My First Trans-Continental Journey

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My First Trans-Continental Journey

Postby CHUCK79 » Tue May 14, 2013 11:55 pm

I bought a Hughes/McDonnell Douglas MD500 (in FSE) that I plan to operate out of Whitehorse, B.C., Canada. The heli was located in Manchester, U.K......quite a trip for a little bitty helicopter :shock:

FSE has a very cool feature that allows you to disassemble and crate up small aircraft and then ship them in a larger one. I really wanted to try out this feature, so we disassembled the MD500 up and threw it in crates. The flight actually started in Warton, U.K. where the DHC-6 was based. I flew 'er on down to Manchester to pick up my crates before headin' North toward the Faroe Islands making pick ups and drop offs to cover the fuel costs.

Yellow placemarks show my stops along the way.
Google Earth map:
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Shortly after leaving Manchester....
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From the Faroe Islands it was off to Iceland where I flew along the coastline picking up work where I could without going too far out of the way. And then a big hop to Greenland where the airports are few and far between.

Google Earth map:
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Leaving EKVG in the Faroe Islands. Switched over to the British Airways DHC-6.
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Over Iceland.
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Headed for my second and last stop in Greenland to fuel up before crossing the Labrador Sea
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Now to jump the big puddle.....
Google Earth map:
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Crossin' the Labrador Sea....had a strong headwind and nearly ran out of fuel. 2% of capacity when the wheels touched the ground at CCE4 in Newfoundland, Canada :shock: :shock:
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Switched to a Beech D18 in Newfoundland.....a slower, but more practical aircraft (cheaper to rent and fuel) and worked my way up the Newfoundland coast to Ungava Bay then on to the edge of Hudson Bay where I stopped for the day . I just have to cross the Hudson Bay and The Great White North and I'll be there....no problem....right? ;)
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Believe it or not, half way there and actually 8000 Vdollars in the black (I started my trip with a zero cash balance so I could keep track of my profits/losses without having to view the finance logs)....If I keep it up I'll actually make money for hauling my own helicopter :dance:
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Thanks 4 looking :D
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Re: My First Trans-Continental Journey

Postby mfaulisi » Wed May 15, 2013 8:29 am

Fantastic set as always! I'm just saving up to buy my first plane now :D

Have you looked into the group feature for FSE? Might be cool to have a SimV group.
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Re: My First Trans-Continental Journey

Postby Flying Trucker » Wed May 15, 2013 12:39 pm

Keep up the great work Chuck...nice set also... <<q
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Re: My First Trans-Continental Journey

Postby Bass » Thu May 16, 2013 7:24 am

I like it. Nice waters ;)
Dont forget your fishing roods, and remind you, those airstrips/fields in Greenland can bevery tricky :doh:
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Re: My First Trans-Continental Journey

Postby CHUCK79 » Thu May 16, 2013 6:44 pm

Thanks guys....I'm finishing my trip tonight O0
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