October 28, 200322 yr Currently in MelJet 777 BA colors, FL370, M.84, around 493K lbs wt and fuel flow is 18.8K lbs/hr. Winds 270/25. Flight originated KSEA. I am sure this fuel flow too high and that I'll have to ditch or land in China en route. I expected an average FF of 16k/hr. based on my add-on 777 fuel planner.Will I make it? Or will it be "eek!...."JS Jonathan Sacks Dell XPS Gen 4, Pentium IV Northwood extreme 3.8Ghz, 3Ghz RAM, eVGA 7900 GTO, 12 GoFlight modules plus MCP-PRO AP and EFIS, GF pedestal, CH rudder pedals, CH throttle quadrant, 42" LG LED, 24" DELL LCD, Windows XP, FS2004, FSUIPC 3.96 FS Autostart 1.1 (Build 11), FS Navigator 4.6, UT, FE, GE, REX, PMDG, Level-D, PSS, etc.
October 29, 200322 yr I'm not seeing anything on the news networks, JS, so I assume you haven't splashed it yet. What's your position and status???:-yellow1 KevinBTW, near KIAD too...
October 29, 200322 yr "JS777, JS777, come in, JS777 ... do you hear me, JS777 .... hello ... are you there, JS777 .... coooeeeee .... dang, lost another one. Better call Boeing and tell them to keep working on that ER version ... here, pass that coffee flask, Fred. Could be a long night."Mark "Dark Moment" Beaumonthttp://www.swiremariners.com/newlogo.jpg _________________________ Mark "Dark Moment" Beaumont VP Fleet, DC-3 Airways Team Member, MAAM-SIM
October 29, 200322 yr *PLOP* *SPLASH* http://smilies.networkessence.net/s/contri...kai/nopityA.gifHope you made it to land safely :)
October 30, 200322 yr Author Well, everybody:.........I made it !Yes, I landed....with 3.5K lbs of fuel remaining !I started down from the Top of Descent with 9.5K lbs and did a straight in approach, capturing the LOC and then the GS into 25R. I will post again with observations of both the a/c and the huge flight. The descent to the intercept was amazing and exciting.3.5K lbs left on touchdown. Can you imagine?!Thanks for the posts.JS Jonathan Sacks Dell XPS Gen 4, Pentium IV Northwood extreme 3.8Ghz, 3Ghz RAM, eVGA 7900 GTO, 12 GoFlight modules plus MCP-PRO AP and EFIS, GF pedestal, CH rudder pedals, CH throttle quadrant, 42" LG LED, 24" DELL LCD, Windows XP, FS2004, FSUIPC 3.96 FS Autostart 1.1 (Build 11), FS Navigator 4.6, UT, FE, GE, REX, PMDG, Level-D, PSS, etc.
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