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arrvoo
June 13th, 2009, 08:38
Flying the Aer Lingus Beoing B377 Stratocruiser from Dublin to Schiphol for the start of the event

arrvoo
June 13th, 2009, 10:32
Nice flight to Schipol with great winds all the way
(Had a hardware failure on approah, Track IR went haywire on me, meaning i missed my FAP and had to do an about face turn)

arrvoo
June 14th, 2009, 03:30
After a few hours for some maintenance we're finally ready for the first leg.

Flying the Boeing B377 Stratocruiser from EHAM to EGLL

This is the first scheduled night flight

TOW=123092
Payload=35840

ADI&Oil-1704

arrvoo
June 14th, 2009, 04:54
Down safely at Heathrow

Landing weight=118442ilbs
ADI & Oil Weight=1438lbs
ADI & Oil Used=266lbs

Fuel Used = 4306.8
Flight Time=00:57:13

PRB
June 14th, 2009, 05:07
arrvoo. Can you please post the text file that is generated by duenna along with the image? Thanks!

Looking good!

arrvoo
June 14th, 2009, 06:04
arrvoo. Can you please post the text file that is generated by duenna along with the image? Thanks!

Looking good!

Thanks for that. Done

arrvoo
June 14th, 2009, 06:11
Second night flight to Paris.
Flying Boeing 377 from EGLL to LFPB
TOW=123477
Payload=35840
ADI & Oil=1704

arrvoo
June 14th, 2009, 07:08
Great flight to Paris. There was a thunderstorm in the vicinity but fortunately well away from the airport.

Landing weight=119529
Adi & Oil Weight=1520
ADI & Oil used=184

Fuel used = 3694.7
Flight Time=00:51:12

arrvoo
June 14th, 2009, 10:47
Flying the Boeing B377 from LFPB to LIML

TOW=124705
Payload=35840

ADI&Oil-1704

arrvoo
June 14th, 2009, 12:20
Landed in darkness at LIML so didn't get to see the Alps. Nice flight all the same

Landing weight=118161.7
Adi & Oil Weight=1425
ADI & Oil used=279

Fuel used = 6188.4
Flight Time=01:23:25

salt_air
June 15th, 2009, 08:48
Lookin' good arrvoo!

The B377's are awesome aircraft.

arrvoo
June 18th, 2009, 07:33
As the Irish like to do things a little differently, i've been instructed to use my wildcard and fly directly to Lisbon

Boeing 377 from LIML to LPPT

TOW=136651lbs
Payload=35840lbs

ADI & Oil=1707lbs

arrvoo
June 18th, 2009, 11:02
Landed at LPPT. Almost the perfect flight. Light headwinds almost straight off the nose the whole way, i hit every NDB spot on (even after some not coming active) and i got the descent exactly right followed by a kiss of a touchdown.
A highly enjoyable 3 hours

Landing weight=119753.6 lbs
Adi & Oil Weight=1129
ADI & Oil used=578

Fuel used = 16320.2
Flight Time=03:15:46

arrvoo
June 19th, 2009, 09:32
Off to Casablanca.
Flying the Boeing B377 LPPT-GMMC

TOW=1249021lbs
Payload=35840lbs

ADI & Oil=1707lbs

arrvoo
June 19th, 2009, 11:05
Landed safely at GMMC. Descended way too early as i didn't trust my calculations, which turned out to be correct. The runway NDB was out too and i ended up a little of course. But down and safe which is all that matters.

Landing weight=118133.5 lbs lbs
Adi & Oil Weight=1328
ADI & Oil used=379

Fuel used = 6346
Flight Time=01:23:03

arrvoo
June 21st, 2009, 08:48
First African leg. GMMC to GQPA

TOW=136790lbs
Payload=35840lbs

ADI & Oil=1707lbs

arrvoo
June 21st, 2009, 11:58
Landed at Atar in Mauritania. Worrying lack of navigational aids on the way but the planning was reasonably good.

Landing weight=121499.1 lbs
Adi & Oil Weight=986
ADI & Oil used=721

Fuel used = 14530.9
Flight Time=03:01:42

arrvoo
June 21st, 2009, 13:01
Total Flight Time = 10hrs 52mins

NM Flown = 2801.2nm
Fuel used = 51387lbs

Start Airport EHAM
Req`d Commercial EGLL LFPB LIML LPPT 4 Completed
Add Commercial GMMC 1 Completed
African Allowed GQPA

arrvoo
June 22nd, 2009, 09:33
And so down to dakar for the Atlantic jump off point.
GQPA-GOOY Boeing B377
3rd Night Leg

TOW=126640lbs
Payload=35840lbs

ADI & Oil=1707lbs

arrvoo
June 22nd, 2009, 11:16
I didn't realise how dark it was in Africa. Thought i may have made a mistake flying at night with no visibility and so few NDB's. But everything went great and down safely in Dakar.

