Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted December 21, 2017 Aerosoft Share Posted December 21, 2017 Welcome back James, well done. Join us in the bar for some celebratory drinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpgmultimodal 61 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Hello James, In case of we do not meet in the Waldorf, Cheers Please login to display this image. Regards, JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted December 21, 2017 Aerosoft Share Posted December 21, 2017 Drinking on the flight deck.... Good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalizzi 53 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Congratulations James on the completion of this epic journey. Loved reading your diary. Best wishes and stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James50 3 Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 Thanks to JP, Mathijs and kalizzi for their comments. Here's a bit of a summary of the numbers, starting with the spreadsheet: Please login to display this image. Which I hope is legible. A total of 33 legs flown, 31 in the Dash and 2 in the B767 across the Pacific and then across the Atlantic (did I hear someone say cheat!) 14,639nm in the Dash with a total flight time of 50hrs 5mins. Average speed of 292.2knots and average 1hr 37mins per leg. 7,371nm in the B767 with a flight time of 15hrs 5mins. Giving a grand total of 22,010nm and 65hrs 10mins. The initial point to point across the legs was 20,541nm, so SIDs and STARs and flying designated airways added 1469nm. I recall back in November getting a route across to Shanghai from Taipei was a particular problem with 200nm added on that leg alone. I used two Dash aircraft; Flybe G-FLBC from Biggin Hill to Tokyo and then from Cork via Dublin and Liverpool back to Biggin and United Express N328NG across the US from San Francisco to Newark NJ. The two aircraft burned 106,675lbs fuel for the 50hrs 5mins flight time (excluding taxi and waiting on ground time) giving an average 2,130lbs per hour (292nm). Can't see anything online on the Bombardier website for fuel burn rates, but fuelplanner.com comes up with figures of 2050 to 2100lbs per hour depending on flight length. So it looks like Majestic have done a pretty good job modelling this. I was initially flying the cruise at FL270, which the Q400 is cleared for, and then opted back to FL250. This has been a great experience, doing the planning and the flying and writing up the log afterwards and sharing some of the other logs as well. My appreciation to Mathijs and Aerosoft for hosting the adventure (and the drink in the bar at the end of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James50 3 Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 Looks like the spreadsheet wasn't readable, so here it is again, better now missing out the rest days, Please login to display this image. And the final map, Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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