2012 Around the World Race Official Thread #4

Good to know we gave ya the heads up!!!.. :)

We didn't find our route until Friday. We had it calculated as just a bit longer than your planned route and figured it would have less optimal winds (which it did), but not having the distraction of flying right next to other teams and allowing you guys to "scout" out the path for us from Greenland to New Zealand tipped us to using it. I'm glad we did or we very likely would have made the same Australia routing mistake.The SoH route was... interesting. We didn't see or even consider it, though we looked at polar options. We did our planning if FS9, so didn't even have that airport (which brings up an interesting race dilemma - perhaps FS9 can't win this race anymore?). We did a bunch of testing yesterday and found that it's certainly possible to land there (probably adjacent to the runway with some creative ways of getting the plane stopped). With some practice, it is no more difficult than other dangerous landings. It is what it is and certainly paid off big for them.

Edited February 22, 201214 yr by apollosmith