Sabretooth78 56 Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 LEG 11 VECC - VTBS ATD: 0857Z ATA: 1128Z Time Enroute: 2:08 Actual Route: VECC/19R AVPO2D AVPOP L507 OSUKA WILA1D VTBS/01L Cruise: FL370 Landing Rate: -157 FPM Distance Flown: 921 NM Equipment: B752 Flight Track PIREP Snapshots: Please login to display this image. Next in line for takeoff Please login to display this image. Line up and wait Please login to display this image. Bumpy climb out of Kolkata Please login to display this image. Bumpy climb out of Kolkata Please login to display this image. Finally some open sky Please login to display this image. In the clear Please login to display this image. Approaching the Burmese coast Please login to display this image. Crossing the Irrawaddy River Please login to display this image. Entering Thai airspace Please login to display this image. Sunset over the Andaman Sea just prior to top of descent Please login to display this image. Airfield in sight Please login to display this image. Cleared to land, runway 01 left Please login to display this image. Seventy! Please login to display this image. Arrived in Bangkok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 LEG 12 VTBS - VHHH ETD: 0550Z ETA: 0900Z Planned Route: BATO1K BATOK RAMEI A202 SIKOU V571 CANTO CANT3A Cruise: FL390 Equipment: B77W We're now ready to continue onward to Hong Kong. Today's flight will be aboard regularly scheduled Cathay Pacific flight 704. Weather today is warm and pleasant, with a northerly breeze and good visibility. Expecting similar conditions upon our arrival in Hong Kong. Please login to display this image. Live Flight Tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 LEG 12 VTBS - VHHH ATD: 0550Z ATA: 0830Z Time Enroute: Actual Route: VTBS/01R BATO1K BATOK DCT RAMEI A202 SIKOU V571 CANTO CANT2B VHHH/25L Cruise: FL390 Landing Rate: -200 FPM Distance Flown: 983 NM Equipment: B77W Flight Track PIREP Snapshots: Please login to display this image. Cleared for takeoff Please login to display this image. Climbing out on the BATOK One Kilo departure Please login to display this image. Cruising over Laos Please login to display this image. Approaching Hainan Island Please login to display this image. Flying along the Chinese coast Please login to display this image. Descending into Hong Kong on the CANTO Two Bravo arrival Please login to display this image. Hong Kong skyline Please login to display this image. Old Kai Tak Airport Please login to display this image. Airfield in sight; cleared to land Please login to display this image. Arrived in Hong Kong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 LEG 13 VHHH - RJBB ETD: 0330Z ETA: 0720Z Planned Route: OCEA2A OCEAN ENVAR M750 MADOG B597 SUC STORK KARIN BECKY BABEL Initial Cruise: FL370 Equipment: B77W We'll be making a stop in Osaka on our way to Tokyo. This flight will be aboard the regularly scheduled Cathay Pacific flight 568. Weather today is again warm and pleasant, with a northeasterly breeze and good visibility. Expecting similar conditions, except northwesterly winds and slightly cooler temperatures upon our arrival in Osaka. Please login to display this image. Live Flight Tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 LEG 13 VHHH - RJBB ATD: 0335Z ATA: 0651Z Time Enroute: 02:52 Actual Route: VHHH/07R OCEA2A OCEAN ENVAR M750 MOLKA/N0479F390 M750 MADOG B597 SUC STORK KARIN BECKY BECKYA RJBB/06R Initial Cruise: FL370 Landing Rate: -108 FPM Distance Flown: 1415 NM Equipment: B77W Flight Track PIREP Snapshots: Please login to display this image. Taxi to runway 07R Please login to display this image. Next in line for takeoff Please login to display this image. Takeoff roll Please login to display this image. Cruising over Taiwan Please login to display this image. Approaching the Japanese coast Please login to display this image. Passing the Ōnaruto Bridge on descent into Osaka Please login to display this image. On final to Kansai Int'l Please login to display this image. Arrived in Osaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 LEG 14 RJBB - RJTT ETD: 1210Z ETA: 1325Z Planned Route: KANSA1 SHTLE Y71 DIIVA Y21 ADDUM Cruise: FL310 Equipment: E170 Hopping aboard Japan Airlines Flight 228 for our continuation to Tokyo before commencing the Pacific Island-hopping portion of our journey. This flight will actually be operated using a JAL Express E-170. We had wanted to take in the sights along the way by going low and slow in a Cessna 402 but the we couldn't convince the authorities to allow what is basically general aviation traffic into the busy Kansai International Airport. Weather is cool and pleasant this morning; expecting good weather and a stiff tailwind along our entire route as we attempt to beat the rising sun into Tokyo. Please login to display this image. Live Flight Tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 LEG 14 RJBB - RJTT ATD: 1233Z (takeoff) ATA: 1327Z (landing) Time Enroute: 00:54 Actual Route: RJBB/6R KANSA1 SHTLE Y71 DIIVA Y21 ADDUM ADDUM RJTT/34R Cruise: FL310 Landing Rate: -118 FPM Distance Flown: 334 NM Equipment: E190 Flight Track PIREP (Worldwide Virtual site is currently down; ATD, ATA and PIREP link will be provided later) Snapshots: Please login to display this image. Cleared for takeoff Please login to display this image. Circling back over Kansai Int'l on the Kansai One departure Please login to display this image. Shipping in Osaka Bay under the Big Dipper Please login to display this image. Approaching Tokyo Please login to display this image. Airfield in sight, approaching the Tower of the Wind Please login to display this image. Cleared to land Please login to display this image. Arrived in Tokyo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 LEG 14 (updated info based on PIREP) RJBB - RJTT ATD: 1216Z ATA: 1331Z PIREP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 LEG 15 RJTT - PKMJ ETD: 0045Z ETA: 0615Z Planned Route: OPPAR3 UTIBO Y821 ADKAK G223 BEEBO 17N160E 09N170E Initial Cruise: FL290 Equipment: B753 The cross-Pacific island-hopping begins with a chartered United Airlines Boeing 757-300 which will take us to the Marshall Islands. We originally wanted to take a 777 but had doubts regarding Majuro's ability to handle such a large plane and our insurance provider wouldn't cover it. So we're stuck with a smaller airframe which just conveniently happens to be meeting near its range with full tanks for this longest of the cross-Pacific legs. Weather is cool and cloudy with rain nearby here in Tokyo morning; expecting good weather along our route but the potential for stormy weather in Majuro as we arrive around sunset. Please login to display this image. Live Flight Tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 LEG 15 RJTT - PKMJ ATD: 0038Z ATA: 0601Z Time Enroute: 05:05 Actual Route: RJTT/34L OPPAR3 UTIBO Y821 ADKAK G223 SEGRO/N0477F310 G223 BEEBO 17N160E/N0474F330 09N170E WOTZI PKMJ/07 Initial Cruise: FL290 Landing Rate: -160 FPM Distance Flown: 2508 NM Equipment: B753 Flight Track PIREP Snapshots: Please login to display this image. Cleared for takeoff Please login to display this image. OPPAR Three departure, abeam Mount Fuji Please login to display this image. There was significant chop from top of climb all the way to about KAKNI Please login to display this image. More ocean Please login to display this image. Some more water Please login to display this image. Yet more water for your viewing pleasure Please login to display this image. You guessed it... Please login to display this image. Had an Air Koryo Ilyushin-62 about 10 miles off my 2-o'clock for some time after BEEBO. Defectors? Please login to display this image. Back to the water Please login to display this image. First sight of land; Bikini Atoll Please login to display this image. Rongelap Atoll Please login to display this image. Abeam Kwajalein Atoll in the distance Please login to display this image. Approaching trademark Majuro afternoon weather just prior to top of descent Please login to display this image. Laura Island through a break in the clouds Please login to display this image. Airfield in sight Please login to display this image. Cleared to land Please login to display this image. Arrived in Majuro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 LEG 16 PKMJ - NGFU ETD: 0120Z ETA: 0400Z Planned Route: VAVEE R332 BO A578 FU Cruise: FL370 Equipment: A319 Continuing across the Pacific, we've decided to add a stop to our itinerary. A United Airlines A319 will carry us to the tiny island nation of Tuvalu. The weather in Majuro this afternoon is warm and rainy nearby here in Tokyo morning; expecting good weather along our route and into Vaiaku. Please login to display this image. Live Flight Tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 LEG 16 PKMJ - NGFU ATD: 0134Z ATA: 0415Z Time Enroute: 02:30 Actual Route: PKMJ/07 VAVEE R332 BO A578 FU NGFU/03 Cruise: FL370 Landing Rate: -193 FPM Distance Flown: 1085 NM Equipment: A319 Flight Track PIREP Snapshots: Please login to display this image. Takeoff roll (yes, I'm aware I didn't set the timer - grrr) Please login to display this image. Climbing out of Majuro Please login to display this image. The weather cleared up not 100 NM out Please login to display this image. Approaching Bonriki Please login to display this image. Crossing south of the equator for the second time on this journey Please login to display this image. Onotoa Island Please login to display this image. Tamana Island passing off the left side Please login to display this image. Niutao is the first island of Tuvalu that we encounter Please login to display this image. Approaching