musefan 364 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Hi all. Looking forward to getting this tour underway. I enjoyed the RTW tour, so this one should be just as much fun. Mathijs said that using different aircraft is encouraged, so in that case I'll be using the PMDG 737, the Aerosoft CRJ 700 and the Aerosoft Airbus A320 (if it's released). Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. I've also recently purchased Carenado's Phenom 100 business jet, so I hope to try and learn how to fly it if I have time. I'm using P3Dv4, so you have to excuse me for using a lot of default airports. I will try and purchase some more airports as they become available. I've recently become a single man so I have a little bit more money to spend than usual lol. I'd probably be better off saving up for a new PC, but I'm rubbish at saving. I'll be using Active Sky for P3Dv4 for real world weather, and I'll be using PFPX for flight planning. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 This is the route I plan to take. I hope it's ok: Please login to display this image. I'm choosing London Gatwick as my starting and finishing point. Here are the list of stops I'll be making, with all mandatory landmarks highlighted in red: London, United Kingdom (EGKK) Nice, France (LFMN) Corfu, Greece (LGKR) Heraklion, Greece (LGIR) Port Said, Egypt (HEPS) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (OEJN) Dubai, United Arab Emirates (OMDB) Karachi, Pakistan (OPKC) Mumbai, India (VABB) Calcutta, India (VECC) Bangkok, Thailand (VTBD) Catbi, Vietnam, (VVCI) Hong Kong, Hong Kong (VHHH) Shanghai, China (ZSPD) Yokohama, Japan (RJTF) Yuzhno, Russia (UHSS) Petropavlovsk, Russia (UHPP) Adak Island, Alaska (PADK) Anchorage, Alaska (PANC) Juneau, Alaska (PAJN) Vancouver, Canada (CYVR) San Francisco, USA (KSFO) Denver, USA (KDEN) Chicago, USA (KORD) New York, USA (KJFK) Gander, Canada (CYQX) Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (BGSF) Reykjavik, Iceland (BIKF) Dublin, Ireland (EIDW) London, United Kingdom (EGKK) Hoping all goes according to plan. I haven't filled in any dates because I'm not really sure myself what my exact dates will be. Best of luck to everyone. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-841873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51562 Posted September 26, 2017 Aerosoft Share Posted September 26, 2017 Nice route! Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-842461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philouplaine 110 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Quite a nice route indeed... Haut les coeurs my feind! Philippe Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-843379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 First leg completed, from London Gatwick, to sunny Nice on the south coast of france. PFPX was giving a very silly SID out of Gatwick, so we decided to go full rebel and make up our own departure procedure. Our flight plan took west of Paris and on down through central France Please login to display this image. Getting our final preparations at gate 102 before pushing back Please login to display this image. Taxiing out to runway 08R behind an extremely slow Easyjet A319 or A319, I can't remember which Please login to display this image. Departing Gatwick about 5 minutes behind schedule Please login to display this image. Climbing to our assigned cruise altitude of 37,000 feet, as we cross the English Channel Please login to display this image. A nice of the wonderful city of Paris from FL370 off to our right Please login to display this image. Descending through 30,000 feet, with a nice view of the Pyrenees Mountains Please login to display this image. I thought we were a lot closer to our destination than we actually were, so I was fully configured for landing a bit early. Not the end of the world. Better to be early than rushing it at the end. We are shooting the ILS for runway 04L. We were originally assigned 04R, but I seem to remeber having a problem in that the localiser for 04R is slightly off centre. So we didn't take any chances. Please login to display this image. We make a nice landing at Nice, about 10 minutes ahead of schedule Please login to display this image. We park at stand 48A, but there seems to be a problem. GSX doesn't seem to recognise the gate numbers. Not to worry, it was a good first flight to the tour and hopefully we will have many more like it. Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-843964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazoeller 145 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Hi Neal, glad you had a chance to participate also in this tour around the world. Looks like you are now the front runner and not the follow-up guy. Keep one flying! Gernot Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-843984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 8 hours ago, gazoeller said: Hi Neal, glad you had a chance to participate also in this tour around the world. Looks like you are now the front runner and not the follow-up guy. Keep one flying! Gernot Thanks Gernot. Good to have you on board too. There are time constraints with this tour so I'll have to be on top of things this time and forget all about real life Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-844063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Leg 2 takes us from Nice to Corfu. It's another lovely day for flying, so on with the show. Our planned route takes us toward Milan, before making a slight right turn down the length of Italy toward the Greek island of Corfu, very popular with holiday makers Please