My First tour

[2fst4u]

after receiving my new (old) VNCs and VPCs, i decided i wanted to put my new air cadet, air navigation skills to use and do a tour, with a flight plan and everything. but there were a few choices to make first...

1. where to fly
2. what to fly
3. what weather to use
4. how long the tour should take

and i came up with...

1. every city in NZ in ascending latitudonal order (north to south) according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_New_Zealand
2. Cessna (non g1000(i've clocked up a few hours so im pretty used to it))
3. sunny, no wind (first tour. i know how to figure out HDG °C but i wanted it to be easy)
4. determined by 'where to fly' (turns out to be 14 hrs 07 mins over 1347.5 nm (not including climb speeds, decent speeds, acceleration, deceleration))

now sure, there are some flaws such as the flight plan looking like this...



causing a zig-zag across the north island and an east coast route along the south island. but i figure i can see more of the country that way

i also dont know the airspace rules and stuff but hey, once again, FIRST TOUR.

i'm going to try to use the gps as little as possible but if i have to then i will.

here is the itinary

NZWR
NZAA
NZTG
NZHN
NZRO
NZGS
NZNP
NZNR
NZHS
NZWU
NZPM
NZWN
NZNS
NZCH
NZDN
NZNV

i'm also only going to stop and save once on the ground at the airports.

so off i go. wish me luck and i'll keep you posted with some screenies!

[cowpatz]

Great itinery. Good luck.

[greaneyr]

Best of luck. Tours like that are such a fun way to get make new places semi-familiar.

Not to jinx it, but I hope your PC behaves. I've shed many a tear by having mine crash when en-route. It just makes it so hard to reload from the previous save and do it all over again.

Enjoy it, I know you will.

[Jimmy]

A well thought out tour, you will both enjoy it, and learn alot on the way, hope it all goes well for you.

Thanks
James

[G-HEVN]

Pete Dowson's Autosave: Best friend to the long distance simmer!

Good luck with the tour - it looks good.