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Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:58 am
by David Vega
Good job Dave. I'm sure you enjoyed every hour.

Dave Vega, SAX702

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:20 pm
by Dave. S
Finally completed my first round the world, used Dave Blakes routes but went easterly, ksfo - kstl - katl - ktpa - tjsj - ebbr - wsss - yssy - ksfo, 22,378 miles in 50.8 hrs. Overall was ahead of schedule mainly due to last 2 legs.Best view was sunrise in oz, Sydney to Frisco was tough, nothin but sea for 14 plus hrs, thank u auto-pilot!! :)

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:41 pm
by Dave Blake
Dave. S wrote:Finally completed my first round the world, used Dave Blakes routes but went easterly, ksfo - kstl - katl - ktpa - tjsj - ebbr - wsss - yssy - ksfo, 22,378 miles in 50.8 hrs. Overall was ahead of schedule mainly due to last 2 legs.Best view was sunrise in oz, Sydney to Frisco was tough, nothin but sea for 14 plus hrs, thank u auto-pilot!! :)
Way to go Dave and welcome to the "Around-the-World Club"! http://sunairexpress.com/atw_club.html :D

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:04 am
by David Vega
Dave. S wrote:Finally completed my first round the world, used Dave Blakes routes but went easterly, ksfo - kstl - katl - ktpa - tjsj - ebbr - wsss - yssy - ksfo, 22,378 miles in 50.8 hrs. Overall was ahead of schedule mainly due to last 2 legs.Best view was sunrise in oz, Sydney to Frisco was tough, nothin but sea for 14 plus hrs, thank u auto-pilot!! :)
Congratulations Dave. Well done.

Dave Vega
SAX702

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:04 am
by kdundon
Ok, gents here is my data:
LEG FLT# ORG DES BLOCK DIST ACFT
1 251 KSFO KATL 4.2 1932 747-400
2 26 KATL EGKK 7.8 3809 747-400
3 5179 EGKK EBBR 0.8 236 767-300
4 58 EBBR WSSS 11.7 5879 747-400
5 598 WSSS YSSY 7.5 3470 747-400
6 43 YSSY KSFO 13.4 6489 747-400
TOTAL 45.4 21815

That was fun and very interesting to land in places I had not been before. Ken

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:02 am
by Marty_Becker
Congrats, Ken!! Now it's time to do it the opposite way around the globe. :D

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:15 am
by Dave Blake
kdundon wrote:That was fun and very interesting to land in places I had not been before. Ken
Congratulations Ken. Welcome to the Around-the-World Club! http://sunairexpress.com/atw_club.html

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:29 pm
by Dave. S
Well done Ken, welcome to the club :D

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:41 pm
by David Vega
Congratulations Ken. Way to go.

Dave Vega

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:38 pm
by Marty_Becker
Around the world westbound in 50.5 hours. :D
ATW #2

255 LSZH KATL 9.5
250 KATL KSFO 4.8
42 KSFO YSSY 14.5
599 YSSY WSSS 8.0
59 WSSS EBBR 12.7
5004 EBBR LSZH 1.0

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:38 am
by David Vega
Welcome to the club Marty.

Dave Vega
SAX702

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:37 pm
by Dave Blake
Marty_Becker wrote:Around the world westbound in 50.5 hours. :D
ATW #2

255 LSZH KATL 9.5
250 KATL KSFO 4.8
42 KSFO YSSY 14.5
599 YSSY WSSS 8.0
59 WSSS EBBR 12.7
5004 EBBR LSZH 1.0
Welcome to the West-bound club and your 2nd trip around the world!

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:05 pm
by kenyapilot
I completed my second westbound round the world trip on 18 February. The details are:

Flight Dep Arrive Distance Time
SX6004 EDDF KORD 3833 9.78
SX411 KORD KSFO 1640 4.50
SX42 KSFO YSSY 6436 14.62
SX599 YSSY WSSS 3452 7.87
SX59 WSSS EBBR 5755 12.67
SX5000 EBBR EDDF 180 0.87

Totals 21296 50.31

Just as much fun the second time around except for FSCARS problems at WSSS.

Roy
SAX680

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:16 pm
by Marty_Becker
Well done, Roy!!

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:32 pm
by Dave Blake
kenyapilot wrote:I completed my second westbound round the world trip on 18 February. The details are:

Flight Dep Arrive Distance Time
SX6004 EDDF KORD 3833 9.78
SX411 KORD KSFO 1640 4.50
SX42 KSFO YSSY 6436 14.62
SX599 YSSY WSSS 3452 7.87
SX59 WSSS EBBR 5755 12.67
SX5000 EBBR EDDF 180 0.87

Totals 21296 50.31

Just as much fun the second time around except for FSCARS problems at WSSS.

