Busflieger 12 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Hello, I would like to join the tour and follow the original route as close as possible. According to https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days the original stops were: London – Paris – Turin – Brindisi – Suez – Aden – Bombay - Allahabad - Calcutta - Singapore - Hong Kong – Shanghai – Yokohama - San Francisco– Salt Lake City – Medicine Bow – Omaha – Chicago – New York City – Queenstown – Dublin – Liverpool – London. I have to add 3 additional refueling stops: Yelinzovo, Cold Bay and Gander. My specs: X-Plane 11 on Win 10Pro, B737-300 Classic (by IXEG), Boeing House Livery (by MB Liveries), online (FSCloud.net) and offline. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 The adventure started yesterday at London City Airport: Please login to display this image. First stop: Paris-Orly: Please login to display this image. 2nd leg from Orly to Turin: Please login to display this image. Decending over the Alps: Please login to display this image. On final 36 LIMF: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 3rd leg: Turin-Brindisi Nice weather at LIMF: Please login to display this image. Gulf of Genua and airport: Please login to display this image. Decend to LIBR: Please login to display this image. Strong wind with 33kts: Please login to display this image. I had to go around once: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 I did not want to stay in this bad weather at LIBR. So I took off for the 4th leg to Port Said. Clear skies over Greece (with 80-days-logo): Please login to display this image. Sunset over the sea: Please login to display this image. Approaching HEPS rwy 28 over the habour: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 5th leg: Port Said to Aden: Gulf of Suez: Please login to display this image. Sunset over the Red Sea: Please login to display this image. On Final 08 OYAA: Please login to display this image. Final check before opening the doors: correct destination? Please login to display this image. check ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 6th leg: Aden to Mumbai: Leaving Aden: Please login to display this image. Base VABB 27: Please login to display this image. Foggy final VABB 27, Altitude 420ft: Please login to display this image. Searching for the taxiway: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 7th leg: Bombay/Mumbai to Calcutta: One week ago I arrived in Bombay in the fog and now I left it in the fog: Please login to display this image. And in Calcutta: fog again! Please login to display this image. What a busy airport: 4 Passenger busses in a row on the apron: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 8th leg: Calcutta - Singapore Leaving India and again fog: Please login to display this image. Passing Bangkok on FL370: Please login to display this image. Descending: Please login to display this image. On final through a fwe clouds: Please login to display this image. WSSS Rwy 20C: Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 9th leg: Singapore - Hong Kong (former airport Kai Tac VHHX!) Push back WSSS: Please login to display this image. Leaving Singapore: Please login to display this image. Checkerboard approach to Rwy 13 starts: Please login to display this image. Airport in sight: Please login to display this image. Checkerboard in sight (left hand side), turning 130: Please login to display this image. Taxiing to the gate: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 Legs 10 & 11: Leg 10: Kai Tac to Shanghai: Take off rwy 13: Please login to display this image. Leaving Kowloon behind: Please login to display this image. Leg 11: Shanghai to Tokyo Leaving Shanghai: Please login to display this image. Passing Mt. Fuji on descend: Please login to display this image. On STAR RJTT (Haneda): Please login to display this image. Sailing boats on short final: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 On the way from Tokyo to San Fransisco I made the first refueling stopp at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Bad weather at Tokyo Haneda in the morning: Please login to display this image. In the background: City of Tokyo: Please login to display this image. First time over Russian soil: Please login to display this image. Unique Russian a/c at UHPP: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 Annother refueling stop: Wind up to 37kts on final PACD, Cold Bay, Alaska: Please login to display this image. And leaving for KBFI (Boeing Airfield) for a maintenance stop: Please login to display this image. Passing Seattle on final: Please login to display this image. I am not the only one asking for a check: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 15th leg from Boeing Airfield (maintenance stop) to San Franzisco. Boeing Airfield: Two vintage aircrafts of the Boeing museum in the background and a BMW X5 with Munich number plate in the foreground. Seems that its driver is on a world tour, too. Please login to display this image. Golden gate bridge ahead: Please login to display this image. City of San Franzisco to the left: Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 16th leg: San Franzisco to Salt Lake City: Taxiing to Rwy 19R: Please login to display this image. Descending: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 17th leg: Leaving Salt Lake City behind: Please login to display this image. Medicine Bow`s runway seems not to be appropriate for my aircraft (or other way around): Please login to display this image. Tyre blow-out but landed: Please login to display this image. Where do I now get some new tyres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 18th leg: Medicine Bow to Omaha: Taxiing with new tires over fresh grass. Please login to display this image. Full thrust: Please login to display this image. Approach over Omaha: Please login to display this image. Landed on 32R: Please login to display this image. End of an exciting leg: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 19th leg: Omaha to Chicago Final 09C KORD: Please login to display this image. Busy airport: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 20th leg: Chicago to New York City Descending: Please login to display this image. On final KLGA (LaGuardia Airport): Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 21st leg: New York to Gander: refueling stop Leaving New York City: Please login to display this image. Passing Halifax at FL370: Please login to display this image. On Final CYQX: Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 22nd leg: Gander to Queenstown. Back to Europe! Push-back for a long flight: Please login to display this image. What a fog! I needed one go-around, even with ILS: Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busflieger 12 Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 So, I had to hurry up: 23rd leg: EICK to EIDW (Dublin) Taxiing at EICK: Please login to display this image. 24th leg: Dublin to Liverpool 25th leg: Liverpool to London: Push-back: Please login to display this image. On final EGLC 27: Please login to display this image. Taxiing to parking position: Please login to display this image. And finally arrived after 21.610 nm: Please login to display this image. It was a pleasure to join this world tour. Thank you for the organization of this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted December 22, 2017 Aerosoft Share Posted December 22, 2017 Welcome back! There might be some beer left in the bar, hurry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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