September 26th 08, 03:28 AM
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Suppose I wanted to fly to Angola...
"Mick" #$$#@%%%.^^^ wrote in :
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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| es330td wrote in news:264071cb-c9ee-4b12-b6bd-
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| On Sep 22, 4:53 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
| es330td wrote in news:bf911c1f-f7ad-4132-a9e9-
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| I was talking recently with someone who said that their company
| needs
| to send a few (5-6) people to do some work in Angola from
Atlanta
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| complained about the difficulty of flying there commercially.
This
| made me curious about what it would take to do this in a private
| jet.
| I asked my CFII this question (he is type rated for the Citation
I)
| and his answer was "Not in this Citation; it doesn't have the
| range."
| He did say that a friend delivered a Citation I to South Africa
| solo
| but it took him three days to get there. He's never personally
| flown
| to Africa so while he said he'd look into it I thought I'd ask
here
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| someone might actually know.
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| I am going to assume that there is some sweet spot on the range-
| speed-
| time-cost considerations based upon whatever the longest leg
would
| have to be for various routes and the cost/time involved with
| stopping
| to refuel but I don't know much about this kind of aircraft,
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| not enough to plan a trip.
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| I've never thought much about international flight so I am very
| curious to see the suggestions for a flight like this.
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| not sure what you're asking here.
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| What kind of bizjet can do it?
| Most could do it with a stop or tow and some could do it direct...
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| I'm trying to understand what reasonable options might be
available.
| For example, a Citation I might be more fuel efficient than a
Citation
| III but the III with the longer range can take routes that the I
| cannot because of the need to cross the Atlantic. Obviously if
price
| was no object then a plane with 6,000 miles of range like a G-550
| would be great but that is a very expensive plane as opposed to the
| Citation III that is only expensive in comparison.
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| I guess I could back out a little and ask the question "What routes
| could one take to fly to Angola from Atlanta, GA?" and then
determine
| on my own what planes could cover the longest single leg on that
| route.
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| You could do it a number of ways, but it shouldn't be all hat hard to
| get there. There's a number of airline routes through new york and
| london in particular. Flying a bizjet there is fraught with
difficulties
| and is not for the faint of heart or people inexperienced with flying
in
| that part of the world. Flying a Short range jet like a Citation 1 or
| Corvette or similar would probably be more expensive than going in
| something that could do it in two hops..
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| Bertie
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It could also call someone, unlike you, that really knows.
Uh yeh.
Flown to africa?
No?
I have..
Bertie
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