Bluegrass Airlines

 

August 2005

 

 

From Bluegrass Country to Tidewater via the Blue Ridge Mountains

 

DC-3 Flights

 

The left column is the actual Piedmont 1955 Schedule

The next column details the results I obtained trying

To re-create the flights with Flight Simulator 9

 

1955 Piedmont

My Attempt

 

City

Airport

Payload

Fuel Used

DCA Flt #

7:54 am

7:54 am

lv

Ashland KY

KDWU

 

 

 

8:20 am

8:27 am

ar

Charleston, WV

KCRW

4,000#

50 gal

 

8:23 am

8:30 am

lv

Charleston

KCRW

 

 

 

8:49 am

8:50 am

ar

Beckley

KBKW

4,780#

37 gal

2171

8:52 am

8:53 am

lv

Beckley

KBKW

 

 

 

9:14 am

9:11 am

ar

Bluefield

KBLF

5,120#

26 gal

2172

9:16 am

9:16 am

lv

Bluefield, WV

KBLF

 

 

 

9:51 am

9:48 am

ar

Roanoke, VA

KROA

5,800#

45 gal

2180

10:03 am

10:03 am

lv

Roanoke

KROA

 

 

 

10:26 am

10:27 am

ar

Lynchburg

KLYH

6,140#

31 gal

2124

10:29 am

10:30 am

lv

Lynchburg

KYLH

 

 

 

11:12 am

11:15 am

ar

Richmond, VA

KRIC

6,480#

Unknown

 

 

I started out with 341.4 gallons of fuel and 4,000# of payload.  The payload was modified

At each stop to simulate changes in passengers  and baggage or mail/cargo being carried.

 

Upon landing and taxiing to the gate at Richmond, my fuel tanks filled up automatically, so

i’m not sure what my usage was.  But I did have over 100 nm range remaining.

 

I flew the Roanoke to Lynchburg segment with my clock set to 20:03 in order to comply

With the DC-3 Airways instructions for flight 2123 being a “dusk” flight.

 

 

DC-3 Airways Flight numbers are in the right column for any members of DC-3

Airways wanting to get credit for these flights.   Their instructions are listed below:

 

2171 Charleston, WV Beckley, WV

KCRW - KBKW 42nm Depart Charleston Rwy 15 147º dead reckoning to intercept the IMQU (Beckley Rwy 19) localizer, then 193º to land Beckley Rwy. 19. Weather: 7/8 Cumulus 3000'-4500'

 

2173 Beckley, WV  Bluefield, WV

KBKW – KBLF 32nm  Depart Beckley Rwy 19 178º dead reckoning to intercept the Bluefield IBLF localizer 109.50, then 228º to land Bluefield Rwy 23.

 

2180 Bluefield, WV Roanoke, VA

KBLF - KROA 67nm  Depart Bluefield Rwy. 23 053º to BLF VOR 110.00, then 125º to PSK VOR 116.80, Then 075º to CNQ NDB 379.0, then track on ODR VOR 114.90 until runway in sight, then circle to land Roanoke Rwy. 6

 

2124 Roanoke, VA to Lynchburg, VA

KROA – KLYH 42nm Dusk flight. Depart Roanoke Rwy 15 to VIT NDB, 277.0; on 154º, then 090º to LY NDB, 385.0; then 036º to land Lynchburg Rwy 4.

 

Thanks to Mike White DCA-1140 for submitting these flights to the DC-3 Airways Mid-Atlantic Schedules.