Southern Division Pilots Reports for December 2002

 

Joseph Tabacheck, 12-01-02, CAR97, C-54, 5.83, BGAS022,

 

Bill Agee, 12-02, car105, dc-3, 3.10, bgas006, kmia-kynn-myef

 

Bill Agee, 12-02, car106, dc-3, 4.98, bgas006, myef-kpns

 

Bill Agee, 12-06, twa-2, dc-2, 2.06, bgas006, kphl-kpit Philadelphia-Pittsburgh

 

Bill Agee, 12-06, twa-3, dc-2, 2.28, bgas006, kpit-kchm Pittsburg-Indianapolis To come close to the 1935 time schedule, I decreased speed down to 120 kts to get close.

 

Bill Agee, 12-07, Pearl Harbor, fu-4, 0.50, bgas006, phhp-pnna,Arizona-Pearl fly-by Henderson to Barbers Pt.

 

Bill Agee, 12-07, twa-4, dc-2, 1.78, bgas006, kchm-kstl,Indianapolis-St Louis

Bill Agee, 12-07, twa-5, dc-2, 1.68, bgas006, kstl-kmkc,St Louis to Kansas City

 

Bill Agee, 12-07, twa-6, dc-2, 1.34, bgas006, kmkc-kict,Kansas City-Wichita

 

Bill Agee, 12-07, twa-7, dc-2, 1.30, bgas006, kict-kama,Wichita-Amarillo

 

R Hoot Hooten, 12/10, 801 KCHS to TXXF, L749, 4.01, BGAS016, Nice flight, sure do like the old Connie.

 

Bill Agee, 12-11, am-17, b40a, 1.55, bgas006, kcys-kpub,Cheyenne-Pueblo

 

Bill Agee, 12-11, am-19, b40a, 3.65, bgas006, kslc-bgtf,Salt Lake City-Great Falls. ran out of fuel on runway. Whew

 

Bill Agee, 12-11, turbo, f-27, 2.38, bgas006, kslc-ksea,Salt Lake-Seattle

 

Bill Agee,12-09,twa-8,dc-2,2.02, bgas006,kama-kabq  Amarillo-Albuquerque

Bill Agee,12-09,twa-9,dc-2,1.71, bgas006,kabq-kinw Albuquerque-Winslow

Bill Agee,12-09,twa-10,3.15, bgas006,kiwn-kgnd Winslow-Glendale

 

R. Hoot Hooten, 12/11, 801 , L749, 4.25, BGAS016, really enjoy flights to and from the Islands, nice secenry.

 

R. Hoot Hooten, 12/14, BAL-5 KOAK to KSKF, R4D, 7.60, BGAS016, Took off from Oakland at 0700, in heavy wund abd rain, but climb out and into the sun shine at 6500'.  It was very windy the whole trip between 50-60 knots, from around 200 dgrees to 250 dgrees, so flew sidways for most of the trip, no wind at Kelly, and did a good landing.  So more to come, long way to Berlin.

 

Peter  Wilson, 12- 16, TXKF - KCHS, CV 580, 3.36, bgas 003, night flt. Bermuda to Charlston S.C. Intl.
5/8 BKN CU, 40 - 180 , RS, OCNL LT TRBL.

Bill Agee, 12-17, cam-32, b40a, 1.52, bgas006, 53wa-ksea Pasco-Seattle

 

Bill Agee, 12-17, tat-20, ford, 2.17, bgas006, kgnd-kigm Glendale-Kingman

 

Bill Agee, 12-18, to1p, ford, 3.06, bgas006, krvs-ksps-ksww, Tulsa-Wichita-Falls-Sweetwater

Bill Agee, 12-18, to3p, ford, 5.31, bgas006, kelp-kmaf-21xs-ksww-kabi-kvkb-f73-kdal

 

Bill Agee, 12-18, west-coast-mail, avro-10, 3.98, bgas006, ksan-klax-ksfo,San Diego,Los Angeles,San Franciso

Bill Agee, 12-19, tat-18, ford, 1.98, bgas006, kinw-kabq, Winslow to Albuquerque

 

Bill Agee, 12-19, tat-16, ford, 1.78, bgas006, kabq-kcvn, Albuquerque to Clovis

 

Bill Agee, 12-19, tat-14, ford, 2.38, bgas006, kcvn-kama,Clovis to Amarillo

Bill Agee, 12-19, tat-12, ford, 1.60, bgas006, kama-1k5,Amarillo to Waynoka

 

Peter Wilson, 12-20, KCHS - KPDK, CV 580, 1.13, bgas003, Another night flt.
Charlston S.C. Intl. to Dekalb-Peachtree Atlanta Ga.
8/8 ovc, vis 2 modt tbl. T S  ILS rwy 20L PDK.

