hedaew 47 Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 Tour step 7, part 1: KSFO (San Francisco) to KSLC (Salt Lake City) 2017-12-09, est. 595 NM Now the specific flight planning data for the first part: Flight route was (estimated flight duration : 1h 28m) KSFO MOGEE Q122 MCORD Q124 BVL KSLC Weather forecasts 2017-12-09: at KSFO for planned time of takeoff (18:30 GMT): Wind 160°@3 kts Temperature 8°C / 46°F Pressure 1027 hPa / 30.33 inHg Visibility more than 10 nm Clouds cloudy at KSLC for expected time ot landing (20:00 GMT): Wind 110°@3 kts Temperature -03°C / 27°F Pressure 1038 hPa / 30.65 inHg Visibility 9 nm Clouds clear Following the flight route I should pass Sacramento, cross Lake Tahoe, the passing Reno. And near Elko the flight route would come close to the Interstate 80 and the railroad from Sacramento to Odgen. According the expected wind at KSLC I would fly north and turning near Odgen before landing at KSLC. Interestingly the original railroad passed the Great Salt Lake on its north side, while the actual railroad crosses the lake. For the first time I tried to use X-Life for generation of AI traffic as well as an hopefully better ATC tool compared to the default ATC of XP11.05. I didn't dare to update to XP11.10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaew 47 Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 Some visual impressions ot this flight: The aircraft in ACJ livery, waiting at the gate for flight preparation (KSFO freeware scenery by MisterX6) Please login to display this image. Looking to KSFO and to the skyline of San Francisco in the background Please login to display this image. Look over the San Francisco bay with misty weather. Sadly the Golden Gate Bridge couldn't be seen later. Please login to display this image. Lake Tahoe next to fly over. Visual conditions were getting better after leaving San Francisco Bay for some time.. Please login to display this image. Passing Reno and the Pyramid Lake. (Why has this sea this name ? ) Please login to display this image. Following the Interstate 80 for a short time during this flight. Please login to display this image. The Great Salt Lake to the left. Please login to display this image. Just turning north towards Odgen following the planned flight path. I wasn't able to communicate with ATC properly which would have been necessary as the wind conditions had changed. Please login to display this image. Turning near Odgen (just in front in this moment) for a tailwind landing at KSLC Please login to display this image. On final approach at KSLC, where I tested the suspension abilities of the landing gear unintentionally . But no one was reportedly injured . It seems that the switch from Boeing 777-300 to Airbus A320 is not so easy. (KSLC : payware addon by Shortfinal Design) Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaew 47 Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 Tour step 7, part 2: KSLC (Salt Lake City) to KOMA (Omaha, Nebraska) 2017-12-09, est. 771 NM After an one hour rest in Salt Lake City I continued my travel to Omaha, Nebraska. Phileas Fogg and his party had to master some obstacles on there way between Salt Lake City and Omaha, like. crossing a shaky bridge at Medicine Bow, defending an attack of Sioux warriors and finally reaching Omaha using a wind powered sledge. Flight route was (estimated flight duration : 1h 52m) KSLC CHE DCT SNY J100 OBH KOMA During the flight Laramie, Cheyenne and North Platte would be passed, while the railroad track and the Interstate 80 were near. Weather forecasts 2017-12-09: at KSLC for planned time of takeoff (21:15 GMT): Wind 340°@5 kts Temperature -3°C / 27°F Pressure 1038 hPa / 30.65 inHg Visibility more than 10 nm Clouds clear at KOMA for expected time ot landing (23:15 GMT): Wind 350°@11 kts Temperature -01°C / 30°F Pressure 1021 hPa / 30.16 inHg Visibility more than 10 nm Clouds cloudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaew 47 Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 As the second half of this flight was during sunset I cannot present many screenshots. After take off at runway 34R it seemed like looking for a gap in the surrounding mountains for a turn to east direction. Please login to display this image. an impression of Utah not far away to Sall Lake City. Please login to display this image. A typical view of Wyoming, isn't it ? Please login to display this image. Eppley Airfield (KOMA) to the left. Please login to display this image. Omaha in the evening: Please login to display this image. On final to runway 32L Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaew 47 Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Tour step 7, part 3: KOMA (Omaha, Nebraska) to KJFK (New York City) 2017-12-11, est. 1.022 NM Due to technical problems the final part of this step to New York was delayed. Instead ot flying on Sunday the flight took place on the next day. Flight route was (estimated flight duration : 2h 12m) KOMA OVR DCT IOW DCT GIJ DCT DORET J190 SLT DCT LVZ KJFK Planned runways: Departure : KOMA/OMA 32L Arrival: KJFK/JFK 31R Weather forecasts 2017-12-11: at KOMA for planned time of takeoff (18:45 GMT): Wind 320°@23 kts Temperature 9°C / 48°F Pressure 1015 hPa / 29.96 inHg Visibility more than 10 nm Clouds cloudy at KJFK for expected time ot landing (20:45 GMT): Wind 280°@9 kts Temperature 3°C / 37°F Pressure 1017 hPa / 30.03 inHg Visibility more than 10 nm Clouds partly cloudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaew 47 Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 visual impressions: soon after the takeoff the strongly blowing wind made the climb pretty uncomfortable. Please login to display this image. one last view to the soil of Nebraska Please login to display this image. After reaching cruise level it was very cloudy (e.g. while passing Chicago, IL) Please login to display this image. or misty Please login to display this image. the sun shine mirroring in the Atlantic short