NZFF

Originally going to be Hawaii-Hawaii but thought that it should end in New Zealand.
The whole thing should be completed in seven days.
Going the long way around plus each flight will be in a Jet that seats 100+.

First Flight:

Lihue-Honolulu
Boeing 717-200

I start my trip nice and early for a morning departure to Honolulu.


Climbing to a low FL150 due to small flight time.


Lihue Airport


Cruising


Starting finals


On final


Flaring


50feet...


Slowing down - plenty of space without need for reversers though




Hawaiian We Stand!!

After a couple of days spent in Honolulu and now onto San Francisco for a few hours.

Leg Two:
United 72

Boeing 767-300


United We Stand!


Nice cockpit


Good seat


Pushing back


Ready to start engines


climbing out of Honolulu


No land in sight


Approach spoilers


Starting approach


Finals




Smoke!


Slowing down on San Francisco's huge runway


Tight fit


United we stand!

Cool shots and a nice idea for a tour. I'll be watching this one

Pics are waaaay too big though.

Cool tour you got planned. Nice screenshots, fs2004??

Yep, Fs2004. I decided on the tour well. This afternoon. I needed something to do with FS so I wasn't aimlessly flying around.
Anyway I am trying to fix the size. I will get photobucket to further reduce the size.

are you going to use the 737?

C152 wrote:

QUOTE (C152 @ Dec 11 2008, 08:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

are you going to use the 737?

Is the Pope Catholic?

Cool shots and a cool idea.
The 717 is a pretty neat looking aircraft. Which 717 do you have Kelburn?

Jet City Aircraft 717 with Ken Mitchell's 17 Panel. It's a good model but wingviews only.
I will definitely fit a 737 flight in. Somewhere.

After a few hours in San Francisco I boarded my flight to Washington Dulles.

Leg 3

United 1026
San Francisco-Washington Dulles
Boeing 757-200


Climbing to 32000


Cockpit at cruise


Starting my descent


Approach over the suburbs



established



Short finals



flare


slowing down


taxiing


still taxiing



final resting spot


quick trip to the hotel for some sleep before I move onwards.

Sorry about the photos. Nigh means they don't come out so good

Nearly got the sizes right. Will work on that tomorrow...

Ok.
After a day in D.C. I was ready for my next flight. This was quite a long one (although not much longer than the other ones I've been doing ) but it was time to move on. Lucky me, going in a 777-200! From what I could see, it was nice weather at Dulles. The sun slowly went out of view and before I knew it, it was time to go to my departure lounge.

Leg 3:

United 924
Washington-Dulles - London-Heathrow
Boeing 777-200


Very nice cockpit. Large and luxurious.


The airbridge clearly shows the height of a 777. The ground crew are making my flight ready.


Pushed back, ready to start the fires.


Lots and lots and lots of Regional airplanes before me...


after 15min it was onto the runway and straight off to England!


Climbing away into the black sky


Cruising over Greenland(?)


Spectators get a nice view!


Finally the sun starts to reappear!


The sun is taking it time!


Finally I can see my surroundings. England is fast approaching


Cup holders. They thought of everything!


Spoilers to slow a slippery plane


Long finals


Entering the rain


The wind was...

...making it difficult


"smoke on the water" (so to speak considering it was a wet runway)


slowing down


plenty of traffic here


Slowly does it...


nicely done!


a nice rest after a long journey.

My journey so far:


A day in London then onwards in a 737-300 (YES!!)

Hope you enjoyed these.

Nice tour here Kelburn- I'll be following this one to the end.