Reggie / Alitalia / Avro Lancastrian

**RFields** · June 17th, 2009, 13:05

TOW: 55,321
Payload: 13,124

Night Flight

**RFields** · June 17th, 2009, 14:32

Safe arrival at London though 30 kt headwinds made fuel usage dicey.

Flight Time - 1:20:50
Miles Flown - 200.9
Fuel Used - 2,756.9

LDG Weight - 52,553.2
MLW - 52,824
Fuel Remaining - 2,229.2
Payload Delivered - 13,124

Totals On This Trip:
Flight Time - 1:20:50
Miles Flown - 200.9
Fuel Used - 2,756.9

Required Commercial Centers - 1 - EGLL
Optional Commercial Centers - 0
Home Nation Airport - 0

MM · June 17th, 2009, 15:11

Beautiful aircraft, Reggie.

**jt_dub** · June 17th, 2009, 15:14

Reggie,

Good to see you getting underway. Very nice looking Arvo Lancastrian.

Here's a poster to honor Alitalia's entry.

**RFields** · June 18th, 2009, 04:58

Taking off EGLL-LFPB

TOW: 55,580
Payload: 13,124

**RFields** · June 18th, 2009, 06:02

Down safely at Le Bourget

Flight Time - 1:05:21
Miles Flown - 186.6
Fuel Used - 2,913.0

LDG Weight - 52,655.8
MLW - 52,824
Fuel Remaining - 2,330
Payload Delivered - 13,124

Totals On This Trip:
Flight Time - 2:26:11
Miles Flown - 387.6
Fuel Used - 5,669.9

Required Commercial Centers - 2 - EGLL, LFPB
Optional Commercial Centers - 0
Home Nation Airport - 0

**RFields** · June 18th, 2009, 06:10

Taking off LFPB-LSGG

TOW: 56,322
Payload: 13,124

**RFields** · June 18th, 2009, 07:48

Down safely at Contrin

Flight Time - 1:34:28
Miles Flown - 220.6
Fuel Used - 3,612.5

LDG Weight - 52,697.0
MLW - 52,824
Fuel Remaining - 2,371
Payload Delivered - 13,124

Totals On This Trip:
Flight Time - 4:00:39
Miles Flown - 608.2
Fuel Used - 9,282.4

Required Commercial Centers - 2 - EGLL, LFPB
Optional Commercial Centers - 1 - LSGG
Home Nation Airport - 0

**RFields** · June 18th, 2009, 08:00

Taking off LSGG-LFMN

TOW: 55,175
Payload: 13,124

**RFields** · June 18th, 2009, 09:08

Down safely at Nice/ Cote d'Azur
Flight Time - 1:02:15
Miles Flown - 162.2
Fuel Used - 2,339.3

LDG Weight - 52,822.0
MLW - 52,824
Fuel Remaining - 2,498
Payload Delivered - 13,124

Totals On This Trip:
Flight Time - 5:02:54
Miles Flown - 770.4
Fuel Used - 11,621.7

Required Commercial Centers - 2 - EGLL, LFPB
Optional Commercial Centers - 2 - LSGG, LFMN
Home Nation Airport - 0

**RFields** · June 18th, 2009, 09:55

Taking off LFMN-LIRA

TOW: 56,522
Payload: 13,124

Clock advanced to night - this will be the second night flight

MM · June 18th, 2009, 10:13

Wow, Reggie. Looks like your taking your passengers on the widely advertised "Alitalia Europe Merry-go-round" routing. :d

**RFields** · June 18th, 2009, 11:34

Compelting of a great day at our home base in Roma

Flight Time - 1:31:45
Miles Flown - 262.2
Fuel Used - 3,777.5

LDG Weight - 52,728.8
MLW - 52,824
Fuel Remaining - 2,404
Payload Delivered - 13,124

Totals On This Trip:
Flight Time - 6:34:39
Miles Flown - 1,032.6
Fuel Used - 15,399.2

Required Commercial Centers - 3 - EGLL, LFPB, LIRA
Optional Commercial Centers - 2 - LSGG, LFMN
Home Nation Airport - LIRA

**RFields** · June 18th, 2009, 11:54

After a restful night we are taking off for Lisbon

Taking off LIRA-LPPT (Wild Card)

TOW: 64,550
Payload: 13,124

Clock advanced to 0530 local 0430 UTC - daylight

**salt_air** · June 18th, 2009, 14:28

Lookin' good Reggie,,,,,uh, the plane I mean...

Pushing hard and nailing some nice stats while you're at it.

Welcome to the foray and Happy Flyin'

See ya in Buenos Aires Amigo!

