Basler BT-67 shuttle flight to Hawaii

Once of the best pieces of freeware released in the last few years is the Basler BT-67. It is a conversion of a DC-3 that equips it with turbine engines and among other things like a modern day cockpit.

I thought the Basler would be perfect for cargo and charter flights in Hawaii, but could a Basler fly non-stop from California to Hawaii? Did it have the range? The documentation included with the Basler says it has a range of 2,140 nm with the long range fuel tanks. Of course, the payload must be reduced to not exceed the aircraft's MTOW.

I wanted to re-create a flight that took place back in 1941 when three DC-3's (equipped with ferry fuel tanks in the fuselage) flew from Oakland, California (KOAK) to John Rodgers Field (PHJR) in Kalaeloa, Hawaii. The distance would be 2,116 nm for the course I plotted so I should be able to fly the distance.

Warming the engines up on a cloudy California mornings. Conditions were IFR-

A good omen, the setting moon shows me the way west-

Early morning departure from RWY 29-

Turning west over the Golden Gate-

See Part 2 for the rest of the flight. I apologize for the extra post.