Roy
SAX680
Welcome to the Around The World x2 Club Roy!

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:10 am
by orac
Well, I've gone and done it a second time now. I only managed one flight per month, so it was like taking a slow boat to China, but I got 'er done.

KSFO-KTPA, 14FEB2010, 4.7hrs, 2157nm
KTPA-EBBR, 01MAR2010, 8.8hrs, 4138nm
EBBR-WSSS, 22APR2010, 11.9hrs, 5813nm
WSSS-YSSY, 23MAY2010, 7.8hrs, 3533nm
YSSY-KSFO, 19JUN2010, 14.1hrs, 6647nm

Totals - 47.3hrs, 22288nm

Whew. Ready to go back to 737 flying out of KSFO.
___
Neil

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:11 pm
by Dave Blake
orac wrote:Well, I've gone and done it a second time now. I only managed one flight per month, so it was like taking a slow boat to China, but I got 'er done.

KSFO-KTPA, 14FEB2010, 4.7hrs, 2157nm
KTPA-EBBR, 01MAR2010, 8.8hrs, 4138nm
EBBR-WSSS, 22APR2010, 11.9hrs, 5813nm
WSSS-YSSY, 23MAY2010, 7.8hrs, 3533nm
YSSY-KSFO, 19JUN2010, 14.1hrs, 6647nm

Totals - 47.3hrs, 22288nm

Whew. Ready to go back to 737 flying out of KSFO.
___
Neil
Well done Neil !

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:59 am
by peterom
Some of the flights listed here are not available anymore. Any suggestions? I'll try to work on a new group of flights to go around the world

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:11 am
by peterom
I think I found a possibility. They are:

Leg From To Aircraft
20 KATL EBBR B747
5779 EBBR LSZH E190
5160 LSZH RJAA B777
41 RJAA KSFO B747
215 KSFO KATL B767

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:46 pm
by David Vega
Very good Peter.

Dave Vega
SAX702

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:06 am
by peterom
Well, I did it. Here are my stats for the Around the World Flight. All can be found in the POC.

KATL-EBBR, 01Nov2010, 8.4 hr., 3887 nm
EBBR-LSZH, 02Nov2010, 1.1 hr., 301 nm
LSZH-RJAA, 03Nov2010, 11.2 hr., 5182 nm
RJAA-KSFO, 04Nov2010, 9.7 hr., 4496 nm
KSFO-KALT, 05Nov2010, 4.5 hr., 1893 nm

Total Block Time: 34.9 hr.
Total Distance: 15759 nm

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:29 am
by Dave Blake
peterom wrote:Well, I did it. Here are my stats for the Around the World Flight. All can be found in the POC.

KATL-EBBR, 01Nov2010, 8.4 hr., 3887 nm
EBBR-LSZH, 02Nov2010, 1.1 hr., 301 nm
LSZH-RJAA, 03Nov2010, 11.2 hr., 5182 nm
RJAA-KSFO, 04Nov2010, 9.7 hr., 4496 nm
KSFO-KALT, 05Nov2010, 4.5 hr., 1893 nm

Total Block Time: 34.9 hr.
Total Distance: 15759 nm
Welcome to the club Peter!

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:54 am
by peterom
I tried "Around the World" using the following west route. The following flights can be found on the POC.

KSFO-RJAA, 12Nov2010, 9.7 hr., 4476 nm
RJAA-LSZH, 13Nov2010, 11.3 hr., 5188 nm
LSZH-KSFO, 14Nov2010, 11.7 hr., 5214 nm

Total Block Time: 32.7 hr.
Total Distance: 14878

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:51 am
by Dave Blake
peterom wrote:I tried "Around the World" using the following west route. The following flights can be found on the POC.

KSFO-RJAA, 12Nov2010, 9.7 hr., 4476 nm
RJAA-LSZH, 13Nov2010, 11.3 hr., 5188 nm
LSZH-KSFO, 14Nov2010, 11.7 hr., 5214 nm

Total Block Time: 32.7 hr.
Total Distance: 14878
Well done! Too bad we don't have North-South routes. :wink:

Re: Around the World Flight

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:08 pm
by Rich
Finished my westerly trek around the world:

ROUTE--------DEP----------DEST--------BLOCK--------DISTANCE
40------------KSFO ----------RJAA-------10:4----------4508
5161----------RJAA----------LSZH-------12:3----------5472
5014----------LSZH----------KJFK--------8:9-----------3741
420-----------KJFK-----------KSFO-------6:5-----------2360

My total block time was 38.1 covering 16,081 NM. On time for all flights! Thanks for the fantastic routes. :D

Rich
SAX002
KTPA