FS2004 - Around the world

Routing

2008-04-19T04:55:00.000-07:00

With the maximum range and fuel capacity of my 737-800W noted (3,010nm & 26,020Litres) I set about with an atlas to plan my route:

As I mentioned in the introduction the route is to be split into 4 legs:

Europe
Americas
Africa
Asia

(click on the area to view the route or here for the complete route)

95710nm and 201hrs 30mins flight time. Wow! That sounds a lot. The flight time will prbably be another 15% on top of that as the flight times are based on 475KTS crusing speed, Then I still have taxi, runway holding, climb, descent, landing, go-around, taxi (again) and turnaround time to add on.

I will be setting dates and times for my flights about a week before and a flightplan will be available for viewing. Until then enjoy!

Aircraft planning

2008-04-19T04:26:00.000-07:00

Before you can even begin to plan the route an aircraft needs to be sourced. Planning the route before you have selected your aircraft will cause major problems. I have decided to use a modern Boeing 767-300ER for all my flights. I downloaded the following bits and pieces from the following websites, all of which i highly reccommend:

767-300ER in Aviajet livery from project open sky (Main aircraft)
Autosave from autosave (Great for autosaving your flight every x amount of minutes if fs crashes or you mess up an approach)
ffscreen.zip (Automatically saves all screenshots, avoiding the need to keeep pausing and pasting).

I expect to conduct all my flights under the registration G-DWWT and under the callsign WORLD xx (xx being the leg number)

Introduction

2008-04-19T04:10:00.000-07:00

Hi All

My Name is David Wells and I am a keep flight simmer and have decided to swap my flights around Europe in an Easyjet 73G for a trip around the world. You can follow my progress in this blog. I also have a website on spotting at my local airport (Luton LTN/EGGW) which can be accessed by clicking here.

I have vowed to follow all ATC instructions and all flights will be started again at the same position as they were left. I will not speed up the simulation time and I will try to pause them as little as is possible. I will be adding a new post for each leg with details and screenshots, so you can keep track.

Have fun, I know I will!