160+ knots of ground speed, at this stage I was cruising just below 12,500 ft. Please login to display this image. Second waypoint, the airport of Zurich, 400 miles and almost two and a half hours into the flight. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Close shave: crossing the mighty Alps with a bare 1,000 feet to spare. I kept my fingers crossed hoping to never have to do an emergency landing anywhere here. Please login to display this image. Having crossed the Alps, I lost my tailwind and got a 10kt breeze of headwind instead, reducing my GS to a mere 110kt. The scene is beautiful though, as I hit the Adriatic I flew abeam Venice (seen at 2 O'clock). Please login to display this image. Overhead my 3rd waypoint, Pula in Croatia. from here on I was coasting the Yugoslavian side of the Adriatic. Please login to display this image. Overhead my 4th waypoint, Tirana, Albania, it is a little inland. You can already see the general colours shifting to those of southern Europe. Also the Adriatic is left behind me at this stage. Please login to display this image. Flying over the Greek islands, the sun is setting, it was too much of a scene not to capture. Please login to display this image. And here the low sun warm light shines on the Cat before everything plunges into darkness soon. I eased the throttle forward a bit to reach Mikonos where I planned to overnight before it gets totally dark. Please login to display this image. Overhead my last waypoint and overnight stop, the island of Mykonos in Greece, I looked at the fuel and it looked well sufficient to get me across the sea to Suez, I changed my mind and decided to plough on. Please login to display this image. Apart from hitting some mild turbulence, the night crossing of the Mediterranean was fabulously calming, with the stars and moonlight reflecting on a glass clear sea below, tuned in to some radio stations using the ADF to listen to some music. Both cockpit windows were opened to enjoy the fresh sea air, and was cruising at around 8,000 ft. Please login to display this image. The lights of Port Said showed on the horizon from quite a distance on that clear night, which were a welcomed scene after the tiring long trip. Please login to display this image. On short final at Port Said, after more than 14 hours of flying, 1860 nm. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Touchdown and taxi to the parking area, looking forward to a hot shower then a well earned cold dram to celebrate and unwind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff W 112 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 You are off to a great start. Well Done The Cat has impressive range. But 14hours, that requires some endurance for the flight crew. You deserve some recognition for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 15 hours ago, Jeff W said: You are off to a great start. Well Done The Cat has impressive range. But 14hours, that requires some endurance for the flight crew. You deserve some recognition for that. Thank you Jeff, I agree I should have not flown it in one go, but its quite a comfy chair I have and I flew a good part of it on 4x time compression, the highest that does not spoil the scenery. So I was like 5 hours in front of the screen. Add to that I had good supply of sandwiches and tea as well, thanks to my supportive wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 All legs of my route mapped, listing below: Please login to display this image. London to Suez Please login to display this image. Suez to Bombay Please login to display this image. Bombay to Calcutta Please login to display this image. Calcutta to Hong Kong Please login to display this image. Hong Kong to Yokohama (via Shanghai) Please login to display this image. Yokohama to San Francesco Please login to display this image. San Francesco to New York City Please login to display this image. New York to London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 Picture dairy of the second leg (Suez to Bombay) progress thus far... Please login to display this image. The map of this leg, which is some 2430nm in total, taking us over desert and sea. Please login to display this image. 10 October 06:00 started up and warmed the engines at Port Said, wind is almost calm and a light sea mist is there, went through the checklists and double checked everything. Please login to display this image. Pilot's seat view of the take-off roll. Please login to display this image. Made a right turn towards the east, on the downwind side of the Port Said runway 28 Please login to display this image. Overhead where the Suez canal meets the Mediterranean Please login to display this image. Climbing straight into the morning sun on a clear autumn day. Please login to display this image. Over the Sinai desert, where fierce air battles took place during the second half of the 20th century. Please login to display this image. Levelled off at 10,000 ft. over the vast expanse of the almost totally featureless wastelands. Please login to display this image. 175 nautical miles and some one and a half hours into the flight, we reached the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, marking the end of Sinai and the beginning of the northern desert of the Arabian Peninsula. Now I have some tail wind of 10 kts and its almost straight from the back so I gained good ground speed. Please login to display this image. The first waypoint of my second leg, Aqaba airport is on my 8 and all is going well so far. (to be continued...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James50 3 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 hey, thanks for comment in my diary, loving the mighty Dash so far. Just flown from Port Said down to Sharm el Sheikh today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanG 76 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 The Cat does look rather smart in white with the Blue Logos! I'll leave the lights on for you to land alongside ;-) We nautical types need to stick together! SeanG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 (... Cont'd.) Please login to display this image. 