Bluegrass Airlines, December 2010
Qantas
Empire Airways First Constellation Flights
December
1st-5th 1947 Sydney-London
FS9 L-749 Lockheed Constellation by
Manfred Jahn and the 749 Project
avsim.com filename lockheed749.zip
(37mb)
QEA texture by Marcels
Ritzema avsim.com filename vheab.zip
On December 1st 1947 Qantas Empire Airways inaugurated
direct service from Sydney, Australia to London, England.
Enroute stops were Darwin
(refuel), Singapore (overnight), Calcutta (refuel), Karachi (overnight), Cairo
(overnight), and Castel Benito (refuel) Over the years the names have changed a bit
in spelling and Castel Benito is now Tripoli.
Flight Simulator
Overview
Click on Departure Code for a Flight Plan
|
City |
Code |
Schedule |
GMT |
Distance |
Start Fuel |
|
Sydney |
22:30 |
12:30 |
|
25978# |
|
|
Darwin |
YPDN |
6:10 |
|
1845 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Darwin |
8:30 |
0:30 |
|
26513# |
|
|
Singapore |
WSSS |
15:30 |
|
1883 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Singapore |
8:00 |
2:00 |
|
25428# |
|
|
Kolkata |
VECC |
13:30 |
|
1806 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Kolkata |
15:30 |
10:30 |
|
18740# |
|
|
Karachi |
OPKC |
21:35 |
|
1331 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Karachi |
8:00 |
4:00 |
|
28061# |
|
|
Cairo |
HECA |
15:00 |
|
1993 |
|
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|
Cairo |
0:30 |
22:30 |
|
15389# |
|
|
Tripoli |
HLLT |
4:30 |
|
1093 |
|
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|
|
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|
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|
Tripoli |
6:15 |
4:15 |
|
17797# |
|
|
London |
EGKK |
12:00 |
|
1264 |
|
The start
fuel amount is based on flying using the medium cruise power setting of 140 bmep and 2,000 rpm. The
connie is a complex aircraft and you will need to
check the kneepad flight reference often.
For fuel management, after leveling off at
14,500' I would use the two tanks with the most fuel until tanks 1-2-3-4 were
all even, then switch to tanks 1-2-3-4 I
didn't need to use tanks 2A or 3A on these flights, but I left 100# in each of
them.
In the FS9
Aircraft Fuel and Payload section the
tanks are mislabelled.
Tank 1 is
labelled "External 1"
Tank 2 is
labelled "Center 2"
Tank 2a is
labelled "Left"
Tank 3 is
labelled "Center 3"
Tank 3A is
labelled "Right"
Tank 4 is
labelled "External 2"
The local
time in Tripoli is GMT+2, but on one
occasion it was showing the same as GMT.
On my first
attempt to fly from Tripoli to London, I had the hydraulic system fail and
couldn't raise the gear or flaps. By the
time I figured out how to correct the problem, I did not have enough fuel to
complete the trip so I started over.
Tip: Right Click on the kneeboard icon. then click on the hydraulic
integrity %.
Check out
this video "Qantas -
The Longest Hop"
This feature
uses information supplied by Brian Wilson of the Bluegrass Australian Division who
along with Andrew Goddard and Allan Lowson are working on a "Qantas Around
the World" event.