Round the world in a 421C

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Postby kiwiflyboy » Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:46 pm

Found this website, and thought some of you may be interested....

http://www.circletheearth.com

they're taking a 421 from NZ around the world to raise money for charity...
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Postby ardypilot » Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:02 pm

Cool website- something I plan to do in FS!
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Postby G-HEVN » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:00 pm

Wusses! 10 seats, pressurised, 11 hours endurance, they're in the lap of luxury!!! :lol: ;)

Come on then, Trolly: Let's see how far you can get without being shot at, kidnapped, have the CIA/5/MOSAD/bandits etc set on you, engine failure, wing fall off......... :clap:

Oh, and you need to pick a different route to the rest of us... ;)
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Postby ardypilot » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:34 pm

Oh, and you need to pick a different route to the rest of us

My idea is to take the Saab 2000 round the globe.. Auckland- Lord Howe- Cairns- Darwin- Dempassar- Manilla- Hong Kong- Osaka- Petropalovsk- Anadyr- Anchorage- Juneau- Vancouver- San Francisco- Las Vegas- Phoenix- Panema- Caracas- St Maarten- Miami- Washington DC- New York- Halifax- St Johns- Reykjavik- Inverness- Shannon- Shoreham- Ampsterdam- Erfurt- Innsbruck- Corsica- Sicily- Cario- Jeruslem- Dubai- Mumbai- Calcutta- Bangkok- Kuala Lumpar- Jakarta- Broome- Perth- Adelaide- Sydney- Wellington- Auckland :ph43r:
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Postby victor_alpha_charlie » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:31 pm

Trolly wrote: Dempassar- Manilla-Panema-Ampsterdam-  Cario- Jeruslem-  Kuala Lumpar-

Ok Andrew, start again, but this time try to spell more than 50% of the place names right :P
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Postby kiwiflyboy » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:46 pm

G-HEVN wrote: Wusses! 10 seats, pressurised, 11 hours endurance, they're in the lap of luxury!!! :lol: ;)

Everyone I know that has flown a 421 swears that the aircraft has tried to kill them on more than one occasion... there is something that isnt so cool about having a wastegate on one turbo, slam and stay fully open, whilst cruising at FL200, rendering that engine useless.....
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Postby ZK-KAG » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:50 pm

Is that the venerable ZK-LOY?
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Postby VH-CC1 » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:50 pm

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Postby Kelburn » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:19 am

I really want to have this repaint on my Flight 1 Cessna 421C!
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Isn't it evident?? Boeing are my favourite aircraft.

P.S. that's is my real birthday but I wish to keep my real age secret to keep you all pondering.
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Postby ZK-KAG » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:19 am


Well there ya go...Thanks Craig :thumbup:
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Postby A185F » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:25 pm

Everyone I know that has flown a 421 swears that the aircraft has tried to kill them on more than one occasion... there is something that isnt so cool about having a wastegate on one turbo, slam and stay fully open, whilst cruising at FL200, rendering that engine useless.....


Ahh pheuey thats got nothing to do with the 421 itself. That can happen to any turbo engine. Although, those geared GTSIO-520s are mongrel engines but are on a few other types. I myself havent flown the 421 but have done a bitta time on the old 402 which is more or less the same thing, but not pressureised and not as fast, little brother basicly, they're a beautyfull plane to fly, like a 172 but a bit more complicated :lol:
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