January 2, 20242 yr A while ago I mentioned I would be starting my convoluted around the world flight on New Year's Day. Yesterday morning I made the 2 1/2 hour flight from Roswell NM to Monterrey Mexico. Today it's off to Mexico City. I'll give you a progress report every Monday. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 3, 20242 yr Ya Da Man !!!! Great Great New Year 2024 for you !!! Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 3, 20242 yr Author 1 hour ago, Beardyman said: What is the plane of your choice for this challenge? The Quest Kodiak Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 6, 20242 yr On 1/3/2024 at 9:52 AM, birdguy said: The Quest Kodiak The Lionheart one, right? Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
January 6, 20242 yr Several months ago I started an Around the World flight. Flew the Cessna 210 from South Alabama all the way to Alaska, down the Aleutian Islands, then crossed the Bering Sea to Petropavlovsk, Russia. Then, well, I stopped. Just got bored with it and moved on to something else. This is the second time I've started an Around the World flight but never finished it. Maybe one day I'll follow through and complete it. Kudos to you for actually flying around the world in a single prop. Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
January 6, 20242 yr Author 1 hour ago, Luis Hernandez said: The Lionheart one, right? Right. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 6, 20242 yr Author 44 minutes ago, dave2013 said: Then, well, I stopped. Just got bored with it and moved on to something else. I suspect I will get bored at times during the flight. When that happens I will just stop for a few days in an interesting city to see the sights and give the Kodiak a rest. Then I will be recharged and continue the flight. I do have an advantage. I live alone and have little to do but eat and sleep and watch television. So this flight is something that takes up a couple hours of my day. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 8, 20242 yr On 1/6/2024 at 10:36 AM, dave2013 said: Flew the Cessna 210 from South Alabama all the way to Alaska, down the Aleutian Islands, then crossed the Bering Sea to Petropavlovsk, Russia. Next destination is Japan, then Taiwan, Hong Kong, Saigon (the historical name 🙂 ). You gave up just before some of the most interesting parts of the flight, even in P3D or FSX. You might prefer to fly west to east to have the prevailing winds at your back. It makes it easier when you have to cross large bodies of water. Everyone should do at least one around-the-world flight, if only for the experience of planning such a venture. Imagine planning an Atlantic crossing in an aircraft with a 450 nm range. I had to fly back across north Greenland (in January!) because I couldn't find a Pacific crossing at the time. I had to cheat only once, on east Greenland, and land on the snow. The aircraft was a Beaver. I'd had skis fitted since Longyearbyen. Hook PS. Ok, gotta tell this one too. I was flying around-the-world in the Manfred Jahn C-47/DC-3. Kathmandu to Calcutta, No GPS, no radio navaids, just pilotage and dead reckoning. I was looking for a north-south runway just east of a river. I saw one a few minutes earlier than I expected and lined up to land. This was P3Dv4. I thought it odd that a larger airport wouldn't have any buildings. I was about to turn final, looking southeast, when I saw another north-south runway east of another river, this one with buildings. That was my actual destination. Flying without GPS or in-game maps, only real world charts, can occasionally have you landing at the wrong airport... real world kinda stuff. I had a couple of hints: the runway showed up a few minutes earlier than I expected, and the lack of buildings was odd. While I wasn't using the radio, I might have been able to contact Calcutta and been cleared to land... at the wrong airport! Fun, huh? 😄 H. Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
January 8, 20242 yr Author Around the world flight Day 8 This morning I depart Guayaquil Ecuador for Pucallpa Peru. Last week's route: MON Roswell NM - Monterrey MEX TUE Monterrey Mex - Mexico City MEX WED Mexico City MEX - Tapachula MEX THU Tapachula MEX - Managua NIC FRI Mangua NIC - David PAN SAT David PAN - Bogata COL SUN Bogota COL - Guayaquil ECU 3727 NM 16:51 Flying Time Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 13, 20242 yr Don't get lost over the ocean... "Come in Howland Island, we are almost over you... Hello? Hello?..." 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
January 15, 20242 yr Author 16 days into my flight. I came down the west coast of South America, rounded Cape Horn, and will continue up the east coast of South America tomorrow. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 15, 20242 yr Imagine doing that in a ship. Which is how someone on the East coast got to the West coast of America (or to Asia). They had to go all the way around the horn and pray the weather would be storm free. And if they tried instead to go overland at Panama, disease killed some who tried. So they almost always went around the horn. The guy who thought up and surveyed the transcontinental railroad lived in California and tried to get to the East Coast to convince congress to build the railroad. He died of malaria crossing Panama (T.D. Judah). 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
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