Pireps with comments January 2003

R. “Hoot” Hooten, 01-03, Charter, 747-400, 2.90, bgas016, OBBI-VIDP, Leg two of my around the world flight.  I took off from Bahrain Int. OBBI and flew to Indira Gandini Int. VIDP.  I flew at 39000ft.  I had a 105kt tailwind all the way, IAS was 290, GS was 639kts.  Not much to see from FL390.  I used FSNav to plan and FS2002 ATC to fly.

Bill Von Sennet, 01-01, p0051m, Martin 4-0-4, 1.03, bgas001, kbos-kbgr,

Bill Von Sennet, 01-01, p0052m, Grumman Goose, 1.43, bgas001, kbgr-kbos,

Bill Von Sennet, 01-02, bgad113, Convair 440, 2.02, bgas001, ypad-ymml, VFR   11,500'

Von Sennet, 01-02, bgad114, martin 4-0-4, 1.97, bgas001, ymml-ypad, IFR 8,000'

R. Hoot Hooten, 01-03, Charter, 747-400, 6.19, bgas016, rjjt-phnc, Well i am getting closer to my starting point in my around the world flight.  I left Tokyo Internation at 1am, climbed to FL440, nt much of a view, but nothing to see but the wide blue ocean.  That level my IAS was 250 but my GS was 611kts, had a tailwind of 125kts for all of the trip until I begin dropping down for my landing in Hawaii. It was my best with this 747.  Well on to LAX

Bill Von Sennet, 01-03, m05p, Ford Tri-Motor, 5.86, bgas001, mmvr-mmmd, mmvr-mmva-mmce-mmcp-mmmd
PanAm 1929 Vera Cruz-Merida

R. Hoot Hooten, 01-04, Charter, 747-400, 5.45, bgas016, phnl-klax, Well one more leg to fly and i will have flown around the world.  It has been great fun.  I have loaded alot of sensery for this flight and it has all added very much to the trip.  I had hoped for a good tailwind, but the jetstream was well norh of my flight track.  I flew at FL389, showing mach.92.  That gave me GS of over 500kts.  I love my old R4D, but have to take my hat off to the 747, it is big but gentle aircraft to fly. Landing if done by the book is very easy.

Bill Von Sennet, 01-04, padk-paak, dhc-3 Otter, .88, bgas001, padk-paak, Adak to Atka
Atka could sure use a second runway.  Used real weather and there was a strong crosswind.

Bill Agee, 01-06, nw-airlines 1, L10a, 1.30, bgas006, kbfi-ksff, Seattle-Spokane Northwest Airways Route 1 of Jan. special Flight.  A lot of snow.

Von Sennet, 01-06, p0052m, B377 Stratocruiser, 0.90, bgas001, kbgr-kbos,

Bill Agee, 01-08, nw-airlines-2, L10a, 1.42, bgas006, wsff-kbtm, Spokane-Butte

Bill Agee, 01-08, nw-airlines-3, L10a, 1.25, bgas006, kbtm-kbil, Butte-Billings MT

Bill Agee, 01-08, nw-airlines-4, L749, 1.11, bgas006, kbil-kgvd, Billings-Glendive MT

11/07,, L1049H,7.73, bgas005,TXKF-LPAZ,Night appraoch in to Santa Maria cool sunset lots of AI.

11/08,, DC3 ,0.57, bgas005, LPAZ-LPPD, Azores Island tour great scenery at Joao Paulo especially bldgs 

11/08,,DC3, 1.35, bgas005, LPPD-LPLA, Nice views of Lajes. 

11/08,,Saab90, 0.71, bgas005, LPLA-LPSJ, Lajes to Sao Jorge. Great cliffs!

11/08,, Saab90, 0.43, bgas005, LPSJ-LPHR, Short flight to Horta. Nice views of Mt. Pico and cliffs and seaplane base E. of AP. 

11/08,, B18, 1.33, bgas005, LPHR-LPAZ, Surprisingly the default scenery of the Azores is very picturesque.

11/11,, M202, 0.95, bgass005, KSAN-KPSP, 

11/11,, M202, 1.02, bgas005, KPSP-KSAN,

11/15,, DC4, 0.5, bgas005, PHNL-Molokai, Love flying out of Honolulu! 

