Hi pilots! Looks like its time for another trip back in time in those majestic Herky-birds!
Thursday night we will set the singularity drive to 1930 so we can head to Burma (present-day Myanmar) and deliver a very special passenger that goes by the name of Wong Mau the cat. This famous female feline is the cat from which all Burmese Cats are descended. We will deliver her to her new owner Dr. Joseph Cheesman Thompson who is waiting in Yangon to take Wong Mau back to his home in San Francisco.
You might ask why would we need a fleet of heavy haulers just to transport one cat? In order to be sure that Wong MOEW arrives safely at her destination of Yangon, the singularity drive will allow us to carry each of her 9 lives in separate aircraft. Wong is also notoriously picky when it comes to food, litter, and her surroundings so we will need plenty of cargo space to accommodate her lifestyle.
Thursdays flightplan is as follows:
Cox's Bazar, Cox's Bazar Departure (VGCB)
Mandalay Intl, Mandalay (VYMD)
Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son (VTCH)
Yangon Intl, Yangon (VYYY)
This flight will take place in classic FSX
As always with these Around the World flights the preferred aircraft is the timeless Captain sim C130 Hercules, but feel free to use any cargo prop that can maintain 260 KIAS at around 15,000 ft. Please do Not bring a jetliner to this event because they stick out like a sore thumb and are a distraction. Many suitable free planes are available from Storms skydrive including the excellent Antinov AN-12, AN-32 and the Howard 500.
Please click this link for a flightplan and handy kneeboard for this flight:
http://msflights.net/forum/showthrea...ll=1#post16883
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Not sure what to fly?
Storm was kind enough to document which are the best planes from his OneDrive for these "Around the World" cargo flights. This should help you decide.
Here's a link to Storms Onedrive:http://tinyurl.com/storms-onedrive
There are 4 suitable airplanes. The An-32 is in Modern oddities. The others are in the Vintage Hangar:
- An-12 Most similar to C-130. Most extras (airbrake, autothrottle, paradrop). Russian annotations. Most difficult to fly.
- An-32 Most frame-rate friendly. Best cockpit model. Easy to fly except long spool time. Needs refueling on long flights.
- Howard 500 Easy for piston engine pilots. Best climber. Tail-dragger. Performance tails off at altitude. Poorest frame rates.
- C-119 Boxcar Easiest to fly.
- Re-engined (French) variant: Faster. Normal climb rates.
- Normal engine variants: Slower. Half the climb rate so gets left behind on short-medium length flights.
Comparative flat-out speeds:
Comparative Framerate Friendliness Indices:
Hope to see everyone there!
Happy landings,
Lazer
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