login to display this image. Today's weather shows en-route winds coming from the west, which should help us on our way Please login to display this image. We begin where we left off yesterday, at Gate 48A at Nice. Despite all my attempts, once again, I just can't get GSX to understand that we are parked at a gate, and not out in the middle of the airfield. Luckily we have our air-stairs at the ready, and we can get our passengers safely on board. We are sharing the apron with an Airbus A320, owned by our fellow Irish operator, Aer Lingus. Please login to display this image. We get clearance to taxi to runway 04R Please login to display this image. Nice smooth take off, we take the BASI6A SID departure to the northeast out of Nice, which includes a very early sharp right turn Please login to display this image. We keep our climb going towards FL330 Please login to display this image. Across the Apennine Mountains to the East we have the tiny Independent state of San Marino, home of the famous Imola F1 Grand Prix, where I believe Brazilian racing legend Ayrthen Senna was tragically killed. Please login to display this image. Descending through FL270, right on the sourthern tip of Italy, we can the coastline of Albania to the east Please login to display this image. We take the VOR approach for runway 35 at Corfu. Please login to display this image. We get clearance to taxi to stand 3. It's a beautiful 22 degrees here, not a cloud to be seen. Another flight done and dusted. Next stop, Crete. Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-844329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 So leg 3 will take us from Corfu, on a short 75 minute hop down to the island of Crete. Our planned route takes right down through mainland Greece Please login to display this image. Looking like favourable winds again Please login to display this image. We are currently parked at stand 3 at Corfu airport making our final preparations. Passengers are loaded up and we're almost ready to go Please login to display this image. We need to backtrack down Corfu's only runway so we can swing around and line up for take off on runway 35 Please login to display this image. We take off about 20 minutes behind our scheduled departure time, due to P3D crashing on me Please login to display this image. We climb through 12000 feet to our designated cruise altitude of FL350 Please login to display this image. We have passed our TOD and we are now descending though 32000 feet Please login to display this image. We are assigned the VOR DME approach for runway 27 Please login to display this image. We park at stand 7, although GSX doesn't seem to have the stands lined up properly Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-845047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 Had to cancel yesterday's flight to Port Said. I'm having some computer trouble. So I've already fallen a bit. Hope to get sorted out soon and catch up again. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-846143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 Our PC is back in the game, so we can complete our flight to Port Said. We depart Heraklion from Runway 27, and we immediately make a right turn, following the SIT2D SID departure procedure. Our route then take us south east, where we originally plan to land on runway 28 at HEPS. We will later amend this to land on runway 10. Please login to display this image. Parked at gate 8, our final preparations are underway Please login to display this image. We taxi out to runway 27 Please login to display this image. We take off and prepare for an immediate right turn Please login to display this image. We seem to be missing the next screenshot, but basically we keep our climb going up to our assigned cruise altitude of 37,000 feet. Unfortunately our entire cruise was over water so we have no images, as they weren't worth capturing. We begin our descent just as we reach the north coast of Egypt, before we make a left turn toward Port Said. Please login to display this image. We dial in the frequency for the Port Said VOR, as we keep our decent going, in preperation for our approach. We will be taking the VOR DME approach for runway 10. Please login to display this image. We reach the Port Said VOR at an altitude of 3,000 feet. We then turn left to a heading of 317, for a total of 7 DME, while descending to 1,400 feet. Then we turn left again and drop our landing gear to line up with runway 10. It's a reasonably smooth landing, although we are right of centre. Please login to display this image. We park up at gate 9. We are back on schedule. We have 11 days to get to Bombay. Easy! Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-846444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Really fell behind. Obviously we are not going to make it to Mumbai by the 23rd . Oh well, we'll keep going anyway. Our proposed route for today Please login to display this image. So we are still parked up at gate 9 at Port Said, taking on almost 8 tonnes of fuel Please login to display this image. We take off from runway 28, where we will get vectored onto our first waypoint Please login to display this image. It a 2 hour flight and the scenery is pretty horrendous, unless you like lots of sand. Here we are just after reaching our assigned altitude of 37000 feet Please login to display this image. About 75 miles from our top of descent now, and the view is just as mundane as it was earlier Please login to display this image. After making a right turn out across the red sea, to get onto our STAR arrival, descending through 14000 feet Please login to display this image. Approaching our FAF at 2200 feet Please login to display this image. Landing ILS approach for runway 34L at King Abdulaziz International, Jeddah. Please login to display this image. Parked at gate 3, next stop Dubai. Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-848760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 Oh dear oh dear, we are so far behind. We need to get to Dubai next. here is our planned route generated by PFPX: Please login to display this image. We are currently parked at gate 5 at King Abdulaziz International, Jeddah, where we just awaiting pushback: Please login to display this image. We make the long taxi out to runway 34R Please login to display this image. Take off Please login to display this image. Climbing through 8,000 feet taking the EGRE1N departure SID Please login to display this image. Climbing nicely for 41,000 feet, we see the familiar boring terrain Please login to display this image. Passing through the Gulf, we descend through 23,000 feet Please login to display this image. Taking the DESD1B STAR arrival for ILS runway 12R Please login to display this image. On final Please login to display this image. Safely on the ground at FlyTampa's Dubai Please login to display this image. Parked up at OMDB, Dubai, gate A3 with all the big guns Please login to display this image. Next stop will be Karachi in Pakistan. I really need to get a move on to try and get back on schedule. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-849838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
akanishta99 27 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Nice plane! It looks like we're in about the same place. I'm just across the water to the east. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-849849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 On to Karachi, Pakistan: Please login to display this image. Finishing up preperations at gate A3 in Dubai Please login to display this image. Taxiing out to runway 12R behind an Emirates 777 Please login to display this image. A routine take off onto the RIKE3G departure SID Please login to display this image. Climbing for FL390 Please login to display this image. Cruising along the Iranian southern coast at 39,000 feet, just entering Pakistani airspace Please login to display this image. Taking the ILS for runway 24R, it's quite foggy today at Jinnah International, Karachi. Also, the ILS seems to be slightly off-centre Please login to display this image. Taking manual control we land safely Please login to display this image. Parked up at gate 22 where we will rest over. Our next stop will be Mumbai. Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-849956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Next we move on to Mumbai Please login to display this image. Pushing back from gate 22 at Karachi Please login to display this image. Quite foggy as we taxi out to runway 25R Please login to display this image. Climbing out of runway 25R where we will get vectored onto the DANG3A SID Please login to display this image. Crusiing down the west coast of India at FL390 Please login to display this image. Really tricky VOR approach for runway 32 in the fog. We hit hard, but we were safe enough, even managed to get on the centreline. It's not easy hand flying when your framerates drop to stupid levels because of fog. I need a new PC Please login to display this image. Parked at gate C3. Apparantly Mumbai doesn't have any suitable gates for a 747. So it looks like the Ryanair NGX will be out for the next leg to Calcutta Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-850279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 Off to Calcutta Please login to display this image. Ready to push back from gate 22 at Mumbai Please login to display this image. Taxiing out to runway 32, the fog from the past few days still hasn't shifted, and Active Sky tells us that Calcutta isn't going to be much better Please login to display this image. Take off Please login to display this image. Climbing through 10,000 feet, we get a look at the new Rex Texture Direct with Soft Clouds that I recently purchased. I wish they would hurry up and update their HD Airport package for P3Dv4. Please login to display this image. Climbing through 28,000 feet and the cloud is beginning to thin out Please login to display this image. Cruising at our assigned altitude of 37,000 feet Please login to display this image. Descending through 11,000 feet Please login to display this image. No runway in sight at 800 feet Please login to display this image. We land on ILS runway 19R. The default frequency is wrong, and when we figured it out it was also slightly offset to the left Please login to display this image. Parked at gate 41 Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-850730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 Now we move onto Bangkok Please login to display this image. Pushing back from gate 46 at Calcutta Please login to display this image. Taxi out to runway 19R Please login to display this image. Take off Please login to display this image. Clmbing through 6,000 feet and it looks like we could be in for a bumpy ride Please login to display this image. Continuing our climb through 25,000 feet for our assigned cruise altitude of 39,000 feet Please login to display this image. We hit our TOD just as we pass into Thai airspace Please login to display this image. Descending through 11,000 feet, our VNAV has taken us a little lower than we should be. Please login to display this image. On short final for runway 21R Please login to display this image. Landing Please