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

"NW_Pilot" wrote in message
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50+ hours of retract time for the log book. That's worth $7560 to some
young buck. Plus he gets to hang out in Fiji and chill for a few days.

I wouldn't do it for 5 times that much today but 20 years ago. Probably.


The broker handling this flight will not pay for him to hang for a few
day's maybe one day if lucky depending on airline availability and his
arrival in Fiji then he is huffing it to the airport on the next flight
out to the next ferry flight or back home.

Looks like he either forgot the columbia coffee, or picked up a heck of head
wind!!!

"NW_Pilot" wrote in message
ferry flight or back home.

I think that's happening now. Hope it wasn't anything life threatening.

Jim

Jim Burns wrote:
"NW_Pilot" wrote in message
ferry flight or back home.

I think that's happening now. Hope it wasn't anything life threatening.


He's not even heading back to his airport of origin... he's skeedaddling
straight due east. I wonder what happened?



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

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Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote:
Jim Burns wrote:
"NW_Pilot" wrote in message
ferry flight or back home.

I think that's happening now. Hope it wasn't anything life threatening.


He's not even heading back to his airport of origin... he's skeedaddling
straight due east. I wonder what happened?

How does Flight Aware generate its oceanic tracks? There isn't
radar out there. It might just be estimated positions. Or maybe
his GPS went out, and he is heading due east since he is guaranteed
to hit land that way...

Hopefully it is nothing life threatening.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

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.


"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in message
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Jim Burns wrote:
"NW_Pilot" wrote in message
ferry flight or back home.

I think that's happening now. Hope it wasn't anything life threatening.


He's not even heading back to his airport of origin... he's skeedaddling
straight due east. I wonder what happened?



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

"John Clear" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote:
Jim Burns wrote:
"NW_Pilot" wrote in message
ferry flight or back home.

I think that's happening now. Hope it wasn't anything life threatening.


He's not even heading back to his airport of origin... he's skeedaddling
straight due east. I wonder what happened?

How does Flight Aware generate its oceanic tracks? There isn't
radar out there. It might just be estimated positions. Or maybe
his GPS went out, and he is heading due east since he is guaranteed
to hit land that way...

Hopefully it is nothing life threatening.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/


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.

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.


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board throwing dead wombats and rotten cabbage at the other cars"
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"Montblack" wrote in message
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("NW_Pilot" wrote)
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9484B

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


I check him out:
Estimated Time Enroute vs. other 172's:

2:50
2:40
1:35

17:00 -------- Him (books on tape? g)

1:20
2:21
3:39
1:15


Montblack
My sister and her hubby spent over a month in Fiji, last August
(pre-coup). They loved it!



George Carlin Audio Books are Great. George Carlin actually reads them to
you! With the HF (ham radio) there is always things to do on that little
radio talk to the Oceanliners etc. they all think we are crazy hahaha.

("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

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9484B

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

With auxiliary tanks and a ferry flight permit from the FAA. This is a
long old trip and NW Pilot was quite right in turning it down as not
paying enough. I have never figured out how people manage to stay awake
long enough to make these flights.

As of 5:58 PM Pacific time, something looks wrong with his flight track. He
appears to have turned back, flown some distance and then turned back again.

Software glitch I hope?

-c