Mick's ridin' the clutch again!

[Moses03]

That C-46 is a tough bird. Just rub a little dirt and spit on the crashed parts and she is good as new.

[mickj300]

Departing SPNP for SLLP

Take off weight 43938
Fuel 1434
Payload 12000 = 340 crew

[mickj300]

Arrived SLLP

Fuel used 679
Flight time 00:44:15
Maintenance points 0

Problem with Duenna, see attached screenshots. Fuel taken from FS fuel & payload page on landing, flight time from Duenna main screen. Also FS Flight analysis screen uploaded.


But when I closed the Duenna error page, the correct ones came up!

Edit - looks like the Duenna tracking site went down.

[mickj300]

Departing SLLP for SLCB

Take off weight 43769
Fuel 1265
Payload 12000 + 340 crew

[mickj300]

Arrived SLCB

Fuel used 633
Flight time 00:44:37
Maintenance points 1. But as the autopilot doesn't have a target altitude setting perhaps Miss Nellie night forgive me for a teency weency encounter with the hard ceiling just this once - it was only 19 feet after all.

[mickj300]

Departing SLCB for SLSU

Take off weight 43769
Fuel 1265
Payload 12000 + 340 crew

[mickj300]

Arrived SLSU

Fuel used 845
Flight time 0:55:18
Maintenance points 0

[salt_air]

Keep on keepin' on mate ... you'll get it!

Chile's not too far away .... then a glorious ride into Argentina.




Lookin' good Mick!

[mickj300]

Departing SLSU for SLPO

Take off weight 43847
Fuel 844
Payload 12500 + 340 crew

[mickj300]

Arrived SLPO

Fuel used 339
Flight time 0:19:09
Maintenance points 0

Aborted first attempt due computer problem with USB controller

[mickj300]

Departing SLPO for SCKP

Take off weight 43859
Fuel 1856
Payload 11500 + 340 crew

[mickj300]

Arrived SCKP

Fuel used 1135
Flight time 1:13:15
Maintenance points 0

[jt_dub]

Nice one Mick:salute:. I watched your progress on the tracker. Looks like you might have had a missed approach or did you not spot the field until you were over it?

[mickj300]

There's no navaids on the field so I set a waypoint on 2 VORs from which I hoped I could turn to track direct towards the field. But I was about 5 miles off and saw it to my right so I tried a base leg join but was too close/high/fast so I just did another circuit to get a controlled approach.

Then downstairs to watch Ice Pilots on TV and see how to fly the C46 properly!

[mickj300]

Departing SCKP for SCDA

Take off weight 43708
Fuel 705
Payload 12500 + 340 crew

[mickj300]

Arrived SCDA

Fuel used 484
Flight time 0:42:04
Maintenance points 0

[mickj300]

Departing SCDA for SCCF

Take off weight 43859
Fuel 1856
Payload 11500 + 340 crew

[mickj300]

Arrived SCCF

Fuel used 860
Flight time 0:55:20
maintenance points 0

[mickj300]

Departing SCCF for SASA

Take off weight 43986
Fuel 1982
Payload 11500 + 340 crew

[salt_air]

Open tab at the Pilot's Lounge ... waitin' for ya!!


Congrats mate!


Nicely done!

[mickj300]

Arrived SASA

Fuel used 1214
Flight time 1:23:26
Maintenance points 0

[mickj300]

So that's me done! brilliant event, great scenery and what better way to navigate than good old fashioned NDB/VOR.

Before I started this I had no idea what the Andes really looked like, high mountains, vast high level plains and some quite large towns up there. Thanks for introducing me to this.

So the trip totals - 316,000lbs of cargo carried - from strange smelling herbal things(!) to smaller heavier boxes (labelled Firearms Government Property) and some old paintings the loading of which were carefully supervised by some rather strange elderly gentlemen with German accents! Who cares, I carried them all.

Fuel used 20,494 lbs, 3,415US Gallons, 2846 Imperial Gallons, 12,922 litres, £25,000 at current British avgas prices

Airborne time 22 hrs 25 mins, 43 seconds

Maintenance points 4, took my attention away from flying and had a rather hard encounter with the scenery - my own stupid fault.

And my final thanks to Ice Pilots and Buffalo Airways for inspiring me to try the venerable old C-46 - what a fantastic machine! Seen here in the late winter afternoon at the final destination, Salta, Argentina.

[robert41]

Congrats Mick. My first time in these hills as well. Good choice that C46.

[teson1]

Well done, Mick!
The opportunity to explore faraway places is not the least of the points that makes these avents so attractive indeed.

[Bry Rosier]

Congratulations Mick . Thats a tough bird to get out of some of the high airports Excellent