Classic British Flight Sim

might be nice to move a few orphaned planes, especially Concorde G-BOAC at stanstead and various B747-100's which have a dead end route to EGLL but are not located anywhere on the route, a few stranded DC10's as well

have a hankering to fly a big fat one (B747) about or maybe a medium fat one (DC10)

Hi Bob

What we tend to do with 'new' off station aircraft is.. when the correct routes are entered into FlyNET.. request prospective pilots to volunteer to fly them 'On Station'. When done, the ferry flights (fare making) are deleted and the aircraft then operate the correct routes for their period of service ;-) With the acquisition of a LOT of your old fleet, many aircraft are off station iaw their correct routes/bases and it'll take some time to get this anomaly sorted. Unfortunately, we're at the mercy of where FlyNET has them delivered or where they were left prior to purchase

With the exception of the Dove (company hack).. all our routes are authentic (excluding actual flight times as these have to be massaged for obvious reasons) and this takes time to sort and enter. We are already at a stage where flight numbers are becoming difficult to manage and the addition of non-Brit types has meant a complete reshuffle of our existing regime. Other, Brit types like Concorde have compounded this so.. a re-jig is in progress. It'll all come out in the wash ;-)

ATB
DaveB :tab:

rgr that G-BOAC was moved was moved from stansted to heathrow since i am something of a concorde hog and i wanted one left behind that others may fly.

currently G-BOAC is on its way to singapore (my faverite pair of wings)

i tend to fly real time so tend to select the aircaft and route that fits the time available so will often flit between types, currently a B377 going west, a comet going to south america and an Argonaught on the way to japan, plus an AS57 in liverpool for local UK hops and a VC10 down to Jo'Burg

if i have a bucket load of time i'll be in the pistons, if not, in the Jets. i also fly them as equiped so no fsnav autopilot flying by me, sometimes i get off course, or divert because the aircraft can't handle the (real) weather, but hey thats part of the fun.

hopefully i shall fly a few "delivery" routes for a change of pace. i see someone is flying a HS748 to aussie, thats has to be an adventure.

anyway i have plenty to be flying for the moment so no worries mate, patience is a virtue, just not one of mine tonka

Hi Tomb

Not sure many would find 900 miles of Pacific Ocean @ 180 kts an Adventure

But someone had to do it.

good thing is i have accurate fuel burn figures etc for FSX as the ones i found on here are miles off for me.

Regards
Rick

Rick Piper wrote:
good thing is i have accurate fuel burn figures etc for FSX as the ones i found on here are miles off for me.

Regards
Rick

Go on then .... share them you ejit!

Hi Ben

Not finished yet

will do when i have them all done :roll:

Rick

lol... good man Mr. P

The ones on here (probably mine) are NOT for FSX.. none of my FSN figures are. You get playing in FSX and it's your own fault

Incidentally.. those figures work just fine in FS9 but like all things.. they're an average between shorthaul and longhaul so some distances are gonna give closer results than others ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

900 miles, pah thats a mere local sight seeing trip, trying flying a connie across the atlantic at 185kts IAS into a 50 kt headwind, it took 14 hrs at x1 and i had to do that at sea level to get under the wind, and i had to do the last 150 miles on 2 engines cos i didnt have enough fuel left for 4 engines

900 miles i have barely warmed the engines up and only had lunch and dinner

when i get the bottle i shall try the B377 which is even slower, DC-7C can rattle across in 10 hrs, fastest large piston i think, then thier was the time i did a stanstead- new zealand run in a B772, now that took 21hrs 40 mins to do 10,227 miles now that was 4 meals and a sleep and a numb bum, brain and everything else, not something i am going to repeat anytime soon since not a lot to see at 37,000ft

unlike my VC10 hop to Nairobi where i had a nice view of the elephants running, since decending down to 3000ft while the terain is at 5000ft will scare anybody, including me , "dont sink, dont sink" was something of a clue

i did fly a HS748F from stanstead to malta which is 1177 miles in just under 5 hrs, a very nice set of wings i must say, only had time for dinner and 3 cups of coffee on that one

lately i have been blasting concorde across the sky, flying her you barely get enough time to boil the kettle never mind drink it , but what a ride

now thiers a thought wonder if i could get her to new zealand from London in under 10 hours including refuelling stops...hmmm

scuse me i have some thinking to do

bob