Funafuti atoll Please login to display this image. The atoll comes into clearer view Please login to display this image. Due to its close proximity to roads and housing, a low altitude flyover of the Funafuti International Airport is required to alert anybody on the runway of the impending landing Please login to display this image. On short final Please login to display this image. Cleared to land Please login to display this image. Backtracking to the terminal Please login to display this image. Arrived in Funafuti Footnote: I didn't realize until about halfway through the flight that this airport, at approximately 179°12' east, is to my knowledge the closest runway capable of landing a commercial jet airliner to 180° longitude - therefore the completion of this leg effectively marks the completion of the first half, eastern hemisphere portion of the journey. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 LEG 17 NGFU - NSTU ETD: 2300Z ETA: 0215Z Planned Route: FU A584 FA B577 PONAT Cruise: FL210 Equipment: AT46 We've chartered a Fiji Link ATR 42-600 to carry us to our next destination, Pago Pago. The weather in both Funafuti and Pago Pago this late morning is warm and pleasant. However, it is possible that we may encounter some convective activity along our route. Please login to display this image. Live Flight Tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 LEG 17 NGFU - NSTU ATD: 2302Z ATA: 0205Z Time Enroute: 02:50 Actual Route: NGFU/03 FU A584 FA B577 PONAT NSTU/05 Cruise: FL210 Landing Rate: -173 FPM Distance Flown: 705 NM Equipment: AT46 Flight Track PIREP Snapshots: Please login to display this image. Cleared for takeoff. Please login to display this image. Climbing out of Funafuti. Please login to display this image. At cruise, abeam Wallis in the distance. Please login to display this image. A bank of cloud cover builds as we approach Samoa. Please login to display this image. The clouds quickly give way to the island of Savaii. Please login to display this image. Descending towards the island of Tutuila. Please login to display this image. Vectors to ILS runway 05. Please login to display this image. Making landfall at Fagatele Bay. The approach was high due to this particular add-on plane's annoying habit of gaining significant chunks of altitude upon lowering the flaps. Please login to display this image. On short final, about to overfly the Logotala Hill NDB. Please login to display this image. Cleared to land. I need more excuses to perform this approach more often. Please login to display this image. Taxiing to the ramp. Please login to display this image. Arrived in Pago Pago, where we will stay for a few days before continuing onward to Tahiti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 LEG 18 NSTU - NTAA ETD: 0115Z ETA: 0438Z Planned Route: DCT GUTEL G224 OPERU DCT AROBA AROB3V Cruise: FL370 Equipment: B752 After a couple of days in Pago Pago it's time to continue on to Tahiti for our second-to-last Pacific island stop. Today's equipment will be a Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200. Takeoff weather is hot and and still with the usual afternoon haze. Anticipating another smooth flight. Please login to display this image. Live Flight Tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 LEG 18 NSTU - NTAA ATD: 0119Z ATA: 0425Z Time Enroute: 02:50 Actual Route: NSTU/05 GUTEL G224 OPERU AROBA AROB3V NTAA/04 Cruise: FL370 Landing Rate: -190 FPM Distance Flown: 1257 NM Equipment: B752 Flight Track PIREP Snapshots: Please login to display this image. Taxiing past the Pago Pago Int'l fire training grounds. Please login to display this image. Cleared for takeoff. Please login to display this image. Climbing out of Pago Pago. Please login to display this image. Samoan islands of Olosega and Tau. Please login to display this image. Tiny Rose Atoll. Please login to display this image. Nothing but blue. Please login to display this image. The French Polynesian island of Maupihaa. Please login to display this image. Tupai and Bora-Bora. Please login to display this image. Tahaa and Raiatea. Please login to display this image. Maiao. Please login to display this image. Tahiti in sight off our 10 o'clock. Please login to display this image. Abeam Mo'orea, with with Mount Tohi'e'a shrouded in clouds. Please login to display this image. Airfield in sight. Please login to display this image. Cleared to land, runway four. Please login to display this image. On short final. Please login to display this image. Arrived in Tahiti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 LEG 19 NTAA - SCIP ETD: 1105Z ETA: 1650Z Planned Route: PAST4E PASTI 21S140W 24S130W 26S120W VUGSU VUGS1A Initial Cruise: FL350 Equipment: A320 Today we begin the first of three straight (planned) 5+ hour legs as we make our way, rather circuitously, to San