08:30 Cruising over southern Jordan, Aqaba behind me and Northern Saudi to my right, I am abeam Al-Jawf strip at 09:30, barely discernible at my 3 O'clock on the horizon. Please login to display this image. 10:50 Entering Iraqi airspace at the Al-Najaf governorate. Please login to display this image. 13:33 Overhead the landing strip at Al-Rumailah oil fields in southern Iraq, built originally by the Basrah Petroleum Company and used by its Twin Pioneers from the 50s through the 70s. Please login to display this image. Approaching my stop at Al-Shuaibah, I was chased by a flying carpet with seven crazy Brits on board (see two pictures below). I cancelled my landing intentions and pushed the throttles to the stops escaping forward to Bahrain. My pretext on record is that I still have fuel, daylight and energy so why not continue. Please login to display this image. 13:47 Overhead the former RAF base of Al-Shaibah, built in the 1920s and sold on to the IrAF in 1956, along with the other major RAF base in Iraq of Al-Habbaniya. Please login to display this image. Al-Shaibah housed, amongst others, the 203 Squadron during the early 40s. At the time of this deployment they had the Mark 1 Blenheims. This hilarious photo cartoon is one of its memorabilia showing the city of Basrah of that period in the background. Please login to display this image. 13:52 On the way South towards Bahrain, my route takes me over the small town of Zubair, close to the Kuwaiti border. Please login to display this image. 14:00 Leaving Iraqi airspace and onto the skies above the gulf. Heading south. Please login to display this image. Touch down at Bahrain Int'l at 15:45. Please login to display this image. Best practice is to refuel and prepare everything for the next take-off before heading out to the hotel for a well earned shower and chilled beer. Please login to display this image. Preview of my next leg (Bombay to Calcutta) ship: a C-46 in a fictitious IrAF 50s livery (original inset) Added the eye catching Around the world in 80 days labels kindly provided by Mathijs, this should haul me on this fully overland leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 On 10/10/2017 at 11:36 PM, James50 said: hey, thanks for comment in my diary, loving the mighty Dash so far. Just flown from Port Said down to Sharm el Sheikh today You're welcome, safe trip. best wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 (...cont'd.) Final part of the second leg.. Please login to display this image. 06:00 After a good night sleep and a very early breakfast, I took off from Bahrain. Found the inset poster to represent the progress made so far . Please login to display this image. 06:05 just after lift-off, 5 minutes into the climb, developed some engine problems. My co-pilot Mr. Sperry noticed smoke coming from the engines and overheating. I had forgotten the stifling heat and its effect, 31 degrees centigrade even at this early hour of the day! I declared an emergency and landed back. The airport was not very busy at this time so I did not cause much inconvenience. Had the engine cowlings taken down and the engineers having a look, nothing serious. Oil was changed quickly as the overheating may have caused it to lose its qualities. Confession, off record: Pilot error, I should have opened the cowling flaps more. Please login to display this image. 06:45 took off again after repairs… The relatively cooler morning temperatures should yield a lower DENALT (Density Altitude). This is a decisive factor in flight planning in hotter countries and means better performance and shorter take off run. It’s more critical with the full fuel load on board. I have a slight northerly breeze that would provide a welcomed tailwind. As a keen cyclist I love tailwind by nature. All good to go, R/W 30R. Please login to display this image. Bumped into an oil tanker shortly after take-off Please login to display this image. Noticed to the starboard some interesting ships sailing: Offshore oil rig in tow, reminded me of the times I fly in the vicinity of Aberdeen and Dundee. Please login to display this image. Eyes glued to the engine gauges after the scare I had after takeoff. All is holding up rather well. She’s a tough ship built like a tank. I just love the Cat! Please login to display this image. 07:10 hit landfall over UAE, after getting permission from ATC, veered off to port to get a closer look at the city of Dubai. Please login to display this image. Overflying the two famous date palm shaped man made islands off Dubai. Supposed to be residential space for the super rich. Please login to display this image. The prohibitively expensive hotels Burj Al Arab and Jumairah Beach made me not choose Dubai for an overnight! But I have been to these hotels, courtesy of the Travel channel shows! Real photo inset. Please login to display this image. Overhead my last waypoint of Seeb, the Sultanate of Oman. From now on its another 860 nm of water till Bombay. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. One final thing to do before heading out to sea, rendezvoused with HMNZS Canterbury (loaned to the command of Captain SeanG, another participant in this adventure) off the tip of Oman in the Arabian Sea, alighted next to it. A promise is a promise. I promised to deliver to him and his crew some premium beers, just to wet the whistle and break the monotony of the tots of rum they get on board. They lowered their whaler and the an exchange took place, I ended up with a gift from the kiwi navy types, which I gratefully took on board! Cheers, back to the adventure! Please login to display this image. The welcomed sight of Bombay after long hop (over 800 nautical miles) over Arabian Sea. It was tempting to attack the beer taken on board from the Canterbury but I held off. Please login to display this image. 