12/02,, DC4, 1.30, bgas005, KMIA-MYNN,Low ceiling rain.  
Safety reminder:  Use the checklist and visually verify the gear is down and locked!  After turning on final at 10 miles I set the flaps to thirty.  Called for the gear (thought I pushed "G") at 7 miles.  As the aircraft settled onto the runway (a little lower than normal!), the engines died!  Gulp!  A quick glance at the panel showed NO green lights for the gear.  This ruined a really nice flight!  Oh well, the maintenance boys can fix that!               

12-02,, DC3, 0.31, bgas005, MYNN-MYBC, Mail run to Chub Cay

12-02,, DC3, 0.73, bgas005, MYBC-MYBS, S. Bimini

12/03,, DC4, 0.65, bgas005, MYBS-KMIA,      

12/05,, L049, 4.21, bgas005, LPAZ-LPPT, (Back to my around the world flight).  Nice flight to Lisbon, 8000' might be too high for L049; 208ktas (Oops. Need to follow the checklist and lean the mixture.)

12/07,, L049, 1.81, bgas005, LPPT-LETO, Lean the mixture:280ktas! Madrid

12/11,, L049, 1.71, bgas005, LETO-LFML, Marsielle/Provance;cross wind lndg, saw a American B377 enroute! Branif DC6, PAADC7, TWAL1049

12/13,, L049, 1.45, bgas005, LFML-LIRF, Lots of traffic at iumicino. 

12/18,,  707, 4.0, bgas005, KMIA-TJSJ

12/21,, Caravelle, 1.71, bgas005, LIRF-LSZH, Side trip from Rome to Zurich to try out a Caravelle.

12/21,, Caravelle, 0.75, bgas005, LSZH-LOWD, side trip to Innsbruck.  This has a cool appraoch through the Alps to Innsbruck.  This would be exciting to try with a low ceiling!

12/23,, F27, 0.9, bgas005, LOWD-LSZH, Watchout for ATC.  Innsbruck departure turned us left into the mountain!  Cancelled IFR and made a right turn to safely climb.

12/24,, Comet, 2.1, bgas005, LZSH-EGKK, Christmas in London.  New York for New Years and then try to get back on track with the Around-the World Trip!  

12/30,, Comet, 7.33, bgas005, EGKK-CYQY, Comet cannot make a trans-Atlantic flight without stopping!  Couldn't land in St. John's because of weather.  Landed at Sydney with 0+45 , minutes of fuel remaining.

11/14,, DC8, 5.25, bgas005, KSAN-PHNL, 

11/14,, DC8, 0.42, bgas005, PHNL-Kona,

Bill Agee
01-01,fl803,dc-3,2.09,bgas006,kmem-ktal

Bill Agee
01-01,fl803,dc-3,2.09,bgas006,ktal-kjax

Bill Agee, 01-09, nw-airlines-5, L10a, 1.12, bgas006, kgvd-kbis, Glendive-Bismark MT

Bill Agee, 01-09, nw-airlines-6, L10a, 0.99, bgas006, kbis-kfar, Bismark-Fargo ND

Bill Agee, 01-09, nw-airlines-7, L10a, 1.23, bgas006, kfar-kmsp, Fargo-Minneapolis

Bill Von Sennet, 01-09, paak-padu, DHC-3 Otter, 2.75, bgas001,

Bill Von Sennet, 01-10, kbil-kbis, L10A (FS98), 2.50, bgas001, No Gledive MT in FS98 - Non-stop Couldn't find kbis in fs98 golden wings- crash landed where it should have been!

Bill Agee, 01-10, nw-airlines-8, L10a, 1.62, bgas006, kmsp-kmke, Minneapolis-Milwaukee

Bill Agee, 01-10, nw-airlines-10, L10a, 0.40, bgas006, kmke-kmdw, Milwaukee-Chicago

sid tatton, 01-11-2003, bgad804, dc-3, 27.5, bgas011, ybcs-yssy, ybcs-ykbm-ybrl-ypdn-yvrd-ytnk-ybas-yaye-ycbp-ypad-ybhi-ysdu-yssy time 4 a beer (Bill says: check out Sid’s screenshots!)

