China Dan 3 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I will fly the L1049G Super Constellation by CalClassics. My route depicted by Great Circle Mapper. Distances From To Initial Heading Magnetic Heading Distance Total: 18,061 nm Average: 2,007 nm 9 segment path: EGLL HECA 120° (SE) 120° (SE) 1,910 nm HECA VABB 097° (E) 092° (E) 2,348 nm VABB VHHH 078° (E) 078° (E) 2,311 nm VHHH RJTY 053° (NE) 056° (NE) 1,554 nm RJTY PADK 049° (NE) 056° (NE) 2,101 nm PADK KSFO 089° (E) 084° (E) 2,409 nm KSFO KJFK 070° (E) 056° (NE) 2,248 nm KJFK BGBW 031° (NE) 044° (NE) 1,612 nm BGBW EGLL 091° (E) 114° (SE) 1,574 nm 18,061 nm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EICHENBERGER 1 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 You're welcome, so we have at least two Connies performing the race, Cheers Rolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Dan 3 Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 After looking more closely at other flight plans, and studying the actual (rather indirect at times) route of Mr. Fogg, and also not being able to spend 6+ hours at a time on a flight, I've broken my route down into smaller pieces, and also redirected it to more closely follow the places Fogg visited. New Great Circle Mapper Route London to Suez EGLL London, England to LIRF Rome, Italy to HEPS Port Said, Egypt. Suez to Bombay HEPS Port Said, Egypt to OERB Rabigh, Saudia Arabia to OYAA Aden, Yemen to OOMA Masira, Oman to VABB Mumbai (Bombay), India. Aden is added since the map indicates Fogg stopped here enroute to Bombay. Bombay to Calcutta VABB Mumbai (Bombay), India to VECC Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Calcutta to Hong Kong VECC Calcutta (Kolkata), India to VYME Myeik, Myanmar to WIDD Batam, Indonesia to VVTH Tuyhoa, Vietnam to VHHH Hong Kong, China. Batam is added because Fogg had to sail around the Indonesian peninsula. Hong Kong to Yokohama VHHH Hong Kong, China to ZSPD Shanghai, China to RJOM Matsuyama, Japan to RJAA Tokyo, Japan. Shanghai added for the stop Fogg made there. Yokohama to San Francisco RJAA Tokyo, Japan to RJCK Kushiro, Japan to UHPP Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia to PASY Shemya, Alaska to PACD Cold Bay, Alaska to PANC Anchorage, Alaska to PASI Sitka, Alaska to CYQQ Comox, Canada to KSFO San Francisco, CA, USA. San Francisco to New York KSFO San Francisco, CA, USA to KCYS Cheyenne, Wyoming to KSBN South Bend, Indiana to KISP Islip, Long Island, N.Y., USA. New York to London KISP Islip, Long Island, N.Y., USA to CYYT Saint Johns, Newfoundland to LPLA Lajes AB, Portugal to LEST Santiago, Spain to EGLL London, England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertorizzo 37 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Hi Conan, Breitling 2 here, A2A 049 in Breitling livery under P3Dv4. I was a fan of calclassic 1049 and 1649. Stay in touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobus 161 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Me also in the a2a connie and strat. Love my old cots propliners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Dan 3 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Section 1, Day 1. Starting from London and making a stop in Rome on the way to Port Said. Started off shortly after dawn. VIPs aboard; not happy with the drizzle, but excited at teh beginning of their momentous trip. About 2/3 of the way to Rome, and at FL190, we didn't clear the Alps but much. The passengers were thrilled. Please login to display this image. Arrived at Fiumicino airport in Rome a little after 9am. Gave the passengers until 1:30pm to shop and have lunch... Please login to display this image. Weather has been great so far, and it looks good for the flight this afternoon to Port Said. More later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeSt 28 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Nice paint, the dragon looks like Kali Linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano72 19 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I'm on the Connie too! Yours look really gorgeous. I live in Rome so it was a pleasure to have a tea with you near Coliseum and chatting about the approaching adventure and how great our old birds are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Dan 3 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 2 hours ago, PeSt said: Nice paint, the dragon looks like Kali Linux Shhhhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Dan 3 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Adriano72 said: I'm on the Connie too! Yours look really gorgeous. I live in Rome so it was a pleasure to have a tea with you near Coliseum and chatting about the approaching adventure and how great our old birds are! They do keep you busy for much of the flight, don't they? I confess, I like flying ultra-modern too, but for this jaunt, I felt it had to be a beautiful classic! But yeah, it was great sharing a cup while the VIPs did their thing. See you in Bombay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano72 19 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I'm in the same situation as you, I love flying my PMDG 737 and 747 but for this challenge I just wanted to get deep in the mud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Dan 3 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 I have a few other pilots comment favorably on the paint job... It was a bit of a "quickie", but it came out all right, I think. Only got this beautiful bird restored and ready the day before we needed to be in London for this Phileas Fogg historic fictional tour. Please login to display this image. Our flight from Rome to Port Said was uneventful. Mostly over the Mediterranean, so there wasn't a lot to see. Passengers drank and... well, discretion is our motto. As expected, the sun was setting as we flew over Alexandria, and as we descended ESE towards Port Said, it fell fully dark. Snapped this picture while back-taxiing at Port Said. Please login to display this image. Now we have a week or so to relax. The VIPs are going sailing and whatnot. Hopefully a few other pilots will head over this way. If not, we can always hop over to Cairo where I think most of them went and party for a while. We'll see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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