July 28, 201510 yr Finally got round to escaping South America after completing the EHAM - SAEZ - SCEL - SAEZ sectors. Highly recommend them to anyone! Especially SCEL. Flight Details: Callsign: KLM702 Aircraft: PH-BVA / Boeing 777-300ER Departure: Buenos Aires, Argentina Arrival: Schiphol, Netherlands STD: 1845Z STA: 0800z Route: KUKEN UL324 CUARA UM532 MOPKA/N0499F310 UM532 KUKOL UZ5 BSI UZ2 SLI/M083F310 DCT MAVKO DCT GOGSO DCT GARPO DCT ERNEK/M083F330 DCT 25N029W/M083F350 30N026W 35N022W 40N019W DCT GONAN/M083F360 DCT SEPAL UN470 LAPEX UN472 BADUR/N0481F370 UN585 KOKOS UN491 LGL UT176 EVX UN873 BELDI UY473 LUMIL UY873 DENUT ---------------------------------- Initially had a few issues which was going to make us have to offload baggage due our high take off weight and runway limitations. However, fortunately, the temp dropped and with an A/C off departure we were able to get our Takeoff Calculations and get underway without the need to offload baggage. Our TOW was 351000kgs. No de-rate for this departure from RWY35 Just getting airborne out of Buenos Aires with not much RWY to spare. Low cloud hovered over the airport which drifted in just before our departure thankfully helping drop the temp just a few C allowing us to get underway. Starry night over Brazil. Got a bit of a light show as we flew up the East of Columbia, few thunderstorms in the vicinity. Nothing much happened on the long stint over the Atlantic and up past the Canaries. So here we are descending into Amsterdam now ahead of schedule thanks to the 119kt tailwinds. Just over the coast before turning base for RWY18R. Thankfully don't have the hellish weather today in Amsterdam that was happening yesterday! Turning final approx 10nm out at 2000ft. Nearing terra firma after the nearly 13hr flight from South America. The long taxi in from the Polderbaan, parking F4 today. Here she is sleeping quietly awaiting the next crew to take here to another continent. Thanks for looking! Shaun
July 28, 201510 yr A great report with some really cool screenshots, Shaun! Thanks for sharing. Out of curiosity: 13 hours - have you used time compression or gone to bed alternatively? :wink:
July 28, 201510 yr Great screenshots mate. Really enjoyed your trip report. Currently doing Doha-Bangkok on the 77W(A7-BAA) on VATSIM. Yusuf Keyre
July 29, 201510 yr Awesome. I did SBGR - LSZH some months ago... just like you, I saw a sunset and a sunrise in the same flight. This is also a great way to test the stability of your sim. Gabriel J. T. Rodrigues My mods in the library My photography (site updated!) English isn't my native language. Sometimes, I'm going to make mistakes or sound strange and for this I'm sorry. Please feel free to correct me at anytime. Thanks for your comprehension!
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