AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined May 2008, 1728 posts, RR: 24 Posted (6 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 9807 times:
Hi!
I have had a dream of flying around the world in a small prop, possibly a cessna for years. Am I totally wacky or what?! (you dont have to answe that question )
Is anyone out there as crazy as me, and have actually tried something similar? Do anyone have suggestions to a possible route I could fly?
AC21365 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 402 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 9796 times:
The max range in a 172 is something like 500nm. You'd never make it across the oceans.
Pilotallen From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 656 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 9791 times:
Read the book Air Vagabonds.....awesome book...its about aircraft ferry pilots....it will prove this feat possible and then some....they have stories about crossing the pacific in a piper archer (or 235) its such a great book i really recommend it.....hell Ill even mail it to you if you want ahaha.....they have a bunch of great stories not just about pipers but about eveyr kind of plane that you wouldnt htink could cross the oceans....it can be done! -Josh
AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined May 2008, 1728 posts, RR: 24 Reply 3, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 9787 times:
Quoting AC21365 (Reply 1): The max range in a 172 is something like 500nm. You'd never make it across the oceans.
What if you didn't cross the oceans?
Well maybe that sounds wrong but what I mean is that when you get to the pacific region, you can fly up north to Kamchatka or Alaska and then cross the strait up there. And in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, you could fly for example from quebec up to Nunavut, Greenland, Iceland, Great Britain, etc. It doesn't have to be a Cessna, but a piper or something similar.
Quoting Pilotallen (Reply 2): Read the book Air Vagabonds.....awesome book...its about aircraft ferry pilots....it will prove this feat possible and then some....they have stories about crossing the pacific in a piper archer (or 235) its such a great book i really recommend it.....hell Ill even mail it to you if you want ahaha.....they have a bunch of great stories not just about pipers but about eveyr kind of plane that you wouldnt htink could cross the oceans....it can be done! -Josh
It sounds interesting! I will try to look for it, and may buy it over the internet, and if I cant find it over the internet, which I don't believe will happen, I will email you or send you an IM. Thankyou for the recommendation!
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Lastordu From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 367 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 9747 times:
I'm not trying to be a jerk but I asked so thing a little like you question. Here I hope this helps.
Tbar220 From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7011 posts, RR: 34 Reply 6, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 9723 times:
I've started a flight similar to that, got from Los Angeles to somewhere in Northeast Canada. This was way back and I used the Cessna. Crossing the oceans can be tough and realistically probably wouldn't be easy, but in a sim can be fun to do.
Justplanecrazy From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2003, 536 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 9720 times:
Yes it is possible a British girl flew solo around the world in a single engine cessna ill try to get more details and post here later.I know she stopped in hawaii and had extra fuel tanks fitted.
Also (as pilot allen reply 2 mentions) ferry pilots take single engine crop dusters from california crossing the pacific to Australia.In the 1970's a film was made of 2 crop dusters crossing the pacific one crashed on a take off the other got lost before being found by an airline pilot and escorted to safety.
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Nighthawk From UK - Scotland, joined Sep 2001, 4847 posts, RR: 45 Reply 11, posted (6 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 9557 times:
Quoting Jwenting (Reply 10): It is indeed possible but you're going to have to modify the aircraft parameters to include a larger fuel capacity (and associated weight).
or cheat and turn unlimited fuel on, it wont be very realistic but will allow you to do it. Crossing the atlantic in a cessna might take a while though
QFA380 From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 1834 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 9415 times:
Quoting AC21365 (Reply 1): The max range in a 172 is something like 500nm. You'd never make it across the oceans.
Some Aussie guy, quite a few months ago was flying a Cessna (don't know what model) from LA-AUS but crashed somewhere (not due to fuel shortage)
I might have a go at doing it on FS, could be fun. I once tried to do the default flight from England-Australia in A 172 instead of a Vickers Vimy but gave up when one of the airports that was on the list wasn't there.
Woodreau From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 824 posts, RR: 8 Reply 14, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 9382 times:
It has been done 121 times in a single engined aircraft, several times in a Cessna, most in a Cessna 210, but once in a 172 Hawk XP.