Landing weight=118838.5 lbs
Adi & Oil Weight=1257
ADI & Oil used=450

Fuel used = 7317
Flight Time=01:34:35

All 3 night flights completed

arrvoo
June 26th, 2009, 08:24
A couple of days rest and we're ready for the transatlantic crossing
GOOY-SBRF

TOW=146847lbs
Payload=35840lbs

ADI & Oil=1707lbs

arrvoo
June 26th, 2009, 08:44
My PC crashed about 2 minutes into the flight. I think i know the problem so am restarting.
Hope it doesn't do it when i'm 5 hours into the flight :)

MM
June 26th, 2009, 09:14
Yikes! Good luck.

arrvoo
June 26th, 2009, 14:33
Very nice flight across the Atlantic. Picked up the NDB on the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago about as good as could be hoped for. Winds very ok the whole way and descent was pretty good to. I'll be glad to get back to some shorter hops soon though.

Landing weight=118099.6 lbs
Adi & Oil Weight=760
ADI & Oil used=947

Fuel used = 27792.1
Flight Time=05:36:14

arrvoo
June 27th, 2009, 02:35
First South American flight
SBRF to SBSV

TOW=126480lbs
Payload=35840lbs

ADI & Oil=1707lbs

arrvoo
June 27th, 2009, 04:03
Nice easy flight down the coastline. Landed safely at SBSV

Landing weight=119772.8 lbs
Adi & Oil Weight=1335
ADI & Oil used=372
Fuel used = 6294.1
Flight Time=01:22:53

arrvoo
July 2nd, 2009, 12:29
On to Rio
SBSV to SBRJ

TOW=132569lbs
Payload=35840lbs

ADI & Oil=1707lbs

arrvoo
July 2nd, 2009, 14:59
Nice routine flight

Landing weight=120173.7 lbs
Adi & Oil Weight=1024
ADI & Oil used=683
Fuel used = 11645.7
Flight Time=02:22:44

arrvoo
July 3rd, 2009, 09:52
A short hop over to Sao Paulo
SBRJ-SBSP

TOW=124359lbs
Payload=35840lbs

ADI & Oil=1707lbs

arrvoo
July 3rd, 2009, 10:53
Not great visibility and a bumpy landing but alls well
Landing weight=120079.5 lbs
Adi & Oil Weight=1498
ADI & Oil used=209
Fuel used = 4036.8
Flight Time=00:55:41

arrvoo
July 4th, 2009, 01:54
After a good nights sleep it's time to move further south.
SBSP-SBPA

TOW=128100lbs
Payload=35840lbs

ADI & Oil=1707lb

arrvoo
July 4th, 2009, 04:17
Fighting a reasonable head/cross wind most of the way but no real problem. I even got a compliment from my co-pilot on the landing.

Landing weight= 119025.8 lbs
Adi & Oil Weight= 1217
ADI & Oil used= 490
Fuel used = 8557.4
Flight Time= 01:50:07

arrvoo
July 4th, 2009, 07:48
Penultimate leg down to Montevideo
SBPA-SUMU

TOW=128257lbs
Payload=35840lbs

ADI & Oil=1707lb

arrvoo
July 4th, 2009, 09:35
Great flight until right on landing when No2 engine caught fire. Fortunately we were able to do a calm evacuation and put the fire out quickly before any damage was done. Gonaa need a big overhaul before the short hop to the final destination. Fingers crossed that we're going to find any spare parts we need.

Landing weight= 120303.8 lbs
Adi & Oil Weight= 1284
ADI & Oil used= 423
Fuel used = 7495.6
Flight Time= 01:37:39

MM
July 4th, 2009, 09:56
Wow!

Always looking for a way to make a long aircraft flight just a wee bit more interesting?

arrvoo
July 4th, 2009, 10:17
And so for the final leg. All engines have been overhauled and triple checked after the fire incident. A faulty fuel pipe was the cause, so all engines have had them replaced, just to be sure.

SUMU-SAEZ

TOW=124445lbs
Payload=35840lbs

ADI & Oil=1707lbs

arrvoo
July 4th, 2009, 11:03
And completed.Time to see if any body is still kicking about Buenos Aires as i seriously need a beer.

Landing weight= 121643.3 lbs
Adi & Oil Weight= 1543 lbs
ADI & Oil used= 164 lbs
Fuel used = 2576.1
Flight Time= 00:36:05

Commercial Centers: 11
(EGLL, LFPB, LIML, LPPT, GMMC, GOOY, SBRF, SBRJ, SBSP, SBPA,SUMU)
Night Flights: 3
(EGLL, LFPB, GOOY)

Bry Rosier
July 4th, 2009, 11:40
Well Done Bro :ernae:

MM
July 4th, 2009, 18:34
Congratulations, Harvey. Join in on the celebrations!

salt_air
July 5th, 2009, 03:00
Great job arrvoo!

Congratulations on completing the journey, now to celebrate.

Don't forget to ask for the beer EAL set up for you in the lounge.

:ernae: