Hello fellow sim pilots it has been a long time since i started a topic on this forum but i thought this is nice to share with you guys.A few days ago i decided something big i have never done before a tour around the world well i have to be honest done this before but not self planned and 2nd the first world tour i flew was with the pmdg 744 this one will be done as you can see in the 737-900 from pmdg.My intention is to fly to airports that are not that popular so the big airports will be left aside as much as possible unless i have no choice e.g no airport in the neighbourhood of a big airport wich has enough runway for me to land or depart.I am also gonna record every takeoff and landing.Below you will find the legs i will be flying and the video of my takeoff at amsterdam schiphol (i know big airport but since it's my homebase i wanted to depart from there)Hope you enjoy here are the legsEHAM (Amsterdam Schiphol Airport The Netherlands)BIKF (Keflafik (Reykjavik Iceland) CYYR (Gooose Bay Canada) CYQD (The Pas Canada)KOAK (Oakland USA California)PHTO (Hato International USA Hawaii)PJON (Johnston Atoll USA Hawaii)PKMJ (Marshall Islands International)NZHN (Hamilton New Zealand)YCWR (Cowra Australia)YBAS (Alice Springs Australia)YBRM (Broome International Australia)WIMG (Tabing Indonesia)VAAU (Aurangabad India)LTAI (Antalya Turkey)EHAM (Schiphol Netherlands)Roughly this trip will be aprox 22000nm and i am not sure how long that will take me lolAnyway here is my first vid my takeoff at Amsterdam

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Ok time for my landing vid in BIKF takeoof from there will follow soon

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Here the vid of my takeoff perhaps someone is willing to help me with this one i have chosen for a flap 10 takeoff configuration setup in the fmc but on takeoff the alarm sounded that i didn't had the proper flaps set for takeoff anyone knows how this occures? feedback wouldt be welcome :)Anyway here is the vid

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Ok just took off from Goose bay headed for the pas here is my video of the landing at goose bay wich means the end of leg 2 onto leg 3Enjoy! Johan

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Nice. I gotta do that some time, it looks and sounds fun. Only thing missing is a few cool angles and shots. And it would look great on FSX.

Next one here is the takeoff from Goosebay headed to the pass once again some help is welcome for the flap settings and the alarm that goes off

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Cool stuff. I'm currently flying around the world in the Duke. It's going to take a little bit longer than the 37 :( Keep the videos coming though. Blake

Thx for the reply's guys am preparing myself for landing into the pas and that's gonna be my hardest landing for today lol Check out this metar CYQD 161900Z 06006KT 3SM -RA BR SCT010 OVC015 12/11 A2976 RMK SF3SC5 RAG CIG SLP083 uhuh rightElevation for runway 30 is 887ft 6300ft long and no ils there this is gonna be fun lol

Thx for the reply's guys am preparing myself for landing into the pas and that's gonna be my hardest landing for today lol Check out this metar CYQD 161900Z 06006KT 3SM -RA BR SCT010 OVC015 12/11 A2976 RMK SF3SC5 RAG CIG SLP083 uhuh rightElevation for runway 30 is 887ft 6300ft long and no ils there this is gonna be fun lol

At least the winds are pretty calm. What approach you going to run - VOR? RNAV? ( I'm not familiar with the airport )N;ale

Here is the next one landing in The Pas quite a story actually when i checked the metar i saw that it's gonna be fun poor visibility no ils only a ndb and vor as i mentioned before but seems the weather i got i didn't had to do with poor visibility but heavy winds and rain also fun lol anyway the last part of the landing was recorded in VC resulted in a bump on the runway but i was able to walk away from it lol anyway enjoy

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At least the winds are pretty calm. What approach you going to run - VOR? RNAV? ( I'm not familiar with the airport )N;ale

I choose for an vor dme aproach but as i mentioned before the visibility wasn't that poor afterall heavy winds were there for sure well at least to make my 739 dance the tango on it Tomorrow i will fly my next leg from there to oakland maybe you wanna join me blake?Johan

Here is the next one landing in The Pas quite a story actually when i checked the metar i saw that it's gonna be fun poor visibility no ils only a ndb and vor as i mentioned before but seems the weather i got i didn't had to do with poor visibility but heavy winds and rain also fun lol anyway the last part of the landing was recorded in VC resulted in a bump on the runway but i was able to walk away from it lol anyway enjoy

I choose for an vor dme aproach but as i mentioned before the visibility wasn't that poor afterall heavy winds were there for sure well at least to make my 739 dance the tango on it Tomorrow i will fly my next leg from there to oakland maybe you wanna join me blake?Johan

Yeah possibly. I haven't flown online in like 5 years. I'm on eastern time - so what time are you departing?Thanks!!Blake

Easter time i see your from NY i am from holland well i gotta work tomorrow first i'll be home at 5 pm (dutch time) i will start right away shouldt be 11am your time 3pm utc Btw wich network are ya flying? vatsim? ivao? let me knowJohan

Ok am back am airborne for about 1 hour now headed to oakland :) here is the vid of my takeoff at cyqd have to behonest i think the runway was to short lol

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This adventure of yours is really a great project, I hope you can take it to a happy end !!But,Why are you always using such an amount of flaps for takeoff ?I can also see that your yaw damper is normally off, so are the cabin ut and ife pass switches (are you not carrying passengers?) Your flight director is off too...and it is good also to select continuous ignition for takeoff.Just trying to help. :( Happy flights Johan !!

Well i will tell you this normally i fly the 744That is actually the plane i know best every config and every system i need to fly that big bird However i don't fly that much the 737 so i don't really know much about her systems and knockledge about operating it in full detail but i am able to start the engine setup the fmc to fly to destinations i want to so what you are saying comes at a big helpAnyway to answer your questions what i have learned from the 744 when you are at a heavy weight or you have short runway the more flaps you choose the less speed you need for rotate however i found out having a flap 25 takeoff configuration will give ya a lower takeoff speed however i came to notice that it also reduces acceleration next time i will use flaps 10 or 15About the yaw demper hehe simple answer oops forgot that oneThe flight director is always on in takeoff this takeoff was no exception :)About continues ignition i will try that for my next flightAnyway thx for your help i appriciate it alotJohan