before landing at KJFK Please login to display this image. And the Manhattan sky line on the horizon on final to KJFK (New York City and New York airports both payware addons made by Drzewiecki Design) Please login to display this image. And with a sunset at KJFK ended the travel from US west coast to US east coast. Soon the last step will start for returning to good Old Europe ... Please login to display this image. One final note concerning this transcontinental step: If I checked the real weather conditions correctly there was not much snow in the US during the simulated flights. So I decided not to change my scenery configurations and still to use the photo sceneries which I created straight forward with Ortho4XP (by Oscar Pilote), but without seasonal aspects or whatsoever. Since the visual conditions have not been well, any differences were hardly detectable in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaew 47 Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Tour step 8, part 1: KJFK (New York City) to EIDW (Dublin, Ireland) 2017-12-16, est. 2.821 NM For the first part of the final step I selected the main aircraft, an Airbus A330-243 with ACJ livery. Since this aircraft is larger and heavier than my last used aircraft, I decided not to fly to Cork Airport (EICK), where the longest runway is only 2.133 m long. So I stepped over Cork and planned to land in Dublin (EIDW). After evaluation of the available NATs this flight route seemd to be the shortest (estimated flight duration : 5h 23m) KJFK PUT DCT ALLEX/N0487F390 N379A ALLRY/M084F390 NATT NETKI DCT CON/N0482F390 DCT OLAPO EIDW Departure: KJFK/JFK 31R Elevation 13 ft Arrival: EIDW/DUB 28 Elevation 242 ft The start of this flight was delayed for about three hours, therefore landing at EIDW would take place during night time. And checking the weather charts most time there would be clouds, so no sight seeing flight again. Why was Fogg's world tour during winter ? Weather forecasts 2017-12-16: at KJFK for planned time of takeoff (12:15 GMT): Wind 260°@12 kts Temperature -3°C / 27°F Pressure 1017 hPa / 30.02 inHg Visibility more than 10 nm Clouds partly cloudy at EIDW for expected time ot landing (18:15 GMT): Wind 260°@12 kts Temperature 03°C / 37°F Pressure 1020 hPa / 30.12 inHg Visibility more than 10 nm Clouds showers Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaew 47 Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 The flight itself was calm and less to see, nevertheless some screenshots to the past flight: Sunrise short after takeoff at KJFK Please login to display this image. low vis at initial cruise level Please login to display this image. sun rise over the Atlantic and still about three hours to fly. Please login to display this image. On final approach to runway 28 at EIDW. A few waiting AI aircraft can be seen lined up; this traffic was generated by X-Life Deluxe. Please login to display this image. End ot the returning flight to Europe with my parked aircraft at one gate of EIDW (payware addon by Aerosoft) Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaew 47 Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 Tour step 8, part 2: EIDW (Dublin, Ireland) to EGLL (Heathrow Airport, London) 2017-12-21, est. 287 NM Today was time fo the final flight on this tour back to Heatrhow Airport, where I started long ago the tour around the world as close as possible to the route described by Jules Verne. Thinking about other aircraft to fly, I finally decided to use the aircraft which I have flown at the tour start: Airbus A330-243 in ACJ livery. Before time is running out I want to complete my tour diary: Flight route was (estimated flight duration : 48m) EIDW LIFFY UL975 WAL UY53 NUGRA EGLL Planned runways Departure: EIDW/DUB 28 Elevation 242 ft Arrival: EGLL/LHR 27R Elevation 83 ft Please login to display this image. Weather forecasts 2017-12-21: at EIDW for planned time of takeoff (12:15 GMT): Wind 240°@13 kts Temperature 12°C / 54°F Pressure 1033 hPa / 30.50 inHg Visibility more than 10 nm Clouds cloudy at EGLL for expected time ot landing (13:15 GMT): Wind 260°@09 kts Temperature 11°C / 52°F Pressure 1036 hPa / 30.59 inHg Visibility more than 10 nm Clouds cloudy Screenshots ot fhe flight as usual in a later post following soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaew 47 Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 Waiting at the gate at EIDW for the last flight of this tour. Weather is the nearly the same for some days now. Please login to display this image. After takeoff from runway 28 turning right at climbing to the initial flight level given by the simulated ATC Please login to display this image. Reaching cruise level the weather was getting better for a short time, but there still is some mist. Please login to display this image. On approach (about 2.000 ft ) to runway 27R there is no sight. As the contact to ATC wasn't working anymore I had to watch the aircraft in front of me it it would get out of the way or if I had to go araound. Please login to display this image. Finally the runway coud be seen and it seemed to be free. Please login to display this image. Unfortunately I had a hard landing with a double touch. Please login to display this image. So ended a long tour which has started 80 days ago. Please login to display this image. Overall it was a wonderful adventure and I am thankful to Aerosoft who had organized this event. There are wonderful diaries of tour members where many interesting things can be learned or be seen. And I admire those participants who had flown small and/or old aircraft. They surely had much more work of flight preparations and the flights were more exhausting than mine . I very much liked the open nature of this event ! For me it was a challenge to master a new flight sim and new aircraft within. Merry Chistmas and a happy New Year to all of you !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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