Any of you partaking in a flight round the world?

[cspyro21]

Hi all,
   So yeah any of you out there who have/are flying round the fs world? So far I'm in New Delhi (from Gatwick) in a 757-200.
     From here I don't know whether I should continue to Vietnam or go down to Australia and come back up?
      cspyro21  :D

[GA_Pilot]

Recently completed and IFR World Tour on IVAO, and I am working on a VFR World Tour right now

[stephend]

I'm considering doing a RTW flight, although once I start I takeoff and can never be bothered with virtually any flight.

If I do the RTW flight however, I'll probably do it in the PMDG B737, just to add a little more routes etc

[Foxtrot Sport]

I did a round the US trip, and wanted to go for around the world (increments of course) but school started up so, difficult.  I did the first trip with a Mooney Bravo, a DC-3, and a Twin Bonanza.  So for those who have done VFR large incremental trips, just what planes did you use?

-HF

[jordonj]

Working on one myself...trying to get past Alaska before it gets too cold to fly!

[tsunami_KNUW]

I've done a few RTW's myself--both ways. I've been working on one since June.

I'm using the default Mooney Bravo and I flew up the west coast of Canada from Oak Harbor, WA into Alaska, through the Aleutian Islands, into Russia, down through Japan, the Phillipines, and Indonesia, over to Papua New Guinea, and down the Australian coast to Hobart, Tasmania. I plan to head north through the Outback into Indonesia again, then cross the Indian Ocean to Sri Lanka, then to India, hop over to the Middle East and down into eastern Africa all the way down to Cape Town. That's as far as I got it planned.  But it should be a pretty interesting trip. I plan to cover all 7 continents including Antartica. Should take a few months or so with school going on.

[cspyro21]

Cool! Alll of your plans sound pretty cool......do you think you could help me upgrade this map/route:-
http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/map.jpg
The red line indicates my primary route; the yellow line indicates a proposed route.
     Any ideas?
     Thanks    

[cspyro21]

Whoopsie, that went rather wrong....

[Wingo]

take the yellow route and pay us a visit cspyro ^^ What round the world trip would be complete without a trip to Australia??

[kingmarktheaviator]

Me and a few of my friends are planning to fly around the world on flight sim, whilst visiting every continent (apart from alaska).  The only catch is that we'll be doing it in one sitting, taking about 60-70 hours.  This will all be done for a local charity, the Devon Air Ambulance with two people flying each leg.  The original plan was not to fly to Australia, but then it wouldn't really be around the world without Oz wouldnt it
?

Mark

[Staiduk]

Cspyro; a 757 can certainly make it from Washington (which it appears your N. American departure point is?) to London; but I'd recommend diverting north; to Gander Newfoundland with a close pass of Greenland for safety.

If you want great scenery and aren't too worried about time; and if you want an interesting challenge to plot (without GPS ) you might head down Africa to Madagascar; then up to the Maldives and thence to Sri-Lanka.

Cheers!

[Nav]

I've done a fair few RW trips - in fact I usually find myself trying it with every aeroplane I download!

My advice to anyone trying it for the first time is to 'keep it simple' and aim for quick results first time, by using an aeroplane with a decent range, flying long legs, and using only proper airports with ILS etc. I think I used the Learjet first time (in FS2002). That way you get the first one done, after which you can plan more complex trips; I've heard from lots of people who planned long involved trips first off, but lost heart and never finished them.

Cspyro21, your route looks pretty good and you shouldn't miss Australia. Maybe come south from Japan via the Phillippines and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, though? And, generally, maybe plan fewer stops at first - leave something for next time?

I moved on from the Lear to go RW in all sorts of things, including the DC3, the default Cessna 182, and even a P51 Mustang.

The key 'variable' is probably range. With a range of 2,000 miles plus, you can go pretty well any route, including straight across the Pacific (even the South Pacific). If the range is only say 1,500nms., you have to plan your route carefully - for instance, you can't go straight from Australia to the USA because the leg from Honolulu to SFO is 2,000 miles with no alternates. Instead you have to track north-about, get to Japan, and then follow along the Aleutian Chain to Anchorage, Alaska. Same as you usually have to go via Gander and Keflavik crossing the Atlantic (although via Bermuda and the Azores works as well).

About weather, 'real weather' adds to the challenge. But, to simplify things and limit your downloads, you might consider just downloading 'static' weather at the start of each leg; I've found that downloading updates every 15 minutes doesn't make a lot of difference.  

A couple of rules I make myself obey. First, at every stop, taxi in and park, and start the next leg from there. Second, no 'second chances' - if you pile up, start again from the beginning (pleased to say that hasn't happened to me yet!).

[WebbPA]

I'm doing pretty much the same one as tsunami except that I'm using my KingAir, cruising at 35,000 feet, and I skipped Australia and Antarctica.

It's taken about 60 hours so far (20 legs x 3 hours per leg) but flying east to west from Boston I have made it far as Rome.  Civilization at last!

[wji]

Binderdundat

[PlutonianEmpire]

I've thought about it, but if i do, i'm gonna try to do an equatorial RTW trip, meaning, i fly as close to the equator as possible. Has anyone tried that?