westerly around the world attempt

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-15436NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-39
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-158.20 HR
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 2
oil change x 2
oil pipe leak x 3
oil filter replaced x 2
air filter x 1
worn L/flap parts x 1
worn R/flap parts x 1
L brake worn x 1
R brake worn x 1
R tyre worn x replace soon
LEG 39 YPKU/WATT about 453NM direct , complete , actual 472NM done.
Well we are now in indonesia , flight was uneventful , gentle touchdown at WATT , no braking untill speed was 10knts , for turn off due to right worn tyre , that will need replacing soon , other than that aircraft is in good state , oil/fuel replenished for next leg , and remembering to be gentle on the right tyre.
https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/68883951

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
I have added my total fuel useage to total stats.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-15921NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-40
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-162.36 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-6831 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 2
oil change x 2
oil pipe leak x 3
oil filter replaced x 2
air filter x 1
worn L/flap parts x 1
worn R/flap parts x 1
L brake worn x 1
R brake worn x 1
R tyre worn x replace soon
LEG 40 WATT/WADA about 473NM direct , complete , actual 485NM done.
Flight went well weather mild next to no clouds , just had to go from nav to hdg about 80nm from destination , and deviate from route due a mountain in my way , did not get atis till 3nm from airport , but still had a slight crosswind on 09 approach , a gentle touchdown and gentle braking required , due to my right worn tyre , other than that aircraft has no other faults , oil/fuel replenished for next leg.
https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/68924091
regards alan.

[Lewis - A2A]

Blimey your really powering through this!

[alan CXA651]

Hi Lewis.
Yep trying to see how far i can get in my first month of tour , the 29th of this month will be the 1 month of tour start date , i also notice you are getting the TWITCH TV bug , i hope you are haveing fun broadcasting your flights , i dont have a web cam on my main pc , so i cannot send my face pic along with my FSX flights , like you are able to do.
Also the virtual airline i fly for , insist you fly real time on the vatsim or ivao network , and so far i have only come accross ATC once , while flying through mel fir , it made a very pleasent change from the silence i have had for most of my trip , i am also developing OWL EYES , as most of my flights have been during the night .
Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-16152NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-41
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-164.43 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-6932 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 2
oil change x 2
oil pipe leak x 3
oil filter replaced x 2
air filter x 1
worn L/flap parts x 1
worn R/flap parts x 1
L brake worn x 1
R brake worn x 1
R tyre worn x replace soon
LEG 41 WADA/WARR about 219NM direct , complete , actual 231NM done.
Well right tyre still holding out but have to keep an eye on it due to wear , otherwise flight went well , apart for ASN gerating windshear , that atis was not announceing at destination , landing was a little heavy , but that in part was due to fuel qty being high.
Aircraft had no additional faults other than right tyre worn , so oil/fuel replenished for next leg.
https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/69084087
Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-16553NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-42
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-168.15 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-7112 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 2
oil change x 2
oil pipe leak x 3
oil filter replaced x 2
air filter x 1
worn L/flap parts x 1
worn R/flap parts x 1
L brake worn x 1
R brake worn x 1
R tyre worn x replace soon
LEG 42 WARR/WIII about 373NM direct , complete , actual 401NM done.
Well that flight was very nasty , several places along the route , i encountered severe windshear , so bad was the vs going up and down , i reached for the sick bags , Also about 1hr from destination , some b738 was doing circuits at my destination airport , so i was keeping an eye open at his antics , thankfully he dissapeared when i was 15 min away from airport ,i did not get atis at destination till i was 1nm from airport , elected for runway 7L , i had decended at this stage to the MSA of 3000ft , all was well till i started my base leg , still on auto pilot , speed reduced to flap 1 position speed and put flaps to 1 , aircraft then started pitching nose up , so gave it some more power nose came level , next second for no reason i could see , the aircraft went into a dive , and i had to quickly disconnect autopilot , and retrim , but aircraft did not seem to respond correctly to trim settings , due to this i got dis orientated , and saw some lights ahead and thought they where the runways , luckily i double checked , as these lights where not from the twin runways , rectified my mistake and realigned for runway 7L approach , winds where so stronge , the aircraft almost hovered , as if somebody had thrown an anchor out the back , managed to overcome the winds to make a very smoothe touchdown , taxiied to parking .
Afterflight checks revealled , worn right tyre still holding out , but also parts of right flap are getting worn so need to either take care or get them repaired , also the oil is looking a bit dirty , and close to needing an oil change , depending on length of next leg , will determine when i do the oil change .
https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/69104090
Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-16820NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-43
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-170.47 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-7233 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 3
oil change x 3
oil pipe leak x 3
oil filter replaced x 2
air filter x 1
fuel filter x 1
worn L/flap parts x 1
worn R/flap parts x 2
L brake worn x 1
R brake worn x 1
R tyre worn x 1
LEG 43 WIII/WIPP about 257NM direct , complete , actual 267NM done.
Well the flight went ok , until destination airport , when i was 30nm out i got the first atis report , vis was 1nm calm with overcast at 1000ft , so decided to use the ils 29 approach , on getting closer the wind got up , ILS beem proved to be usless , had to use gps to find airport rwy , made a very gentle landing , on afterflight checks , had an inspect eng , on inspection , it required a fuel filter , so it was replaced , also decided to replace worn right flap parts and worn right tyre , and oil was getting dark , so did an oil/plug change at same time , oil/fuel replenished for next leg.
https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/69179336
Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
29TH APRIL -29MAY 1 month into tour , my as it been that long since i started it , doesent time fly when you are haveing fun.
todays flight below.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-17354NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-44
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-175.40 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-7482 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 3
oil change x 3
oil pipe leak x 3
oil filter replaced x 3
air filter x 1
fuel filter x 1
worn L/flap parts x 1
worn R/flap parts x 2
L brake worn x 1
R brake worn x 1
R tyre worn x 1
LEG 44 WIPP/WIMM about 530NM direct , complete , actual 534NM done.
Well what a nightmare that was , last night because this was a big route , i decided to do a full service , so aircraft was in tip top shape , now after that flight , the aircraft is undergoing stress checks , and engine oil filter had to be changed .
The weather was evil , severe windshears in a few places on route , saw the vsi go from 0 to 20+ to 20- so hard that even throttle up /down to try and prevent stall one sec to overspeed next sec , was almost impossible , at one point i was reaching for autopilot disconnect , thinking it was not going to pull out of the decent , i was loosing and gaining a thousand feet eact time due to these windshears , then on destination airport , it was giving bad vis of 1 and 3/4 could not see any cloud , even though atis had said clouds at 1000 overcast , lined up on finals then airport suddenly vanished then reappeared then vanished again , cloud was actually at last 50ft , talk about asn weather screwup , i had to get down first attempt , as 15 min behind me was a b738 , and i had low fuel r warning , i sould have had plenty of fuel for trip , but weather antics must have caused a bigger drain on it than i thought , still had mandatery res of fuel at shut down , JUST.
Aircraft oil/fuel replenished ready for next leg .
https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/69290562

