F1 Flight Series

[sulky_uk]

rgr and cheers

[TeaLeaf]

So after a cracking good Barcelona Grand Prix, we're off to Monte Carlo for the Monaco Grand Prix.   Closest airport is Cote d'Azure, Nice.

To add a little bit of interest on what will be an otherwise incredibly short flight, here's a route taking off from RW20 (going away from Nice) and landing on RW22R (which mean you need to fly past the airport and then turn back on the STAR).

Route:
LEBL DALI3Q DALIN A67 BGR A27 BRUSC G39 FJR UL127 ROVOT UY373 ABLAK ABLA6R LFMN

In case your FMC does not have the detail, the DALI3Q departure requests:
- minimum 3,000 ft by PERAL
- max 6,000 ft at NITBA
- minimum FL110 by BL058

If you are doing this online then initial climb is set to 6,000 ft and you request a FL change from ATC.


See you on the south coast of France!

[TeaLeaf]

A nice flight of just over an hour, with nice scenery all the way, particularly as you approach Nice with the backdrop of the Alps.

Holding short of RW20 at LEBL Barcelona.


Airborne, positive rate of climb, GEAR UP!


Skirting along the South coast of France towards Nice.  FL380.


Base leg, approaching the turn onto the localiser for the runway at LFMN Nice airport.


Taxiing from the runway to the cargo apron, with Monte Carlo and the Alps in the background


Parked at the British Airways Cargo Centre, unloading F1 cargo for its short drive across to Monaco for the Grand Prix.


The next flight is a little longer - to Montreal!

[sulky_uk]

so did mine this morning, again the 777 refused to pick up the ILS that was programmed into the FMC, only noticed when i realized i was flying direct tot he airport and not to the runway, went around and manually approached

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[TeaLeaf]

Nice flight and some great screenshots!

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[TeaLeaf]

Bit of a long flight this one, but here it is.

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** TAKE-OFF DATA LFMN 04R **

COND:    333708 KG // RWY DRY // +24°C  Q1017  140/04  // LMT: STRUCT
CONFIG:  FLAPS 10 // D-TO1 +33C // A/I OFF // A/C ON
SPEEDS:  V1=145  VR=159  V2=173
ENG OUT: AT 2 DME 'AZR' 109.65 LT BANK 25 DEG HDG 140 AND CALL ATC.
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** LANDING DATA CYUL 10 **

COND:    257074 KG // RWY DRY // +17°C  Q1010  080/06  // LMT: FIELD
CONFIG:  FLAPS 30 // A/I OFF // A/C ON
SPEEDS:  VREF=145  VAPP=150
ENG OUT: AT R 330 'YJN' 115.8 RT TO 'YJN' 115.8 (106 INBD,RT)
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Route:
LFMN BODR6E BODRU UM616 BEBIX UN10 LMG UN460 CNA UN470 LAPEX DCT 49N020W 50N030W 50N040W 50N050W DCT ELSIR N320A EBONY DCT BGR DCT VLV OMBRE4 CYUL


This might be my last FSX flight......we'll have to see how quickly I take to P3D v4 tomorrow when it is released!

[TeaLeaf]

Just a warning, I forgot to check the runway length and RW10 is only just over 2,000ft long, so make sure you are on glide slope, get your wheels on deck pronto and then you'll not run out of room!

Managed a relatively gentle -171 ft/min landing rate, but struggled to find parking, so left it next to the Aeroline buildings!


Runway 04R at Nice, ready for a short hop(!) to Montreal CYUL.


Goodbye Nice and Monte Carlo, see you next year for another F1 Grand Prix.


Cruising at FL390 en route to Canada.


Turning onto base leg at Montreal


Runway spotted. The Cicuit Gille Villeneuve is at one o'clock, on an island in the middle of the St Lawrence.


Hmm, where is the cargo centre? Never mind, parking just here will do........!



That's a long flight, but all good fun and the cargo is here for the June 11th Grand Prix.

Next flight is after the Canadian Grand Prix and it takes us back to Europe to Baku, Azerbaijan in time for the June 25th race.

[BrotherTobious]

Surely you should of flown back to HQ then to Canada?

[TeaLeaf]

Surely you should of flown back to HQ then to Canada?

Picky!

Actually, afaiaa not all cargo goes back to base after each race.   Some cargo will return to base between races, but others will go direct to the next race.   For example, the garage setup is more likely to go direct, whereas the cars probably go back to base.   The closer the race, the more likely they are to return to base.   But for the purposes of this little bit of entertainment, we're simply going race to race for simplicity.

[BrotherTobious]

 Well I am enjoying reading your adventures in the sky.  It suddenly struck me that a man of you calibre would be flying the F1 Cars.

[sulky_uk]

nice pics, ill probably do mine during the week, how long was it?

[TeaLeaf]

nice pics, ill probably do mine during the week, how long was it?

According to my ProjectFly page:


Distance: 3307NM
Time Started 11:37 - 29/05/2017
Time Ended 14:37 - 29/05/2017
Time Taken 02:59 hrs
Landing Rate -171 FPM
Block Fuel 182,890kg
Fuel Burned 175,225kg

So, a biscuit shy of 3 hours.    Once I had passed 10,000ft I turned on auto-time compression at 4x.   I turned it off again once closer to Montreal.

[sulky_uk]

my turn...game had a crash straight after the last pic, as i had used all the memory's......didnt get to the gate

anyone for fuel



must be a 4x4 tractor/tug



nice is nice



bye bye monico



hello Monty



and the game crashed about 1 second after this was taken

[vobler]

Nice pictures Sulky!

[TeaLeaf]

Aye, nice piccies - it's interesting to see the way they are rendered in different ways, depending on our settings and addons.

I am probably going to try a P3D v4 trip for the next flight, we'll have to see if I feel brave enough!