Francisco. Today's destination will be Easter Island's, Mataveri International Airport; the world's most remote airport. Today's flight will be aboard regularly scheduled LAN Chile flight 836, using an Airbus A320. Takeoff weather this pre-dawn is warm and pleasant, expecting cool and rainy conditions at Easter Island. The flight is expected to be smooth, although we are expecting a strong headwind for the latter half and perhaps some bumpiness in the final few hours as well. Please login to display this image. Live Flight Tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 LEG 19 NTAA - SCIP ATD: 1102Z ATA: 0446Z Time Enroute: 05:27 Actual Route: NTAA/04 PAST4E PASTI 21S140W 24S130W 26S120W/N0454F370 VUGSU VUGS1A SCIP/10 Initial Cruise: FL350 Landing Rate: -127 FPM Distance Flown: 2312 NM Equipment: A320 Flight Track PIREP Snapshots: Please login to display this image. Backtracking to runway zero four. Please login to display this image. Departing Tahiti on the Pasti Four Echo departure. Please login to display this image. Nothing to see here. Please login to display this image. Venus, Jupiter and an imminent sunrise. Please login to display this image. Passing over tiny Oeno Island. Please login to display this image. Approaching Henderson Island. Please login to display this image. Step climb to FL370, about to enter Chilean airspace. Please login to display this image. At Top of Descent. Please login to display this image. Easter Island in sight. Please login to display this image. Short final (evidently I have to do some ADE work as this airport seems to be misplaced). Please login to display this image. Arrived on Easter Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 LEG 20 SCIP - SCEL ETD: 1800Z ETA: 2250Z Planned Route: VINAP UL348 MORSA SABLA Initial Cruise: FL330 Equipment: A321 We conclude our trans-Pacific journey today by catching a flight on regularly-scheduled LATAM Flight 836 to Santiago, Chile. I had wanted to cut a bit off our next leg by landing in Iquique, Chile as the continuation onto San Francisco will require some backtracking, but the A321 fell just shy of the range required to travel around an area of restricted airspace off the west coast of Chile. Therefore, Santiago it is. Weather for takeoff is pleasant and breezy, expecting similar conditions plus fog upon arrival on the mainland. (You also need not be an astute observer of detail to notice that SCIP received a major overhaul during our visit.) Please login to display this image. Live Flight Tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 LEG 20 SCIP - SCEL ATD: 1812Z ATA: 2320Z Time Enroute: 04:51 Actual Route: SCIP/10 VINAP1A VINAP UL348 CARPA/N0459F350 UL348 MORSA SABLA KODVO1 SCEL/17L Initial Cruise: FL330 Landing Rate: -157 FPM Distance Flown: 2107 NM Equipment: A321 Flight Track PIREP Snapshots: Please login to display this image. Backtracking to runway one zero. Please login to display this image. VINAP One Alpha departure. Please login to display this image. Easter Island fades into the horizon. Please login to display this image. Moonrise over the Pacific. Please login to display this image. Step climb to FL370 just prior to entering Santiago airspace. Please login to display this image. First land sighting since takeoff: Alexander Selkirk Island. Please login to display this image. Overflying Robinson Crusoe Island. Please login to display this image. Making landfall over the Chilean coast at Algarrobo. Please login to display this image. Entering the KODVO One Arrival into Santiago. Please login to display this image. Passing Santiago. Due to terrain we have to overfly the airport before turning around to land south. Please login to display this image. On final to Runway one seven left. Please login to display this image. Taxiing to the gate. Please login to display this image. Arrived in Santiago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 LEG 21 SCEL - SCDA ETD: 0825Z ETA: 1050Z Planned Route: DONTI UQ802 GAXIR Initial Cruise: FL380 Equipment: A320 Today we depart Santiago for our originally planned stop in Iquique, where we will pick up our next aircraft which will continue us onwards to Puerto Vallarta. This flight will be on regularly-scheduled LATAM Flight 160. Weather for our pre-dawn takeoff is cool, clear and still. Expecting similar conditions all along our route but with a strong crosswind as we traverse a jet stream. Please login to display this image. Live Flight Tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 LEG 21 SCEL - SCDA ATD: 0822Z ATA: 1106Z Time Enroute: 02:10 Actual Route: SCEL/17L DONTI1A DONTI UQ802 GAXIR GAXIR1A SCDA/19 Cruise: FL380 Landing Rate: -98 FPM Distance Flown: 848 NM Equipment: A320 Flight Track PIREP Snapshots: Please login to display this image. Cleared for takeoff. Please login to display this image. Climbing