R. Hoot Hooten, 1-11, Charter, 747-400, 7.25, bgas016, klax-tfff, Nice over night flght, very smooth.  This is the last leg of my around the world flight, it has be fun and enjoyed it.  I will have to do it again sometime is something much older than a 747, perhaps a DC-3 or a Tri motor? (Bill says: We have a round the world dc-3 flight on the features page, flight 999)

Bill Agee, 01-11, bgad806, dha-3, 1.97, bgas006, ybcv-ywtn, ylre, Charleville-Longreach-Winton

Bill Agee, 01-11, turbo, f50, 2.01, bgas006, kslc-kphx, St Lake City-Phoenix AZ

R. Hoot Hooten, 1-12, 803, L749, 8.25, bgas016, kmfe-txkf, Had some nice weather and some rain and wind.  But I am getting better at my landings and that is good.    Flight was as follows  kmfe-kmem-katl-kjax-txkf

R. Hoot Hooten, 1-12, nwa4, L10A, 2.25, bgas016, kbfi-kgeg, Took off and followed the flight plan on the site, it was raining and windy at Boeing Field.In the clouds at 2800ft out and on top at 7000.  I flew at 7500ft.  I never saw the ground until i was 25 miles from Spokane, when I let down to 4300ft.  Had a heavy cross wind on landing, had to crab alot to stay some what lined up with the runway.

Bill Agee, 01-13, cam-28, pa-5, 2.92, bgas006, kcps-9ne6, St Louis-Omaha

Pete Wilson, 01-13, #1, CV 580, 1.2, bgas 003, KPDK - KMOB,

tom steadman, 01-14, MAIL, Stilson SR-5E, 1..28 , BGAS010, KDGL-KELP, Darn it missed the train connection, will have to fly onto Sweetwater tomorrow, Must have been those mountains that did not match the FSNAV to had to go manual. And Alaska thought they had some rough country.

tom steadman, 01-15, MAIL, Stilson SR-5E, 1.45 , BGAS010, KELP-ksww

R. Hoot Hooten, 1-15, 801, L749, 6.75, bgas016, kdal-txkf, Good flight, good weather, not much wind.  kdal-knew-kbhm-kclt-kchs-txkt

Tim Pinkawa, 01-15, TAT-1, Ford Trimotor, 1.85, bgas030, kcmh-kump, First flight in the full TAT route. Cruise was 3,000 ft. Weather was calm. Landing was smooth.

Bill Agee, 01-17, cam-33, pa-5, 5.59, bgas006, kpdk-ktul, al46-krue,Leg one of Atlanta to Los Angeles

Bill Von Sennet, 01-16, twa, Stratoliner, 1.58, bgas001, kewr-kagc, Test flying the fs2000 stratoliner

Teun Langeveld, 01-19, CAR 159, DC6, 2.00, bgas029, mygw - mynn - myef,

Teun Langeveld, 01-19, CAR131, NAMC YS-11, 0.67, bgas029, KFLL-MYGW,

Bill Von Sennet, 01-18, DC3-2077, DC-3, 1.13, bgas001, kcrn-kagc, Charleston WV-Pittsburgh

Bill Agee, 01-18, cam-33, pa-5, 7.30, bgas006, ktul-kfl6, kpyx-kcao

Rob Finn, 01-18-03, Seattle - KEAT, L10A, 1.00, BGAD003, January feature

Rob Finn, 01-18-03, KEAT-KGEG, L10A, 1.00, BGAD003, January feature

Bill Agee, 01-20, cam-33, pa-5, 3.26, bgas006, kfL6-kbur, kigm-knxp

Dean Gedling, 01-03, BGAD 722, DC3, 1.0, bgas 007, YSCB to YSSY,

Bill Von Sennet, 1-21, DC3-2084, DC-3, 1.27, bgas001, kagc-kdca,

Flight     : Jan Feature

ICAOS   : KBF!-KSFF (Boeing Field - Felts)

Time      : 1:36 (1H 22 Mins (FSNav said 1 H 14 Mins)

Pilot      : Tom Steadman

Number : BGAS010

Took of from runway 31, change first fixed point in flight then followed flight changing the last fix point to land on runway 9 as 15 does not exist in Dels Scenery, Felts is only a T on its side. 32 GPH.

Picture enclsed at Felts Field

End Flight Report

Bill.

Intresting note that I was Clear of the mountains and was just looking around and tried to switch back to the cockpit view and the aircraft crashed, think it was because the view point at boeing field and the aircraft were on opposite sides of the mountain as as I went throgh the airport tower view it tried to scroll to the aircrft and crashed the plane, a bug in FS98?. Luckly I was testing flying boats early and I had the crash detect off.

