Charan Kumar Posted December 7, 2009 at 11:58 PM Posted December 7, 2009 at 11:58 PM Can we make a request with you to capture video of the same, please pretty please? It must be quiet an interesting sight!! So, would flying with a HDG HOLD mode cause your plane to turn in circles? When is your next Flight||VATSIM HitSquad Member, ZOA/ZAK/GANDER/P1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hopkinson Posted December 8, 2009 at 12:27 AM Author Posted December 8, 2009 at 12:27 AM Probably would do, yes Trent Hopkinson YMML. www.youtube.com/musicalaviator WorldFlight 2002,2008,2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romano Lara Posted December 8, 2009 at 12:32 AM Posted December 8, 2009 at 12:32 AM Trent I will be doing my flight planning. I decided to fly with my 777 instead. See you in JFK! I will be online in a short while. Romano LaravACC Philippines, Manager - Training & Standards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hopkinson Posted December 8, 2009 at 12:26 PM Author Posted December 8, 2009 at 12:26 PM AAL955 arrives in Buenos Aries SAEZ thismorning after flying overnight (local time) http://www.vataware.com/flight.cfm?id=4668031 Some nice ATC from New York Tower and Departures (Kennedy) Interesting arrival into SAEZ due to aircraft on the runway on our first approach neccitating a go around. Unicom of limited use when everyone's speaking Spanish but no big disasters. Also came in fairly close behind an arrival inbound. Trent Hopkinson YMML. www.youtube.com/musicalaviator WorldFlight 2002,2008,2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hopkinson Posted December 10, 2009 at 03:55 AM Author Posted December 10, 2009 at 03:55 AM next Leg 10/12/09 07:00z SAEZ GBE UA570 DIL UT103 MBI SAWB http://i.imagehost.org/0601/Antarctic1.jpg Aircraft of Choice: CT-43 Brazil Air Force Trent Hopkinson YMML. www.youtube.com/musicalaviator WorldFlight 2002,2008,2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Turner 1018734 Posted December 10, 2009 at 09:48 PM Posted December 10, 2009 at 09:48 PM Doing a flight this weekend? I am moving tomorrow but would like to join in on one of the legs. Jody Turner - I1 Toronto FIR - Facility Engineer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hopkinson Posted December 10, 2009 at 11:03 PM Author Posted December 10, 2009 at 11:03 PM I'm planning on doing the actual South Pole leg this week sometime. Still have tonnes of planning to do :S and to be honest I still havn't even figured out which aircraft I should do it in. Technically I should e C130, but I'v never flown one nor have any good addons for it (and I'm very iffy about buying from CaptainSim). I also need a very good FMC or a working INS system to fly anything over Antarctica, cos Comp[Mod - Happy Thoughts] nav and VOR's just won't work. Trent Hopkinson YMML. www.youtube.com/musicalaviator WorldFlight 2002,2008,2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hopkinson Posted December 12, 2009 at 08:45 PM Author Posted December 12, 2009 at 08:45 PM (edited) SAWB 70S057W 75S057W 80S054W 85S050W 89S010E 85S101E 80S108E 75S109E 70S110E S6650.0E11055.0 YWKS 0700z Monday 14th December At this stage I'm tossing up A320 (pretending to be Skytraders A319 - Airsimmer basic) or, more likley, a 747-400. Would like to do it on a military type (C17) but without a good FMC or INS that is reliable at 89S010E... that's not gonna happen ... VasFMC and C130... may work... but... :S Range is on the order of 3000nm. Time on the order of 6.5 hours. give or take 0.5 hours :p (if flying a Jet at between 450kt and 480kt) See Wilkins Approach chart here: http://www.airservices.gov.au/publications/current/dap/WKSGN01-115.pdf Edited December 12, 2009 at 09:11 PM by Guest Trent Hopkinson YMML. www.youtube.com/musicalaviator WorldFlight 2002,2008,2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charan Kumar Posted December 12, 2009 at 09:04 PM Posted December 12, 2009 at 09:04 PM If u get one of the freeware military acft and include the CIVA-INS, won't that cut it? When is your next Flight||VATSIM HitSquad Member, ZOA/ZAK/GANDER/P1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hopkinson Posted December 12, 2009 at 09:12 PM Author Posted December 12, 2009 at 09:12 PM Might well. I havn't installed CIVA-INS in FSX yet. only in Tinmouse. I'll have a look at it this arvo tho. maybe take a few test flights. Trent Hopkinson YMML. www.youtube.com/musicalaviator WorldFlight 2002,2008,2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjun Murthy 1051343 Posted December 13, 2009 at 07:02 PM Posted December 13, 2009 at 07:02 PM Hi All, Due to Trent's late night flying, i'm going to join him tomorrow on his YWKS - YMHB. That means