Anyways, these are from my latest long hauler with PSS 777. The route itself is Anchorage to Frankfurt. I just wanted to see how the bird flies in the high latitudes.
For this purpose I used the PTS, which is the Polar Track Structure, and these are kinda like the NATs, but fixed tracks. I dont think many airlines even use the PTS
Lining up on rwy14 with a TOGW of 270metric tons. The weather is pretty interesting with an extremely low cloud base of just a couple of hundred feet. Notice the incoming traffic behind us, as alerted by the TCAS
The mighty T7 takes to skies as we hold v2+20.
Following the Flight director commands. The T7 is actually a nice aircraft to fly manually, so kudos to PSS
Cleaned up and increasing speed to 250kts
I thought this one turned out quite nice :)
Making a right turn over Fairbanks. The sun sets really early up here
Joining PTS1. In these regions you can't rely on magnetic compasses (dip-down force is stronger than azimuth), so I obviously switched to TRUE. The magnetic compass had me going some 30 degrees off, comparing to my actual course.
Saying hello to daylight again as we are about to cross the northern tip of the UK.
I'll see if I can post some more shots later on.
The flight went as planned, but PSS better come up with a desent load manager and fuel planner because I landed with some 22 tonnes in my tanks, I was shooting for 14 ;D
