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Great Ozzie
June 18th, 2009, 10:12
Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Brisbane (YBBN) :australia: for
Tontouta (NWWW) :france:

TOW: 131.340
Payload: 35840
Night Flight

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Great Ozzie
June 18th, 2009, 13:45
Landed Safely at NWWW! :france:

Landing Weight: 119.176 lbs
Fuel Used: 11.679 lbs
Flight Time: 02:29:59
Night Flight Total: 1
Penalties: 0
(Total Fuel 12.109 - ADI & Oil 430)

Wow what a trip! Landing at night in the rain dampened nary a soul’s excitement! And what seemed like every 15 minutes, I had to explain to Capt. Farrell's little boy (as he would burst onto the Flight Deck) "No, we won't see Capt. Jamie Waring (Tyrone Power) and Lady Margaret (Maureen O'Hara) because they live on Tortuga... not Tontouta where we are going." Hahaha Boss... very funny to tell your son we are going to Tortuga to see the pirates. It's a miracle we didn't end up there. :-P

PRB
June 18th, 2009, 18:01
Another Pacific Traveler! Our navigational skills will be tested, unlike those chaps over in North America and Europe, where they have NDB stations every 5 miles or so. Did you see any of those yellow life rafts sprinkled across the sea about half way over? Those would have been from my ill-fated Lockheed the first time around...

Great Ozzie
June 18th, 2009, 18:18
Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Tontouta (NWWW) :france: for
Nausori Intl. (NFNA) :fiji:

TOW: 131.500
Payload: 35840
Night Flight

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Great Ozzie
June 18th, 2009, 21:13
Did you see any of those yellow life rafts sprinkled across the sea about half way over? Those would have been from my ill-fated Lockheed the first time around...

Sry Paul no I didn't :monkies:

Our Flight Crew has been so busy, most of the time looking outside is a luxury. Glad tho you found a replacement craft and you're keepin' on keepin' on. :applause:

Great Ozzie
June 18th, 2009, 21:22
Safely landed at NFNA! :fiji:

:jump: :mixedsmi: :applause: :ernae: <- "the flight crew"

Landing Weight: 120.002 lbs
Fuel Used: 10,948lbs
Flight Time: 02:21:28
Night Flight Total: 2
Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 11.420 - ADI & Oil 472)

Two Photos... having landed before sunrise, once again in the rain (who cares! it's Fiji ! :d )

and the 2nd just after sunrise: this is what happens when you and the crew all hold A&P's... everyone goes to the beach while you stay back to do maintenance checks (but who cares! it's Fiji ! :d ).

Edit : Dang, Sorry All about the first pic.... Cameraman obviously forgot to heed the "Too Dark, Use Flash" warning from the camera...

Great Ozzie
June 20th, 2009, 12:21
Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Nausori Intl. (NFNA) :fiji: for
Pago Pago Intl. (NSTU) :samoa:

TOW: 129.520
Payload: 35840
Night Flight

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Great Ozzie
June 20th, 2009, 14:46
Safely landed at Pago Pago Intl. (NSTU) :samoa:

Landing Weight: 118.929 lbs
Fuel Used: 10,098lbs
Flight Time: 02:08:27
Night Flight Total: 3

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 10.518 - ADI & Oil 420)

Great Ozzie
June 20th, 2009, 19:17
Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Pago Pago Intl. (NSTU) :samoa: for
Rarotonga Intl. (NCRG) :newzealand:

TOW: 131.500
Payload: 35840

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Great Ozzie
June 20th, 2009, 22:04
Safely landed at NCRG :newzealand: :wiggle:

Landing Weight: 119.379 lbs
Fuel Used: 11.533 lbs
Flight Time: 02:23:46

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 12.025 - ADI & Oil 492)

Great Ozzie
June 21st, 2009, 18:27
Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Rarotonga Intl. (NCRG) :newzealand: For
Faaa (NTAA) :france:

TOW: 129.900
Payload: 35840

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Great Ozzie
June 21st, 2009, 20:55
Safely landed at NTAA :france: :wavey:

Landing Weight: 119.329 lbs
Fuel Used: 10.047 lbs
Flight Time: 02:33:24

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 10.472 - ADI & Oil 425)

Required Commercial Centers:
Noumea Tontouta (NWWW) | Suva Nausori (NFNA) | Pago Pago (NSTU)
Tahiti Faaa (NTAA)

Additional Commercial Centers:
Rarotonga (NCRG)

Nite Flights: YBBN-NWWW | NWWW - NFNA | NFNA - NSTU

Great Ozzie
June 22nd, 2009, 17:02
Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Faaa (NTAA) :france: For
Hao (NTTO) :france:

TOW: 128.300
Payload: 35840

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Great Ozzie
June 22nd, 2009, 19:05
Safely landed at NTTO :france: :running:

Landing Weight: 120,033 lbs
Fuel Used: 7,816 lbs
Flight Time: 01:45:42

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 8,160 - ADI & Oil 344)

Pax clapped and Co-pilot complimented the landing but I used much more Rwy than intended being a good 10kts fast on final :redf:

Great Ozzie
June 23rd, 2009, 12:09
Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Faaa (NTTO) :france: For
Totegegie (NTGJ) :france:

TOW: 126.725
Payload: 35840

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Great Ozzie
June 23rd, 2009, 13:19
Computer Crash: Seems it was video driver related (I never have cared for this nVidia 185.85) Got a pic of taskmgr just before the whole screen went blank.

After a hard reboot, no Duenna FlightLog was to be found (just the SystemLog).

Very Disappointing... time to install the latest 186.18 and hope that works w/o issue.

jt_dub
June 23rd, 2009, 14:43
Too Bad about the computer crash. :frown:

I hope it didn't crash while you were on final. Man I hate that. Sometime I'll tell you about my OOM while carrying the baton into Rotterdam.



Jeff

Great Ozzie
June 23rd, 2009, 15:19
Hi Jeff,

Yeah... first one since one during RTWR and it's disconcerting. Happened during climb... roughly around 20,000'.

But I will say every time I am on final, that thought is in the back of my mind.

Rob

Great Ozzie
June 23rd, 2009, 15:41
Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Faaa (NTTO) :france: For
Totegegie (NTGJ) :france:

TOW: 126.758
Payload: 35840

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(2nd Attempt)

Great Ozzie
June 23rd, 2009, 17:30
Safely landed at NTGJ :france: :jump:

Landing Weight: 119,217 lbs
Fuel Used: 7,137 lbs
Flight Time: 01:34:43

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 7,486 - ADI & Oil 349)

(Phew! btw... )

Great Ozzie
June 24th, 2009, 11:34
Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Totegegie (NTGJ) :france: For
Mataveri Intl (SCIP) :chile:

TOW: 139.820
Payload: 35840

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Great Ozzie
June 24th, 2009, 16:03
Safely landed at Easter Island! :chile: :mixedsmi:

Landing Weight: 121,033 lbs
Fuel Used: 18,164 lbs
Flight Time: 04:10:58

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 18,715 - ADI & Oil 551)

What a Tailwind btw! Upwards of 85kts!

Great Ozzie
June 25th, 2009, 20:39
Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Mataveri Intl (SCIP) :chile: For
Los Cerrillos (SCTI) :chile:

TOW: 146.850
Payload: 35840

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Great Ozzie
June 26th, 2009, 02:53
Safely landed at Los Cerrillos (SCTI)! :chile: :jump:

Landing Weight: 120,375 lbs
Fuel Used: 25,737 lbs
Flight Time: 05:53:03

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 26,416 - ADI & Oil 679)

Absolutely Incredible! :applause:

Our Navigator, having performed impeccably until now, has earned the nickname “Dog Leg” after last night’s “near-fiasco.” Winds at FL250 were 100+ kts. Capt. Sydney’s timing to visit the flight deck was also “impeccable” as he walked in just seconds before the ADF needle swung to life… Good thing all the kids were in bed. We were all shook up, as it seems our “Nav-Man” was way off on the time to station also. “I don’t know what happened, and I don’t want to know…” I heard him say later. Fortunately we got our heads back into the game by the time we crossed over Isla Robinson Crusoe and landed without incident.

