Well it's 5:57am, I've been up since 4 am, all so I can take on the challenge of flying the PMDG744f to it's limits. I will say this is attempt number 1, because I don't know if the fuel is there. Well the good news is, I can see that the sun is coming up (real world) now and it's getting a little lighter out. Yeah, I'm crazy...
Okay, so here are some of the details
YSSY Sidney, Australia to KILN Wilmington Airborn, USA.
8308NM.
Almost 50 000lbs of cargo
Flight plan
KAMPI1 WOL MARLN ABARB NATLI A579 NN B581 WOOBY 0100S16500W 0500N16000W 1000N15600W 1500N15000W 2300N14000W 2900N13000W ELKEY C1318 LAX HEC J64 TBC RSK J110 ALS J102 SLN J24 STL J134 JUDDI J29 KURTZand full fuel.
The flight plan is showing an ETA of 17:53. (I might need some coffee for that).
This is just as I started to rotate, I used the whole rwy there. There was ATC on in YSSY, he was great and allowed me to take off rwy16R. The active was the 34's. It was quite busy there too, so I had to sneak in and depart. The wind was 03010kts. Take off was smooth, but getting up to Fl 330 was a very bumpy ride.
Quick update, I'm riding a 118kts tail wind with a ground speed of 570kts. The tail wind is the only thing that will make this flight a success
Update:
Are we there yet? Oh my god, I'm tired, I only had 4 hours of sleep last night. This is going to be a long day.
It looks like my landing fuel is going up, so at this point I will be able to make the flight. The winds have died down a bit, so my ground speed is a little low - 535kts.
To follow along:
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
grrrr, somehow, my auto throttle was disconnected and I had a over speed warning, I lost some valuable fuel there! I think it was either sb4 or a weather update.
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