 

Bill Agee, 12-20, am-4, b40a, 11.63, bgas006, kftw-konm-knxp-kbur, Ft Worth-Socorro-Twenty-Nine Palms-Burbank.  Had a hard time getting off the ground at Socorro, so I passed up Pleasant Valley AZ since it is 5688 Elv. Had to pick a way thru some mt's. Bi-planes sure are neat old birds.  Very nice trip

 

R Hoot Hooten, 12/20/02, 807, L-749, 5.20, BGAS016, Just got FSNav, so used it to plan the route, used the auto route, so it was interesting the way it routed me from KMFE-KHOU-KNEW-KTPA-KSAV.  Pretty smooth flight, I have added some secnery flies for the southern part of the states, and that has added to the enjoyment of flying.  Never tire of the Connie, she is nice bird to fly.

R. Hoot Hooten, 12/21/02, BAL-5  KSFK to KNIP, R4D, 5.75, BGAS016, I flew this leg, somewhat different, but only at night rather than in the day.  Part of the reason is that I downloaded the "Real Stars", from net and I wanted to see how they looked.  They are great really adds to night flying.  The trips was smooth, no winds and no bumps.  The new scenery I have loaded really looked good even at night with a full moon.  Still a long way from Berlin, but looking forward to crossed the big pond. 


Bill Agee, 12-21, ny-rio-aires, dc-3, 2.75, bgas006, klga-kmtn-kdca-korf, New York-Baltimore-Wash DC-Norfork

 

tom steadman, 12-22-02, KPHX-TUCS, Stilson SR-5E, 0.73, BGAS010, Continued air mail flight ...

 

tom steadman, 12-22-02, TUCS-KDGL, Stilson SR-5E, 0.76, BGAS010, Continued air mail flight ...

 

Bill Agee, 12-22, ny-rio-aires, dc-3, 7:37, bgas006, korf-kilm-kchs-ksav-k231-kmia-muha

 

Ralph Prisel, 12/23/02, CAR 201, Pitcarin Mailwing,  :.2, BGAN027,

 

RALPH PRISEL, 12/23/02, CAR 201, Pitcarin Mailwing,  .2, BGAN027, This flight was a night flight---Lot more fun
Happy holidays to all

 

Bill Agee, 12-23, ny-rio-aires, dc-3, 6.35, bgas006, muha-mucm-mucu-mtpp-mdsd, Ran in to some mean thunder-showers, it was 83 that is nice

 

Bill Agee, 12-23, ny-rio-aires, dc-3, 4.47, bgas006, tjsj-tffr-tfff, Gadeloupe-martinque

 

Bill Agee, 12-24, ny-rio-aires, dc-3, 6.63, bgas006, tfff-ttpp-sycj-smjp-soca, Trinidad-Guyana-Sirname-French Guiana

 

sid tatton, 12-25, car103, dc4, 4.5, bgas11, katl-mygf, good flt nothing unusual xcept for a guy in a red suit flying past........must have had to much to drink.........katl-ktlh-kmco-kmia-mygf.......merry xmas everyone.....from sid and family..downunder

 

Bill Agee, 12-24, ny-rio-aires, dc-3, 5.40, bgas006, soca-sbsl, sbmq-sbjc, Brazil at last. Got to find the road to Rio

 

Bill Von Sennet, 12-24, nwa 4, L-10A, 2.23, bgas001, kbfi-ksff, kbfi-keat-ksff  Seattle-Wenatchee-Spokane
ATC-IFR  7min late at Wenatchee  19min late at Spokane. Heck of a way to run an airline. ATC brought me around from the east at both airports for a stuped 1knot wind.  Used runway 30 at Wenatchee and 21 at Spokane.  Taking off from Seattle (rw31) turned to 160 to SEA vor then east.  7500'  From Wenatchee followed river north until reaching sufficient altitude to turn east.

 

Bill Von Sennet, 12-25, nwa-4, l-10a, 1.80, bgas001, kbfi-ksff, kbfi-keat-ksff
Used real weather and flew vfr.  Violated the current rules by flying through cloud banks several times.  But in 1935 they didn't have ifr and the pilots had to do it by the "seat of their pants"  Cheated a little by using vor's and fsnav.

 

Bill Agee, 12-25, ny-rio-aires, dc-3, 5.68, bgas006, sbsl-sbmo, sbfc-sbrf-sbmo, Brazil

 

sid tatton, 12-26, 807, dc4, 8.0, bgas011, knfe-ksav, knfe-khou-knew-ktpa-ksav

 

Bill Von Sennet, 12-26, dc3-2076, dc-3, 1.23, bgas001, kagc-kthv,

 

Von Sennet, 12-26, dc3-2045, dc-3, 0.82, bgas001, kthv-kpne, York-NE Philadelphia 700' ceiling VOR approach.

