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Friday 8th December - CYHZ (Halifax Stanstead, Nova Scotia, Canada)

 

Now for the last jump over Canada before undertaking the atlantic crossing

 

 

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Departing CYHZ

 

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Leaving Halifax

 

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St Johns (Newfondland) in the distance 

 

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Arrival CYYT (X-Plane 11 default scenery)

 

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St Johns Newfoundland and Labrador

 

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St Johns Harbour

 

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Colourful street scene

 

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Icebergs pass here

 

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Today's flight:  CYHZ (Halifax Stanstead, Nova Scotia, Canada) to  CYYT (St Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)

 

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On 12/10/2017 at 7:05 AM, MM said:

Dave, you are sustaining your high standards of excellence. Look forward to the transatlantic crossing!

 

Thanx for following. 

The crossing  has begun already...

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Thursday 14th December - CYYT (St Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)

 

Newfoundland in winter, forsooth! 

Time to get outta here...

 

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Leaving St Johns Intl. (X-Plane 11 default scenery)

 

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Leaving Newfoundland Labrador - heading out to into the Atlantic

 

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Found her... That ship looks rather small in such a large ocean... 

 

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Arrival at our first Atlantic waypoint

 

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Today's flight: CYYT (St Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) to the first Atlantic waypoint. 434nm

 

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Saturday 16th December: First Atlantic Fuel-Stop

 

We just got news that the ship stationed at the second Atlantic waypoint has declared themselves under quarantine. We'll have to fly directly to the third Atlantic waypoint.

There, two yachts are waiting for us.

 

 

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Leaving The first Atlantic waypoint with tanks filled to the brim.

 

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Passing an aircraft carrier - let's buzz them and see what they do...

 

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Well they didn't like that much... rudely ordering us away.  But what can they do? shoot us down?

Oops, looks like they are launching a helicopter... Time to get outta here...

 

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The two yachts in sight

 

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Hmmm... these casual sailors didn't even make a sealane with buoys...  It doesn't matter... the sea is dead calm.

 

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Arrival at our third Atlantic waypoint.

 

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Today's flight: First waypoint to Third waypoint with a slight detour to mess with that aircraft carrier.

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4 hours ago, SeanG said:

Are you going via Liverpool?

 

" They all got upon the train, which was just ready to start, at half–past one; at dawn of day they were in Dublin; and they lost no time in embarking on a steamer which, disdaining to rise upon the waves, invariably cut through them. Phileas Fogg at last disembarked on the Liverpool quay, at twenty minutes before twelve, 21st December. He was only six hours distant from London."

Yup... I am trying to follow Fogg's route as closely as possible, so I will indeed be in Liverpool via Dublin. The problem with a drink in Liverpool is that Fogg was arrested in Liverpool, so you'll have to bring an irish Guinness to the jail! British beer doesn't impress me.

 

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Monday 18th December - Third Atlantic waypoint

 

The weather is now really foul. The storm has at last caught up. Time to get outta this soup...

 

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Take off in a cloud of spray

 

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Leaving the two yachts behind

 

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Irish Coast ahead

 

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The green Irish foothills

 

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Cork up ahead

 

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Lining Up

 

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Cork (X-Plane freeware scenery - courtesy Cormac - XPIH.NET)

 

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Arrival EICK - Cork, Ireland (X-Plane freeware scenery - courtesy Cormac - XPIH.NET)

 

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Cork Harbour

 

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Celta courses - Cork

 

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River Lee - Cork

 

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Cork Jail - Convicts were sent from here to Australia in days gone by

 

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Blackrock castle observatory

 

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Today's flight: Third Atlantic waypoint to EICK, Cork, Ireland -  415 nm

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Dry Land! Congratulations on another imaginative transoceanic voyage...

Dave, as ever, I love the combination of your excellent X-Plane screenshots with your taste for beautiful photographs.

