Around the World Flight

[David Vega]

Congratulations Rich. That's a lot of flying.

Dave
sax702

[Rich]

Thank you Dave. After our landing at KSFO, the flight crew and attendants broke out the little champagne bottles for a toast. Oh, and this took place at the Intercontinental San Francisco, not anywhere near the gate.

[Dave Blake]

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.

Rich
SAX002
KTPA

Welcome to the Around the World Club Rich!

[Rich]

Thank you Dave. Being part of the "Around the World Club" was one of my goals with SunAir. One more has also been completed!!
Keep 'em flyin'!!

Rich
SAX002
KTPA

[David Vega]

Made around the world again, but this time in only three flights.

5016 LSZH-KJFK B777
214 KJFK-RJAA B747
5161 RJAA-LSZH B777

35.3 total hours.

Dave
sax702

[Dave Blake]

Made around the world again, but this time in only three flights.

5016 LSZH-KJFK B777
214 KJFK-RJAA B747
5161 RJAA-LSZH B777

35.3 total hours.

Dave
sax702

Well done Dave! And first pilot this year to do the world trip.

[Marty_Becker]

Nice, Dave! Only three flights and the harder way of westbound. Is it possible to make it in two, based on the current flight schedule?

[David Vega]

Thank you Dave and Marty. I think three is the minimum number of flights with the current schedule to make the round-the-world trip.

Dave
sax702

[Dave Blake]

I'm please to report that Xavier Hutin, SAX789, is now a member of the Around The World Club. Congratulations Xavier!

FLT - DEP - ARR - TYPE - BLK - NM
7348 - RKSI - ZSPD - B747 - 1.9 - 603
7352 - ZSPD - PANC - B747 - 7.8 - 3971
7313B - PANC - KLAX - B747 - 4.5 - 2073
7353 - KLAX - KGRK - B747 - 2.5 - 1090
7354 - KGRK - EDFH - B747 - 9.3 - 4692
7355 - EDFH - OKBK - B747 - 5.5 - 2640
7356 - OKBK - RKSI - B747 - 7.8 - 4015

Total HR: 39.3
Total NM: 19,084
AVG Speed: 485.6 MPH

[airifr]

Thank you Dave! That is a privilege to join the SAX Around The World Club

Thought of it for a while now, with my recent rotation (thank to Vega), it happened!

[orac]

Not for SAX credit, of course, but I went around the world again last month to learn the intricacies of the FBW A32NX in MSFS. I tried to limit myself to only the highly detailed (so-called bespoke) airports. Here's my routing.

KLAX (Los Angeles, CA) origin
PHKO (Kona, Hawaii) block time 6:10, 2284nm
PMDY (Midway Island) 4:02 1341
PWAK (Wake Island) 2:58 1038
PTPN (Pohnpei Island) 2:39 931
YLRE (Longreach, Australia) 5:03 2008
YSSY (Sydney, Australia) 2:09 777
YPBO (Paraburdoo, Australia) 5:16 1888
WAHQ (Adisumarmo, Indonesia) 2:41 1034
WMKP (Penang, Malaysia) 2:35 1004
VQPR (Paro, Bhutan) 3:43 1479
OMDB (Dubai, UAE) 6:31 1941
OTBD (Doha, Qatar) 0:59 218
OKKK (Kuwait) 1:18 318
HECA (Cairo, Egypt) 2:50 884
LICJ (Palermo, Italy) 3:10 1035
LFMN (Nice, France) 1:44 447
LFPG (Paris, France) 1:34 452
EGLL (London, England) 0:59 194
EGGP (Liverpool, England) 0:53 148
KJFK (New York, NY) 7:38 2926
KATL (Atlanta, GA) 2:24 686
KDFW (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX) 2:21 717
KDEN (Denver, CO) 1:52 584
KLAX (Los Angeles, CA) 2:28 859

Total trip - 24 legs in 73:57 block time over 25193 nm.

It was a fun trip, good experience in the airplane, and a good way to see the "back side" of the world. Approach to Paro, Bhutan, was fun.
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Neil - SAX714