L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 28954 posts, RR: 66 Reply 16, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 9366 times:
I don't remember the title of the book, but I am pretty sure that Ernie Gann did a similar trip back in the 50's in a Comanche with extra tanks and wrote about it.
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TransIsland From Bahamas, joined Mar 2004, 1989 posts, RR: 13 Reply 17, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 9336 times:
I've done it in a Britten-Norman Islander, and had to add one airport in Siberia, which MS chose not too include in its standard package. Other than that, I guess it should be possible in a Cessna.
JHFLYER From Australia, joined Oct 2005, 25 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 9285 times:
There is another Aussie bloke called Orm Grace who has flown a C150 from Sydney to London return. The aircrsft was for sale not so long ago, he had set it up with full IFR intrumentation, storm scope the whole shooting match. I have been unable to find a link to anymore info but there was a good article in the Australian AOPA. But I will keep looking.
Gunsontheroof From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 3380 posts, RR: 13 Reply 19, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 9275 times:
I worked out a routing for it once that was almost feasable in a C172...can't recall what I did with it though. You could always go into your aircraft .cfg file and increase your fuel capacity...
AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined May 2008, 1728 posts, RR: 24 Reply 20, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 9248 times:
Quoting Gunsontheroof (Reply 19): I worked out a routing for it once that was almost feasable in a C172...can't recall what I did with it though. You could always go into your aircraft .cfg file and increase your fuel capacity...
yes, it would be a possibility, and then just pretend like you have extra fuel tanks with you.. but right now I am actually just thinking about doing a huge rtw trip in my PMDG 744. I love it! It is a very complicated model but I am learning something new each time I try flying with it. I am still practicing on using the FMC, and yesterday I made the 744 land all by itself...! It was such an awesome sight and feelings when it touched down, and it made the smoothest touchdown ever.
Goinv From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 260 posts, RR: 3 Reply 21, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 9221 times:
I started such a flight a few years ago in FS2000. After many many hours I had gone from Inverness (UK) to Cairns (Australia).
After that I pretty much got fed up and sold the Cessna 172 and splashed out on a Learjet. I had just crossed the Pacific (landed somewhere in South America) when FS2002 came out.
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Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4065 posts, RR: 15 Reply 22, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 9208 times:
Did it in FS in a Baron 58 some time ago. I think it was something like this:
Atlanta-Denver
Denver-Las Vegas
Las Vegas-San Francisco
San Francisco-Seattle
Seattle-Vancouver
Vancouver-Anchorage
Anchorage-Anadyr
Anadyr-Petropavlovsk
Petropavlovsk-New Chimose (Sapporo)
New Chimose-Tokyo Narita
Tokyo Narita-Osaka Kansai
Osaka Kansai-Fukuoka
Fukuoka-Incheon
Incheon-Shanghai Pudong
Pudong-Wuhan
Wuhan-Chengdu
Chengdu-Putao
Putao-Delhi
Delhi-Kerman
Kerman-Baghdad
Baghdad-Larnaca
Larnaca-Paphos
Paphos-Rhodes
Rhodes-Athens
Athens-Corfu/Kerkira
Corfu-Catania
Catania-Rome
Rome-Geneva
Geneva-Paris CDG
Paris-Manston
Manston-Norwich
Norwich-Humberside
Humberside-Teesside
Teesside-Newcastle
Newcastle-Edinburgh
Edinburgh-Glasgow
Glasgow-Stornoway
Stornoway-Reykjavik
Reykjavik-Somewhere in Greenland
Somewhere in Greenland-Somewhere in Greenland
Somewhere in Greenland-St Johns
St. Johns-Philadelphia (some reasonably big GA airport - not PHL)
Philadelphia-Atlanta
Of course, quite a few pointlessly small flights in there, including a tour of Britain, but also used the complete fuel capacity on some of the flights across America.
Aswell as that, i did Dunsfold-Ramona and back in the Beech King Air and was something like this:
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