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16 hours ago, DaveLTB said:

" They all got upon the train, which was just ready to start, at half–past one; at dawn of day they were in Dublin; and they lost no time in embarking on a steamer which, disdaining to rise upon the waves, invariably cut through them. Phileas Fogg at last disembarked on the Liverpool quay, at twenty minutes before twelve, 21st December. He was only six hours distant from London."

Yup... I am trying to follow Fogg's route as closely as possible, so I will indeed be in Liverpool via Dublin. The problem with a drink in Liverpool is that Fogg was arrested in Liverpool, so you'll have to bring an irish Guinness to the jail! British beer doesn't impress me.

 

Well....  once again I appear to be ahead of you!  I am 2 hours out of Liverpool, and I have some Tiger Beer still... will that suffice?  We'll need to track Kalizzi down of course to share in it ;-)

 

SeanG

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Tuesday 19th December - EICK, Cork, Ireland

 

We made an early start in Cork because I really want to check out Dublin. It looks such a cool city.

 

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Leaving Cork at the crack of dawn

 

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Dublin Airport ahead

 

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EIDW - X-Plane 11 default scenery (Sadly, my Aerosoft Dublin Scenery is only compatible with X-Plane 10)

 

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Dublin City vista

 

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Typical chocolate-box Dublin

 

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Dublin ten-hapenny bridge

 

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Temple bar district

 

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Not only olde architecture!

 

 

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Christ Church Cathedral

 

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Dublin canal - now isn't that a cool pic?

 

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Today's flight: EICK, Cork, Ireland to EIDW, Dublin, Ireland

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Wednesday 20th December - EIDW, Dublin, Ireland

 

Now for a short hop across the Irish Sea to Merrie England

In Jules Verne's story, Phileas Fogg was arrested on Liverpool and nearly lost his wager.

Liverpudlians appear to be besotted over the Beatles and their Liverpool Football Club.

 

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Leaving EIDW (X-Plane 11 default scenery)

 

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Leaving the shores of Ireland

 

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Passing Llandudno

 

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Lining up on Liverpool Airport

 

 

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Arrival John Lennon Intl., Liverpool (Freeware Scenery Courtesy Grumpler and Antwob)

 

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Taxi-ing to the private aircraft section of EGGP - (Freeware Scenery Courtesy Grumpler and Antwob)

 

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Liverpool City Centre

 

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Razzle Dazzle tourist boat on the Mersey river

 

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Albert Docks

 

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Yellow Submarine Beatles monument at John Lennon Intl. 

 

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Today's Flight: EIDW, Dublin, Ireland to EGGP, Liverpool, England. 123 nm

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Thursday 21st December - EGGP, Liverpool, England

 

The last day and already very bad weather is forecast. We decided to leave before dawn at 07h00 in case the storm tried to throw a spanner in the works at the last moment.

 

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An early start from Liverpool

 

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Barely reached cruising altitude when the storm struck - scary lightning!

 

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Through the storm - clouds thinning out - headlights reflecting from the clouds

 

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More foul weather

 

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Dawn over thinning cloud

 

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Low fog over the outskirts of London

 

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The only way to see is to get right down. Fogg thinning out

 

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Amazing - The fog just disappeared! As if it had been wiped away!

Touchdown at London City Airport

 

 

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Arrival EGLC

 

 

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Today's Flight: EGGP, Liverpool, England to EGLC, London City, London

 

 

 

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Thursday 21st December - EGLC, London - 11h40 GMT

 

Success...

Round the world in 80 days

 

Total Distance: 25 533 nm

Total Time Logged: 178 hours

Total Individual Flights: 64

 

Thanks to all who participated - I found the whole experience to be immensely rewarding.

 

My votes:

For Content: Mike MacKeun - "Fantastic Trippe"

For originality: SeanG - "The "Right Let's Do This Properly" Round the World Club, what!"

Honorable mention for all the belly laughs: Windswept - "Captain Lambert in Biplanes"

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9 minutes ago, Mathijs Kok said:

Could be the first time a Amphib flown the world, well done!

 

Drinks are on us in the bar

 

Thank you, and thanks for such a wonderful idea.

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