Highmike
June 26th, 2009, 15:39
Glad to see you made it across the Pacific Capt. That is one nice track you left behind you, and that Robinson Crusoe Island is not big by any means. Congratulations!

jt_dub
June 26th, 2009, 17:54
Well Done Rob!!! :ernae:

And you took the full payload too!!!

Great Ozzie
June 26th, 2009, 18:05
Thanks Sir Mike,

It would have been just peachy if I hadn't ended up 50nm south of my intended track. :icon_eek: I still haven't figured out "what went wrong" but it appears my correction at my first (psuedo) waypoint was incorrect... but that doesn't explain not hitting my station on time. :banghead: Looking forward to this change of pace and being spoiled by having 2 intermediary NDBs enroute. :-P

Btw, CG on your being first to blaze a path across the Pacific. Nicely done. :applause:


Thanks Jeff, :ernae:

It was the winds... I knew they'd give out from the 100kt predicted to about 40kts over Isla Robinson, but *when* was one thing that helped keep me awake. At one point I actually thought about dumping fuel :icon_eek: or atleast bumping up the Torque setting :p: (actually i use MAP :bump: )

Great Ozzie
June 27th, 2009, 02:05
Well... we almost departed for SAEZ last night to make the Embassy Dinner but decided it was better to cross the Andes in the daylight for the spectacular view. We were prepping for departure this morning, when we received a call from our man at Ezeiza. Seems the wx is near zero-zero due to fog; the only way he was able to land was using an experimental ILS. We are relegated (for various reasons) to using the NDB approach. So... we are going to have to stick it out here until the wx at SAEZ improves to the NDB Rwy 10 minimums (MDA of 460’ and 1600m / 1mi visibility).

Great Ozzie
June 27th, 2009, 10:50
Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Los Cerrillos - Santiago de Chile (SCTI) :chile: For
Ezeiza Intl (SAEZ) :argentina:

TOW: 131.600
Payload: 35,840

(Accusim ON)

Great Ozzie
June 27th, 2009, 13:41
Safely landed at Ezeiza Intl Ministro Pistanini (SAEZ) :argentina: :icon_eek:

Landing Weight: 121.294 lbs
Fuel Used: 9.864 lbs
Flight Time: 02:19:54

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 10.228 lbs - ADI & Oil 364 lbs )
(Totals to Follow)

:ernae: To Everyone & especially our Hosts & Race Committee!

Btw... as I was departing the aircraft, I saw a (gorgeous) woman... while looking at me... lean towards her friends and say something like, "Es muy hombre!" Anyone know what that means? :bump:

Great Ozzie
June 27th, 2009, 13:52
Required Australian Route Commercial Centers:

Noumea Tontouta (NWWW) | Suva Nausori (NFNA) | Pago Pago (NSTU)
Tahiti Faaa (NTAA) | Easter Island (SCIP)
Santiago de Chile Los Cerrillos (SCTI)

Additional Commercial Centers:
Rarotonga (NCRG) | Hao (NTTO)

Night Flights:
YBBN-NWWW | NWWW-NFNA | NFNA-NSTU

Routing: (Direct Distances, no wildcard)
YBBN - NWWW** (783nm)
NWWW - NFNA** (738nm)
NFNA - NSTU** (656nm)
NSTU - NCRG* (748nm)
NCRG - NTAA** (616nm)
NTAA - NTTO* (495nm)
NTTO - NTGJ (455nm)
NTGJ - SCIP** (1402nm)
SCIP - SCTI** (2029nm)
SCTI - SAEZ (609nm)

Oil Load (All Flights): 1215 lbs.
ADI Load (All Flights): 492 lbs.

Total Route Miles (Direct): 8,531NM
Total Flight Time: 27:11:24 (Edited)

Total Fuel Used (Assumed): 127.549 lbs
Total ADI & Oil Used: 4.542 lbs
Total Fuel Used (Actual): 123.008 lbs

Average Payload: 35.447
(Accusim ON, Turbos Auto)

MM
June 27th, 2009, 20:06
Congratulations, Rob, on a job very well done. Join us in the Bar ...