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-18284NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-46
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-183.53 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-7888 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 3
oil change x 3
oil pipe leak x 4
oil filter replaced x 3
air filter x 1
fuel filter x 1
fuel pump x 1
magneto R x 1
magneto L X 1
worn L/flap parts x 1
worn R/flap parts x 2
L brake worn x 1
R brake worn x 1
R tyre worn x 1
LEG 46 VTSP/VYYY about 543NM direct , complete , actual 570NM done.
This flight was not to bad , until i got near destination , and tried to get atis , kept getting atis for YBRR instead of atis for VYYY , looking on map , i could not see any airport near me under the YBRR , so had to look up atis on vatspy , which was favouring vis runway 03 but from the atis from YBRR , i had a windshear warning on the approach to runway 03 , so only have a 3 knt wind elected ils 21 runway at VYYY , landing was soft , and taxied to stand , on afterflight checks , i got a bit of an eye opener , engine accessorys needed attention , these turned out to be critical components that where worn , so had no choice but to replace the fuel pump and both mags , aircraft oil/fuel replenished for next leg .
https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/69500601

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-18745NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-47
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-188.02 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-8093 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 3
oil change x 3
oil pipe leak x 4
oil filter replaced x 3
air filter x 1
fuel filter x 1
fuel pump x 1
magneto R x 1
magneto L X 1
worn L/flap parts x 1
worn R/flap parts x 2
L brake worn x 1
R brake worn x 1
R tyre worn x 1
LEG 47 VYYY/VGEG about 449NM direct , complete , actual 461NM done.
Flight was nice and pleasent for a change , early misty morning arrival at VGEG in bangladesh on ils 23 approach , touchdown was smoothe , afterflight checks showed no faults , aircraft oil/fuel replenished for next leg .
https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/69564911
Regards alan.

[Piper_EEWL]

Wow you're in Bangladesh already That's quite some progress you're making there!

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
Thanks it is going very well on the whole , ASN is causeing me grief with constant FSX fatal crashes , due corrupt weather downloads .
And all flights are done in real time on the vatsim network , no pauses or time excel used , so long times at controls , the VA i fly with insist on these rules and only time away from controls , is for food/drink , or the loo .
Regards alan.

[Piper_EEWL]

Wow that makes it even more impressive. I have to admit that on very long flights I use the AFK pause menu sometimes

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-19115NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-48
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-191.32 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-8271 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 3
oil change x 3
oil pipe leak x 4
oil filter replaced x 3
air filter x 1
fuel filter x 1
fuel pump x 1
magneto R x 1
magneto L X 1
worn L/flap parts x 1
worn R/flap parts x 2
L brake worn x 1
R brake worn x 1
R tyre worn x 1
LEG 48 VGEG/VEBS about 357NM direct , complete , actual 370NM done.
Flight was uneventful , could not find any suitable charts for VEBS , but managed to find enough info to make a safe approach and landing .
Aircraft landed with no faults , oil/fuel replenished , for next leg.
Aircraft now in INDIA .
https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/69689724

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-19493NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-49
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-195.09 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-8440 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 3
oil change x 3
oil pipe leak x 4
oil filter replaced x 3
air filter x 1
fuel filter x 1
fuel pump x 1
magneto R x 1
magneto L X 1
worn L/flap parts x 2
worn R/flap parts x 2
L brake worn x 1
R brake worn x 1
R tyre worn x 1
LEG 49 VEBS/VOBZ about 369NM direct , complete , actual 378NM done.
Well this is the second time i have had to fly this route , thanks last night to ASN causing thee aircraft to act as if it had crashed , even though at the time i was on approach some 40 to 50 ft from runway surface , a video shows the antics , so todays rerun was necessary , winds where worse today as well , rwys at vobz are 08/26 winds where 161/10g20 , rwy 08 usesd with 81 deg crosswind awkward landing to say the least , after flight checks revealed worn L flap parts , flaps repaired , oil/fuel replenished for next leg .
https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/69869898

Regards alan.