login to display this image. Parked at gate 22 at Don Mueang International, Bangkok Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-851990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 Heading for Vietnam Please login to display this image. Pushing back from gate 22 at Bangkok Please login to display this image. Taxiing out to runway 21R Please login to display this image. Take off Please login to display this image. Climbing through 5,000 feet Please login to display this image. Keeping our climb going through 18,000 feet for our cruise altitude of 41,000 feet Please login to display this image. Beginning our descent shortly sfter entering Vietnamese airspace Please login to display this image. Passing the Catbi VOR at 7,000 feet, we get a glimpse of the fog. Apart from Bangkok, the last few airports have been really bad with fog and they are killing my framerates Please login to display this image. Taking the VOR approach for runway 25, in the fog, only to discover the frequency wasn't working until it was too late. We ended up taking a "blind visual" approach and we hit hard, but we're still in 1 piece Please login to display this image. Who's bright idea was is to fly to an airport with no parking? Oh, yeah it was mine Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-852183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 Our proposed route to Hong Kong Please login to display this image. Take off from runway 25 Please login to display this image. Climbing 11,000 feet Please login to display this image. Climbing through 29,000 feet Please login to display this image. Just reaching our cruising altitude of 41,000 feet as we enter Chinese airspace Please login to display this image. Descending through 19,000 feet, just after entering Hong Kong airspace Please login to display this image. On short final Please login to display this image. We land on 07R, but someone in the tower is getting sacked in the morning for clearing us to land with another aircraft already on the runway preparing for departure Please login to display this image. Parked at gate E15 at Hong Kong Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-852399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share Posted November 19, 2017 Moving on to Shanghai Please login to display this image. Pushing back from gate E15 at VHHH Please login to display this image. Taxiing out to runway 07R, looks like the fog has lifted Please login to display this image. Take off Please login to display this image. Climbing past 10,000 feet, lights off Please login to display this image. Climbing through 31,000 feet Please login to display this image. Cruising at 39,000 feet just passing back into Chinese airspace Please login to display this image. Descending through 34,000 feet as we approach teh Shengzhou VOR Please login to display this image. Fully configured for ILS runway 35R Please login to display this image. We might have a tail strike to check out Please login to display this image. Parked at gate 12 at Pudong, Shanghai Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-852541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
akanishta99 27 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 On 11/17/2017 at 4:33 PM, nealmac said: Who's bright idea was is to fly to an airport with no parking? Oh, yeah it was mine Please login to display this image. 747 bush plane! Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-852653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 2 hours ago, akanishta99 said: 747 bush plane! I like to do things differently Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-852678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Next stop is Tokyo Please login to display this image. All fueled up, passengers on board, and we can push back from gate 12 at Shanghai Please login to display this image. Taxiing out to runway 35R Please login to display this image. Take off Please login to display this image. Climbing through 10,000 feet Please login to display this image. Still climbing through 31,000 feet Please login to display this image. Heading out across the East China Sea, cruising at 44,000 feet, due to a very light load we are carrying Please login to display this image. Just starting our descent Please login to display this image. Landing on ILS runway 23 Please login to display this image. Parked at gate 42 Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-853755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefan 364 Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Not going to make the deadline unfortunately. Real life got in the way. But we will get there eventually. Next stop will be Yuzhno. Here is our proposed route Please login to display this image. We are currently parked at gat 42 at Tokyo Haneda Please login to display this image. Take off from runway 34R Please login to display this image. As we are climbing, we hit an altitude restriction of 12,000 feet, so we have to level out for 5 minutes or so Please login to display this image. Crusing Please login to display this image. As we descend through 30,000 feet we are taking a right good battering from a 140kt crosswind Please login to display this image. Making our approach, coming down to 5000 feet Please login to display this image. Landing on runway 19 Please login to display this image. Parked at gate 6 Please login to display this image. Link to comment https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/127135-neal-mcculough/#findComment-856811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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