18:20 On short final Juhu with one thing in mind, the name Bombay inspired my thirst! Please login to display this image. But first the Cat needs to be stabled and fed, and double checked. She will be relieved for the next leg by the C-46, all overland, but I cannot part with her for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanG 76 Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 ....and very well received the Beer was too! Now what's the chances we would *both* choose today to replicate this auspicious moment in global cooperation! Please login to display this image. SeanG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 On 14/10/2017 at 2:52 AM, SeanG said: ....and very well received the Beer was too! Now what's the chances we would *both* choose today to replicate this auspicious moment in global cooperation! Please login to display this image. SeanG I will drink to than, Sean, many thanks. The ale is one of the finer I had! I wonder if Phileas Fogg made it to see this musical comedy quarter of a century after his journey? Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 Please login to display this image. In Bombay, enjoying the curry dishes. Today the relief ship to the Cat arrived, and it is being double checked and thoroughly serviced for the next leg haul to Calcutta. I will revert to the Catalina once the flights go over waterscapes once more, probably as of Hong Kong. Please login to display this image. Have been using the smaller, older airport of Juhu instead of the crowded Mumbai Int'l. Juhu Aerodrome (ICAO: VAJJ) is located in Juhu, an upmarket residential suburb of Mumbai, India. It is used by small General Aviation aircraft and helicopters. Founded in 1928 as India's first civil aviation airport, Juhu served as the city's primary airport during and up to World War II.In 1948, commercial operations were moved to the much larger RAF Santacruz which was built 2 km east of Juhu aerodrome during the war. In 1932, JRD Tata landed at the Juhu aerodrome, inaugurating India's first scheduled commercial mail service. Today, the aerodrome handles all helicopter operations out of Mumbai. It also hosts the Bombay Flying Club and several executive and light aircraft and gliders. Please login to display this image. The next leg which should commence on October 23, is given 3 days to complete and spans some 900 nautical miles, it will be due east mostly and all overland. We should overfly the whole breadth of the Indian sub-continent, mainly over northern India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Sorry to say this but I think your Catalina was prettier and more elegant than this C46 monstrosity... Can it even fly? Only kidding... Dave Britzius (Cape Town) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 10 hours ago, DaveLTB said: Sorry to say this but I think your Catalina was prettier and more elegant than this C46 monstrosity... Can it even fly? Only kidding... Dave Britzius (Cape Town) I couldn't agree more, Dave, but the Cat is unpressurized and we have some highlands to cross from here to Shanghai. Besides, would you fly a seaplane over the Himalayas? Historically the C46 operated intensively on more or less this region of the world during WW2. The Cat is eye candy but I also tend to look at the C46 as the little sibling to the Stratocruiser, the double hull design and what not, so its not all that ugly to be fair. I will reunite with my Cat in Shanghai, so she's not out of the picture at all. Best wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLTB 48 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Quote Besides, would you fly a seaplane over the Himalayas? The seaplane I am doing this RTW voyage with is actually pressurised. (Quest Kodiak). But I don't get it... Phileas Fogg did not travel over the Himalayas? He went to Singapore which is in the opposite direction! Only kidding again... I suppose this is another case of "There are no rules" Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 I now know you have a beauty, Kodiak turboprop, CRT cockpit and pressurization. At first I thought it was a Cessna Caravan with pontoons. ((Besides, would you fly a seaplane over the Himalayas? )) When I asked that question, I was referring to my Cat actually, a figure of speech meaning why would I fly a seaplane over the mountains. I was eager to diversify the aircraft models I am using as the organiser encourages that. And you have a valid point, should have gone to Singapore myself, but I did rush the plan and thought that this is as close as possible to the route at the time. Maybe another time. Completely drained of energy to modify or amend my route now. Best wishes and safe trip. Cheers . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 So now its time to go to Calcutta. 900 nautical miles straight trip. Should be okay. Please login to display this image. 07:10 AM 23 October, took off from Juhu, runway 08, only to fly near a Ford airship. Quite nice to see this in the vicinity. Please login to display this image. Quickly climbed over the dirigible, took a 70 degrees course to my destination. The C46 is perceptibly more powerful than the Cat but that doesn't make me miss her any less. Please login to display this image. 10:15 am, 11,000 ft., doing a respectable 180 kts g/s I am now over my only waypoint in this leg, the airport of Nagpur, which is a large city in the central Indian state of Maharashtra. Please login to display this image. 11:30 I find myself flying alongside the Mahandi river, in East Central India. I wanted to try for myself if the C46 can sustain its altitude on one engine. Works as advertised. Please login to display this image. 13:05 I am overhead the immense metropolis of Calcutta, the capital of India's West Bengal state. Founded as an East India Company trading post, it was India's capital under the British Raj from 1773–1911. Today it’s known for its grand colonial architecture, art galleries and cultural festivals. It’s also home to Mother House, headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa, whose tomb is on site. Please login to display this image. Touched down at Calcutta at exactly 13:19, 6 hours and 25 minutes flying time. Please login to display this image. Safely on the ground, time to rest and prepare for the next leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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