Crossing the Tasman Sea...

[petermcleland]

My leg two RTW is from Ardmore in NZ to Sydney in AUS...I took these snaps on the way:-


Coasting out and...


...leaving NZ...


...behind me.


It was a long flight of 1174 nms.


And it took about 8 hours.


Here I have expanded the GPS range to 500 nms and you can see NZ...


...moving off the screen behind me.


A Long Time later you can see the coast of AUS arriving at the top.


I encountered quite a lot of rain...


...as I approached the coast.


And there was sometimes a bit of a headwind component.


This setting Sun was the last snap I took and it preceded a night landing.

The landing was my best so far in the C47 and there were small appreciative noises from Ernie and Nancy!

Sydney is a big airport and taxying in was complicated but I used the yellow arrows to find my way...They eventually led to a fuel pump.

Sadly, I stopped close to it and when I went to record my fuel used figures, it had already filled my tanks...Next stop Alice Springs!

All the pictures look best when clicked for full size

[Kevin Farnell]

Thanks, Peter.

Great screenshots. I'm thoroughly enjoying your journey.
Regards.

Kevin

[Nigel H-J]

Brilliant pictures as always Peter, pleased to hear that the crew appreciated your flight and landing.

One thing that worries me slightly is that when the co-pilot welcomes the captain his replies (if I remember correctly) Hi honey!!

Regards
Nigel.

[petermcleland]

Brilliant pictures as always Peter, pleased to hear that the crew appreciated your flight and landing.

One thing that worries me slightly is that when the co-pilot welcomes the captain his replies (if I remember correctly) Hi honey!!

Nigel, I think that is Co-pilot to Nancy, the Stewardess...I think at some stage I've heard the Stewardess saying to the Captain "Thanks for last night!"...The Captain's voice does not seem to reply to that one

[Kevin Farnell]

Brilliant pictures as always Peter, pleased to hear that the crew appreciated your flight and landing.

One thing that worries me slightly is that when the co-pilot welcomes the captain his replies (if I remember correctly) Hi honey!!

Nigel, I think that is Co-pilot to Nancy, the Stewardess...I think at some stage I've heard the Stewardess saying to the Captain "Thanks for last night!"

Kevin

[blanston12]

Great trip so far Peter! Just curious, what rules do you place on yourself in regards to autopilot, time acceleration and such.

Not that long ago I did a round the world in JustFlight's DC-6B but allowed myself full autopilot with GPS and x16 on those long stretches between cities.

[Airspeed]

Fascinating project, Peter.
Thanks for sharing it with us

[Nigel H-J]

Nigel, I think that is Co-pilot to Nancy, the Stewardess...I think at some stage I've heard the Stewardess saying to the Captain "Thanks for last night!"...The Captain's voice does not seem to reply to that one

Thanks Peter, wil have to start up FSX when I get home and listened a bit more carefully.

Now now Kevin, don't go jumping to conclusions!!

Regards
Nigel.

[petermcleland]

Great trip so far Peter! Just curious, what rules do you place on yourself in regards to autopilot, time acceleration and such.

Not that long ago I did a round the world in JustFlight's DC-6B but allowed myself full autopilot with GPS and x16 on those long stretches between cities.

Joe, I go in Real Weather, I use the full autopilot plus GPS but I don't shrink the time...That leg was eight hours with a night landing at the end. One little trick I use in order to get refreshment tea and bun etc. is to wait for an ATC change of frequency...I change the frequency but don't check in...I go and have tea and bun etc. then when I get back in the cockpit, I check in. If you don't do that then ATC cancels your flight plan and you have to re-file it.

[Aharon]

AWESOME SCREENSHOTS!!!

I wish there are more retired real life airline pilots such as you participating on flight sim forums and flying on FSX so that we can learn a lot from you and more retired real life airline pilots!!

Regards,

Aharon