 

Von Sennet, 12-26, dc3-2065, dc-3, 0.98, bgas001, kpne-kbwi, N.E. Philadelphia-Balt/Wash Intl  1000' overcast 1mile viz ILS approach

 

Bill Von Sennet, 12-26, dc3-2086, dc-3, 1.32, bgas001, kbwi-kagc, Balt/Wash - Pittsburgh (Allegeny County)
Clear

 

Bill Agee, 12-26, ny-rio-aires, dc-3, 6.89, bgas006, sbmo-sbgl, sbsu-sbps-sbvt, The temp is great 82 degrees. Ran into a small thunderstorm

 

Gert van der Linden, 12-27, CAR145, NAMC YS-11, 5.50, bgas025, MYAT to MBGT, Flown in various tracks in december;
Treasure Cay -> Nassau         1 hr 30 m
N -> Rock Sound                0 hr 45 m
RS -> Cockburn Town            0 hr 45 m
CT -> Crooked Island           1 hr 00 m
CI -> Grand Turk               1 hr 30 m

Flight total including landing and derparting at the stopovers    5 hr 30 m

Bill Agee, 12-27, ny-rio-aires, dc-3, 8.65, bgas006, sbgl-saez, sbgr-sbct-sbpk-sumu, Buenos Aires and the end of this flight.  Not bad here temp. is 82 with a low of 63 last night.  Just a few clouds in the sky.  After 52+ hrs and 6.8K miles, it is time for the worm,"Mezcal"

Bill Von Sennet, 12-27, nwa-2, Electra 10-A, 9.50, bgas001, kbfi-kmsp, kbfi-ksff-kbtm-kbil-kgdv-kbis-kfar-kmsp
7am(pt)-8:14pm(ct)

Bill Von Sennet, 12-27, nwa-2, Electra 10A, 2.53, bgas001, kstp-kmdw, kstp-kmsp-kmke-kmdw
St Paul-Minneapolis-Milwaukee-Chicago

sid tatton, 12-28, social, dc4, 9.5, bgas011, kjfk-klax, a foggy take of at dawn good flt at 18500" from kjfk-klax

 

Bill Agee, 12-28, mail-run, b40a, 2.35, bgas006, kpdx-klmt, kdls, left portland at sunrise.  Mt. Hood and the Gorge looked nice and red with all the snow.  There was a lot of snow in Eastern Oregon.

 

Bill Agee, 12-28, braniff, ford, 4.35, bgas006, kcgx-kict, kmci-ktul-kokl,  These flights came from a 1931 Braniff schedule. Chicago-Kansas City-Tulsa-Oklahoma City-Wichita Falls.

 

JMTabacheck, 12-29, CAR151, DHC3, 1.90, bgas022, KMIA-MYNN,

 

sid tatton, 12-31, car121, dc3, 2.25, bgas011, ksro-mynn, trouble free flight this dc3 handles like a dream...........

sid tatton, 12-31, social flt, dc3, 1.00, bgas011, nzch-nzwn, trouble free flight this dc3 handles like a dream...........

 

R. Hoot Hooten, 12-31, BAL-5  , R4D, 5.13, bgas016, knif-kcef, Well this was leg 5 of my trip to Berlin.  I have loaded a large amount of landclass scenery for the US, so this slow flight up the East coast from NAS Jacksonville to New York was a great deal of fun.  Had some wind but not much.  I have really enjoy these flights and I am looking forward to Berlin.

 

Bill Von Sennet, 12-31, cam-18, Pitcairn Mailwing, 1.78, bgas001, kmdw-kcid, Chicago 8:00 am
Cedar Rapids  9:47

 

Bill Von Sennet, 12-31, cam-18, Pitcairn Mailwing, 0.93, bgas001, kcid-kdsm, Cedar Rapids 10:15 am
Des Moines   11:11 am

no vor, no autopilot

plotted course with fsnav and used ndb's

R4D (Hoot Hooten), 12-30, Charter, 747-400, 11.50, bgas016, TFFF to OBBI, I cheated somewhat on this flight, as I downloaded a spectacular 747-400 by Meljets at AVSIM.com  It is a wonderful plane to fly and if you have any interest in big iron try it. It is a repaint by Melvin Rafi of the Meljets 747-400 with loads of eye candy.  I took off from Fort de France TFFF and flew to Bahran Int OBBI at 41000 ft had 100kt tail wind so my GS was close to 600kts.  I plan to fly around the world in this aircraft.  This flight was planned using FSNav a great program