Tom

Gary McCarty, 01-23, CAR-93, C-47, 3.12, bgas031, MYNN-MBGT,

Gary McCarty, 01-24, CAR94, C47, 3.12, bgas031, MBGT-MYNN,

Gary McCarty, 01-25, CAR75, DHC-2, 1.46, bgas031, KBOW-KFLL,

Gary McCarty, 01-25, CAR76, DHC-3, 1.28, tgas031, KFLL-KBOW,

Gary McCarty, 01-25, CAR135, DHC-3, 0.41, bgas031, KMIA-MYBS

Gary McCarty, 01-25, CAR136, DHC-3, 0.55, bgas031, MYBS-KMIA,

Bill Von Sennet, 01-24, gar-16, dc-3, 1.17, bgas001, yaba-ybun

Bill Von Sennet, 01-24, gar-01, dc-3, 1.56, bgas001, ymen-yfli

sid tatton, 01-26, alaska, electra10a nightwolf ais service no1nas, 7.5, bgas011, padk-pafm,

sid tatton, 01-26, alaska, tiger moth, 1.5, bgas011, pafm-pade,

sid tatton, 01-26, alaska, dhc6 twin otter, 2.5, bgas011, pade-pamr,

sid tatton, 01-26, car201, dhc2-beaver, .25, bgas011, tqpf-tncm,

sid tatton, 01-26, car203, dhc2-beaver, .33, bgas011, tncm-tnce,

sid tatton, 01-26, car205, dhc2-beaver, .25, bgas011, tncm-tffj,

sid tatton, 01-26, car207, dhc2-beaver, .33, bgas011, tncm-saba,

sid tatton, 01-26, car211, dhc2-beaver, .5, bgas011, tapa-tffr,

sid tatton, 01-26, car213, dhc2-beaver, .66, bgas011, coco-tffr,

sid tatton, 01-26, car217, dhc2-beaver, .5, bgas011, tfff-tdpd,

Mark Tabacheck, 01-26, CAR 155, DHC-3, 00.68, BGAS022, MYNN-MYGF,

Gary McCarty, 01-26, CAR137, Beech 18, 0.64, bgas031, KMIA-MYGW

Gary McCarty, 1-26, CAR141, Beech 18, 1.18, bgas031, KMIA-MYNN,

Gary McCarty, 1-26, CAR142, Beech 18, 1.22, bgas031, MYNN-KMIA,

Mark Tabacheck, 01-26, CAR71, C-54, 3.38, bgas022, kpie-mbgt, With stop at MBPV

Gary McCarty, 1-27, CAR147, DHC-3, 0.75, bgas031, MYAN-MYNN

Bill Agee, 01-27, southwest, d-17s, 2.26, bgas006, kpnx-kslc,

Gary McCarty, 1-29, CAR97, C-54, 3.57, bgas031, KFLL_TJSJ,

Sandi Koprivec, 01-30, 1, (BGA) Dc3, 3.25, bgas033, KDAC - KNEW, This was my first flight for the BGA. I must confess that I was quite excyted about it.
As I start at 15.00. I Arrived To KNEW At 18.15. It was allready dark so it was a little bit tricky find the wright airstrip, but I manage it.
Anyway It was fantastic I love to Fly for the BG airline.

Sandi Koprivec, 01-30, 801, (BGA) DC-3, 2.28, bgas033, KNEW-KBHM, The more I fly The more I enjoy BGVA

Gary McCarty, 1-30, Charter, Aero Commander, 2.07, bgas031, KATL-KMSY, KBIX

Sandi Koprivec, 01-30, car131, DHC3, 0.75, bgas033, KFLL - MYGW,

Sandi Koprivec, 01-31, CAR 135, DHC 3, 0.5, bgas033, KMIA-MYBS,

Gary McCarty, 1-31, CAR80, DHC-3 - Flts., 0.96, bgas031, KMIA-KEYW,

Gary McCarty, 1-31, CAR79, DHC-3 - Flts., 1.05, bgas031, KEYW-KMIA

 Bill Agee, 01-31, ak-bush-mail, c-140, 6.31, bgas006, pann-pabe, z90-5z5-crashed,pamh-2k5-5n1-mdr-ak40-pamc-neat,z17-ophir,killer 3 trys,z61-2 trys killer,flt-rdv-cjx-pani-klg-znc-tlt-aki