Cathay
Pacific Airways ’57
(image copyright Bjorn Larsson www.timetableimages.com)
Cathay Pacific Airways
Cathay Pacific Airways were formed in
1946 by a group of former CNAC pilots from America and Australia. During the
early ‘50s the routes extended south to Singapore via Saigon, west to
Bangkok, Rangoon and Calcutta and south east to Manila, and Labuan.
The flights below came from the ’57
timetable from www.timetableimages.com
.
These routes were flown using DC-4s and
DC-6s during ‘57. Previously Cathay Pacific had used DC-3s and Catalinas as
they developed their routes.
Hong Kong to Calcutta
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down
CX033 |
City
Name |
ICAO |
Up
CX034 |
Heading |
Distance |
|
240 |
0 |
1100
(Fri) |
Hong Kong
|
VHHX |
1430 |
- |
924.0 |
|
306 |
924.0 |
1530 |
Bangkok |
VTBD |
0700 |
057 |
314.8 |
|
311 |
314.8 |
1750 |
Rangoon |
VYYY |
0310
(Sat) |
125 |
554.1 |
|
- |
554.1 |
2015 |
Calcutta |
VECC |
2200
(Fri) |
128 |
0 |
Hong Kong – Saigon – Singapore
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down
CX177 |
City
Name |
ICAO |
Up
CX178 |
Heading |
Distance |
|
214 |
0 |
1300
(Sun) |
Hong Kong
|
VHHX |
1845 |
- |
814.4 |
|
197 |
814.4 |
1630 |
Saigon |
VVTS |
1200 |
033 |
588.3 |
|
- |
588.3 |
2035 |
Singapore |
WSSL |
0800
(Mon) |
017 |
0 |
Hong Kong – Manila – Labuan
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down
CX313 |
City
Name |
ICAO |
Up
CX314 |
Heading |
Distance |
|
140 |
0 |
1530
(Wed) |
Hong Kong
|
VHHX |
1900 |
- |
607.9 |
|
212 |
607.9 |
1855 |
Manila |
RPLL |
1420 |
323 |
649.2 |
|
- |
649.2 |
2245 |
Labuan |
WBKL |
0945
(Thu) |
032 |
0 |
Hong Kong – Bangkok – Singapore (DC-6)
|
Heading |
Distance |
Down
CX723 |
City
Name |
ICAO |
Up
CX724 |
Heading |
Distance |
|
240 |
0 |
1300
(Sun) |
Hong Kong
|
VHHX |
1845 |
- |
924.0 |
|
165 |
924.0 |
1630 |
Bangkok |
VTBD |
1200 |
033 |
774.5 |
|
- |
774.5 |
2035 |
Singapore |
WSSL |
0800
(Mon) |
017 |
0 |
Flight Simulator Files
A search of flightsim.com for fs2004 propliners
for Cathay Pacific will produce textures for the ‘50s for the default fs2004
Dc4, Jens Kristensen’s DC-4 and Tom Gibson’s DC-6 from calclassic.
Map