out over Santiago. Please login to display this image. Sunrise over the Andes. Please login to display this image. It took nearly an hour after sunrise before the sun would rise high enough to allow the coast to escape the shadow of the Andes. Please login to display this image. The Chilean coastline around Cobija. Please login to display this image. Beginning the descent into Iquique. Please login to display this image. Sometimes VoxATC's vectors combined with a loose nut next to the sidestick who is unfamiliar with the approach can bring things a little too close for comfort. Please login to display this image. Cleared to land. Please login to display this image. Arrived in Iquique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 LEG 22 SCDA - MMPR ETD: 1410Z ETA: 2138Z Planned Route: TIVIL ACO UT224 SCO UL550 ASI UA304 LIM UL308 ISREN UL312 REBAN UL344 ACA J1 ZIH UJ9 TEVEK PVR Initial Cruise: FL360 Equipment: B77L Onwards to Puerto Vallarta. Today we will be traveling on a chartered Delta Airlines Boeing 777-200LR on what will likely be the longest leg of the tour. We have excellent weather for flying; cool, clear and a slight northerly breeze. Expecting a smooth flight as we return to the northern hemisphere. Please login to display this image. Live Flight Tracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth78 56 Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 LEG 22 SCDA - MMPR ATD: 1416Z ATA: 2133Z Time Enroute: 06:57 Actual Route: SCDA/01 TIVIL1A TIVIL ACO UT224 SCO UL550 ASI UA304 LIM UL308 ISREN UL312 REBAN/N0488F380 UL344 NOTOS/N0480F400 UL344 ACA J1 ZIH UJ9 COL VOLAT MMPR/22 Initial Cruise: FL360 Landing Rate: -68 FPM Distance Flown: 3276 NM Equipment: B77L Flight Track PIREP Snapshots: Please login to display this image. Departing Iquique on the Tivil One Alpha departure, and doing a better job of terrain avoidance this time around. Please login to display this image. Entering Peruvian airspace. Please login to display this image. We encountered some suspiciously flat and dark clouds at Flight Level 360 off the coast of Peru. Perhaps this was ASN's interpretation of the Sabancaya volcano eruption? Please login to display this image. Nearing Pisco and Lima. Please login to display this image. Not everybody gets to see snow near the equator! Please login to display this image. We bid farewell to the South American continent as the coastline detaches from our flight path. Please login to display this image. Out over the Pacific near the Galapagos Islands. Please login to display this image. Step climb to Flight Level 380 as we enter Central American airspace. Please login to display this image. The Mexican coast finally becomes visible. Please login to display this image. Making landfall over Acapulco. Please login to display this image. Descending into Puerto Vallarta. Please login to display this image. On the VOR-DME 3 Approach to Runway 22. Please login to display this image. Turn to final. I always seem to forget that the autopilot doesn't do very well with turns between closely spaced waypoints regardless of airspeed and bank angle limitation, so we overshot the course to final by a bit. It seems like it's usually just easier to fly the approaches manually. I don't fly these aircraft horribly often, but one of these days I'll remember! Please login to display this image. Cleared to land, Runway 22. Please login to display this image. The ground rises up to meet us. Please login to display this image. Arrived in Puerto Vallarta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert 20 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Hey Sabertooth78! We're about to go onstage along with the kids in the boy's band here in Buffalo!! They're not terribly bad or good, they just have no clue of what music should sound like! Frankly at their age, I had no clue either!! I was just coasting along when a boy's band who also had no clue of what music sounds like either called The Beatles showed up and stole all of our thunder. Since then I've learned to tell the difference in music and popular music. So having never left my day job before I retired, I manage to still do fairly well. Tonight, tomorrow, and apparently Sunday as well, we'll do blasts from the past to our convention crowd here in Buffalo and Sue Ling will thrill them with her voice and her other attractions. Sorry we couldn't meet up! Especially since I know this is your home turf! I truly think if you were here you would enjoy our show!! The manager at the Holiday Inn has already said he wants us back for the next couple of days. I've never considered myself a "Lounge Lizard." But at this pay plus tips, I might change my mind and give up charter flying altogether! Rupert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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