Post by Dan on Jan 9, 2009 5:56:01 GMT -5
I think I just found the 'Round the World' flight plan that I've been looking for, for sometime now - except there is no 'flight plan'. 
Found it the other night searching for one that had the places I wanted to see with the general direction I wanted to fly in and with the same general DC-3 like planes that I wanted to fly it with. It was originally written in 'trip' form as a story by Nigel Mason (May 24, 2005). It details all the places, stops (43), and how he flew it, but as noted, no flight plan file.
Therefore, can anyone point me to a good tutorial that presents the best and easiest method(s) of creating a 'long' flight plan in somewhat of an accurate manner loadable in one file format? I will be using a GPS for most of the flight, but might experiment with earlier forms of navigation for those times - 30's-40's and of course flying DC-2/3/4/6s, Convairs, Connies, etc.
The article that he wrote is called "Around The World In About Two Hundred and Eighty Days" - available at FlightSim.Com.
www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/feature/round.htm
Bruce, I know your busy with the "Solo to Sydney", Francis Chichester flight, so any suggestions of a good tutorial would be fine and anyone else with any good pointers would be most appreciated, before I attempt this.
Thanks
Dan
…it’s great being a kid again – without the glue! ;D
Found it the other night searching for one that had the places I wanted to see with the general direction I wanted to fly in and with the same general DC-3 like planes that I wanted to fly it with. It was originally written in 'trip' form as a story by Nigel Mason (May 24, 2005). It details all the places, stops (43), and how he flew it, but as noted, no flight plan file.
Therefore, can anyone point me to a good tutorial that presents the best and easiest method(s) of creating a 'long' flight plan in somewhat of an accurate manner loadable in one file format? I will be using a GPS for most of the flight, but might experiment with earlier forms of navigation for those times - 30's-40's and of course flying DC-2/3/4/6s, Convairs, Connies, etc.
The article that he wrote is called "Around The World In About Two Hundred and Eighty Days" - available at FlightSim.Com.
www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/feature/round.htm
Bruce, I know your busy with the "Solo to Sydney", Francis Chichester flight, so any suggestions of a good tutorial would be fine and anyone else with any good pointers would be most appreciated, before I attempt this.
Thanks
Dan
…it’s great being a kid again – without the glue! ;D