i'll be joining him at YWKS so if anyone is looking for a shorter hop, i'll be doing a YMHB - YWKS Monday morning starting around 0600Z - 0630Z. Then we join him back to YMHB on the Tuesday. If anyone wants to join me to join trent, feel free to come on in. Enjoy Arjun p.s. Search for a VH-NOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hopkinson Posted December 13, 2009 at 08:13 PM Author Posted December 13, 2009 at 08:13 PM I'v decided to go the slightly unrealistic, but more convenient route of flying the PMDG 747-400F Not quite a C17 transport... Also be sure to download scenery for Wilkins. It's not there in default scenery. Arjun made one which I'm using. There may be others in flightsim.com or avsim.com including one I noted for FS9 (Arjun's is for FSX) Trent Hopkinson YMML. www.youtube.com/musicalaviator WorldFlight 2002,2008,2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hopkinson Posted December 14, 2009 at 01:35 PM Author Posted December 14, 2009 at 01:35 PM Part 4 and 5 Entry to, and Crossing Antarctica. First thing was to get out of the Americas and down to the continent of Antarctica. For this I chose to fly an oldie 737-200 (Brazillian Air Force). as callsign: BRS96 Short and uneventful flight departing before sunrise, and landing 4 hours later in local morning at Base Maribiro. At which point we did the crazy, and took off with a 747-400 Freighter. Polar Air Cargo doesn't actually fly to the South Pole, but the name is cool Callsign was PAC90S, or "Polar 90 Sierra" - or in another way: Polar 90 South, as in Latitude Requiring full power no derates packs off departure, The runway looked awfully short at V1 and the pilot pulled up a tad before VR, screaming like a girl. Blasted off into a 20 degree or-so pitchup climb and we're not entirely sure the wheels were fully airborne before the end of the runway, but there were no big bangs or explosions so we continued on. P[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ing very close to the South Pole, we turned northbound, with large clouds at, and above our level at FL350! Down to the Wilkins Blue Ice Runway on the RNAV GNSS approach and their Portible PAPI came visual p[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ing about 2500ft radar altitude (4500ft). Dropped the gear and came into land, and managed to not slide off the runway through use of Autobrake 1 and a lot of liberal use of Thrust reversers. Soon the ground crew went about unloading their cargo from the largest aircraft to ever visit Wilkins :p And because I know Arjun would be interested in this proof. Here is the last 2 knots of decelleration of the landing roll at Wilkins, and that there is the end of the runway, which I managed to stay on ... and yes... the runway is misaligned in Navigraph AIRAC by, perhaps unsurprizingly, exactly the Magnetic Variation of 101.4 degrees :p Trent Hopkinson YMML. www.youtube.com/musicalaviator WorldFlight 2002,2008,2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hopkinson Posted December 14, 2009 at 02:11 PM Author Posted December 14, 2009 at 02:11 PM Trent, what happens at the north pole? Just wondering because it would seem you would be going in a straight line, but transition from a 360 heading to a 180 heading. Took this video on my South Pole crossing today (note: Green circle SPOLE is the (Geographic, not magnetic) South Pole) ND is in Rose/Nav mode showing True heading not Magnetic. End of video shows switching between True and Magnetic heading and back. Trent Hopkinson YMML. www.youtube.com/musicalaviator WorldFlight 2002,2008,2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charan Kumar Posted December 14, 2009 at 02:57 PM Posted December 14, 2009 at 02:57 PM That was pretty cool. Tks for the vid Trent!! When is your next Flight||VATSIM HitSquad Member, ZOA/ZAK/GANDER/P1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hopkinson Posted December 18, 2009 at 08:53 PM Author Posted December 18, 2009 at 08:53 PM With Melbourne's "Chaos Operations" flyin today, I thought this would be the best time to complete the last leg http://vatpac.org/panic/chaos/index.php Hobart to Melbourne, approximatley 0600z YMHB - YMML HB W295 LT H215 WAREN W687 ML a nice short 1 hour hop. Trent Hopkinson YMML. www.youtube.com/musicalaviator WorldFlight 2002,2008,2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Turner 1018734 Posted December 19, 2009 at 03:19 AM Posted December 19, 2009 at 03:19 AM Too bad, 0600z is about the time where I start to be unable to construct complete sentences. Have a nice flight. Jody Turner - I1 Toronto FIR - Facility Engineer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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