:ernae:

**RFields** · June 18th, 2009, 16:51

Finished Wild Card to Lisbon

Flight Time - 4:48:26
Miles Flown - 1,007.9
Fuel Used - 11,873.6

LDG Weight - 52,662.5
MLW - 52,824
Fuel Remaining - 2,338
Payload Delivered - 13,124

Totals On This Trip:
Flight Time - 11:23:05
Miles Flown - 2,040.4
Fuel Used - 27,272.8

Required Commercial Centers - 4 - EGLL, LFPB, LIRA, LPPT
Optional Commercial Centers - 2 - LSGG, LFMN
Home Nation Airport - LIRA

***Willy*** · June 18th, 2009, 17:32

You're doing great Reggie! I never did get the hang of that one when it comes to fuel. I usually end up running out and having to make an emergency dead stick landing out in the middle of nowhere...

**RFields** · June 18th, 2009, 19:58

That's where flying the FSD Piaggio Avanti so much in the RTW comes in useful. You learn to fly that plane by Pounds Per Hour.

I actually took a little too much fuel on each of the legs between London and Rome and had to circle before landing to get down to MLW.

But the real pain is that the fuel tank labels in the Fuel and Payload screen does not match the labels in the flight engineer panel.

Since this aircraft will only use fuel from tank 1 or tank 2 on each side, remembering to move fuel between the center tanks to the tank 1 with the transfer switches is important. And to move fuel from tank 3 to tank 2. There is also a switch between using tank 1 and tank 2 on each side.

I think everyone has ended up with the engines shutting down due to no fuel in tank 1 or 2, and plenty of fuel in tank 3 or the center tanks.

**RFields** · June 19th, 2009, 11:08

Taking off LPPT-GMMC
TOW: 56,325
Payload: 13,124

Clock advanced to night 20:30 local time / UTC - this will be the third and final required night flight

**RFields** · June 19th, 2009, 13:02

Building crash on final 1261 feet from the runway - 276 ft - 73 ft AGL - photos show crash location

Flight Time - 1:41:51
Miles Flown - 320.9
Fuel Used - 4,130.2
Penalty - 2:00:00

Totals On This Trip:
Flight Time - 15:04:56
Miles Flown - 2,361.33
Fuel Used - 31,403.0

Required Commercial Centers - 4 - EGLL, LFPB, LIRA, LPPT
Optional Commercial Centers - 2 - LSGG, LFMN
Home Nation Airport - LIRA

**RFields** · June 21st, 2009, 06:01

After dings to the aircraft at Casablanca, our onboard mechanic Vincenzo determined that the damage could be repaired.

Airlines management made the decision to continue the race. A maintenance crew was flown to Lisbon in another Lancastrian, where we ferried I-AHBY. After some fantastic work, we are ready to resume the flight from Lisbon.

Taking off LPPT-GMMC
TOW: 56,322
Payload: 13,124

Clock advanced to night 20:30 local time / UTC - this will be the third and final required night flight

**RFields** · June 21st, 2009, 07:58

Lisbona to Casablanca completed.

Flight Time - 1:36:54
Miles Flown - 321.8
Fuel Used - 3,765.8

LDG Weight - 52,840.7
MLW - 52,824
Over MLW = 16.7 lbs - 0.0316% over
Penalty for over weight - 1 min
Fuel Remaining - 2,517
Payload Delivered - 13,124

Totals On This Trip:
Flight Time - 16:41:51
....(Incl penalties)
Penalties - 2:00:00 - Crash LPPT-GMMC / Overweight at GMMC - 0:00:01
Miles Flown - 2,362.2
Fuel Used - 35,168.8

Required Commercial Centers - 4 - EGLL, LFPB, LIRA, LPPT
Optional Commercial Centers - 3 - LSGG, LFMN, GMMC
Home Nation Airport - LIRA

**RFields** · June 21st, 2009, 08:09

After a restful night, we are aking off GMMC-GMAD

TOW: 55,125
Payload: 13,124

**RFields** · June 21st, 2009, 09:21

Down safely at GMAD

Flight Time - 1:06:51
Miles Flown - 214.1
Fuel Used - 2,524.2

LDG Weight - 52,589.5
MLW - 52,824
Fuel Remaining - 2,265
Payload Delivered - 13,124

Totals On This Trip:
Flight Time - 17:45:42
....(Incl penalties)
Penalties - 2:00:00 - Crash LPPT-GMMC / Overweight at GMMC - 0:00:01
Miles Flown - 2,576.3
Fuel Used - 37,693.0

Required Commercial Centers - 4 - EGLL, LFPB, LIRA, LPPT
Additional Commercial Centers - 3 - LSGG, LFMN, GMMC
Other Available Airports - 1 - GMAD
Home Nation Airport - LIRA