A Flight I Denied (172RG To Fiji) Lets Wish Him Luck he is "Enroute"

"Montblack" wrote in message
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("NW_Pilot" wrote)
Hopefully it is nothing life threatening.

I am sure there is traffic in the aera and he could get a relay and he
also will be HF or Sat phone equipped.(He Better Be) and always have a
back up GPS just incase.


Don't you hate when you're out over the Pacific, and you can't remember if
you left the iron plugged in?

He/she is making a beeline back to shore.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9484B

Wait a minute! Now he/she's heading out again. Hmm?

Hope he/she is actually flying the plane.


Montblack


Look at the track log

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N.../PHNL/tracklog

In a previous article, (Paul Tomblin) said:
In a previous article, "NW_Pilot" said:
Give it some time sometimes the flightaware system is a bit buggy while
enroute will show a 180 for climbs etc.... and it all depends on his
position reports also. Remember no Radar Service out there.

Well, now it's showing him back outbound again.

And now the outbound track appears to be in a perfect line with the
original outbound track. Which makes me think that out and back spike was
a glitch.



--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
"Whoah, whoah! A fat sarcastic Star Trek fan? You must be a devil with the
ladies!" - Simpsons

He seems to be making hourly position reports about 1/2 past the hour.
Jim

"NW_Pilot" wrote:
Look at the track log

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N.../PHNL/tracklog

Time Position(Lat/Long) Speed(kts) Altitude(ft)
....
07:28PM 36.17 -137.50 318 9000
....

That's quite a tail wind!

He left an hour late, and is now 2 hours behind schedule, if I read that
right.
Never seen that site before. I don't know of anything like it for Australian
flights.
Is his flight path, in a big 'Z' line normal? Or could he have been lost?
Crash Lander
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But I'm never wrong!
"NW_Pilot" wrote in message
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Flight was not worth $2,000 to me I guess to some one it was!!! I wanted
$3,500 Labor Single Engine over the big Pond Ummmm I guess he is tanked
with 200 gallons total onboard.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9484B

Lets wish this pilot some good luck on this trip whoever it may be.

"Crash Lander" wrote:
Is his flight path, in a big 'Z' line normal?

It appears to due to a data entry glitch. If you click on the
"Status En Route (No recent position)" link you will see the position
log:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N.../PHNL/tracklog

It would appear that the longitude entry for 7:28PM has a type: it says
-137.50 but clearly should have been -127.50.

A careful examination of the flight log shows minute-by-minute updates
up to 6:34PM and then roughly hourly after that. According to Google
Earth, the position at 6:34PM was a distance of about 200 miles from the
California coast. Which is consistent with what I understand is typical
ATC radar coverage range - perhaps someone who has more knowledge of the
subject can confirm or correct that.

On May 29, 8:39 pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
"Crash Lander" wrote:
Is his flight path, in a big 'Z' line normal?

It appears to due to a data entry glitch. If you click on the
"Status En Route (No recent position)" link you will see the position
log:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N...529/2042Z/KHWD...

It would appear that the longitude entry for 7:28PM has a type: it says
-137.50 but clearly should have been -127.50.

A careful examination of the flight log shows minute-by-minute updates
up to 6:34PM and then roughly hourly after that. According to Google
Earth, the position at 6:34PM was a distance of about 200 miles from the
California coast. Which is consistent with what I understand is typical
ATC radar coverage range - perhaps someone who has more knowledge of the
subject can confirm or correct that.

Seems funny to me that he planned the flight to arrive in the dark....
On a flight like this, wouldn't you prefer to arrive in daylight?

--Dan

"Dan" wrote in message
oups.com...

Seems funny to me that he planned the flight to arrive in the dark....
On a flight like this, wouldn't you prefer to arrive in daylight?


I certainly would have. Considering fatgue alone, I think I would have
wanted to get the night flying over with first. Perhaps plan to arrive 3 to
4 hours before sunset. Perhaps his is just not a morning person?

("Dan" wrote)
Seems funny to me that he planned the flight to arrive in the dark....
On a flight like this, wouldn't you prefer to arrive in daylight?


Might have a wee bit to do with weather patterns, is my guess.


Montblack

What has always been the problem for commercial pilots since the
Wright Brothers is that some new guy will always do the flight for
less, or even free, just to get the log time...
That is why, other than the unionized majors, guys are flying freight
dogs at night for $7 an hour...
denny