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Suppose I wanted to fly to Angola...
I was talking recently with someone who said that their company needs
to send a few (5-6) people to do some work in Angola from Atlanta and complained about the difficulty of flying there commercially. This made me curious about what it would take to do this in a private jet. I asked my CFII this question (he is type rated for the Citation I) and his answer was "Not in this Citation; it doesn't have the range." He did say that a friend delivered a Citation I to South Africa solo but it took him three days to get there. He's never personally flown to Africa so while he said he'd look into it I thought I'd ask here as someone might actually know. I am going to assume that there is some sweet spot on the range-speed- time-cost considerations based upon whatever the longest leg would have to be for various routes and the cost/time involved with stopping to refuel but I don't know much about this kind of aircraft, certainly not enough to plan a trip. I've never thought much about international flight so I am very curious to see the suggestions for a flight like this. TIA |
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Suppose I wanted to fly to Angola...
I forgot to include the destination. Let's assume the airport is LAD,
the capital. |
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Suppose I wanted to fly to Angola...
On Sep 22, 4:53*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
es330td wrote in news:bf911c1f-f7ad-4132-a9e9- : I was talking recently with someone who said that their company needs to send a few (5-6) people to do some work in Angola from Atlanta and complained about the difficulty of flying there commercially. *This made me curious about what it would take to do this in a private jet. I asked my CFII this question (he is type rated for the Citation I) and his answer was "Not in this Citation; it doesn't have the range." He did say that a friend delivered a Citation I to South Africa solo but it took him three days to get there. He's never personally flown to Africa so while he said he'd look into it I thought I'd ask here as someone might actually know. I am going to assume that there is some sweet spot on the range-speed- time-cost considerations based upon whatever the longest leg would have to be for various routes and the cost/time involved with stopping to refuel but I don't know much about this kind of aircraft, certainly not enough to plan a trip. I've never thought much about international flight so I am very curious to see the suggestions for a flight like this. not sure what you're asking here. What kind of bizjet can do it? Most could do it with a stop or tow and some could do it direct... Bertie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I'm trying to understand what reasonable options might be available. For example, a Citation I might be more fuel efficient than a Citation III but the III with the longer range can take routes that the I cannot because of the need to cross the Atlantic. Obviously if price was no object then a plane with 6,000 miles of range like a G-550 would be great but that is a very expensive plane as opposed to the Citation III that is only expensive in comparison. I guess I could back out a little and ask the question "What routes could one take to fly to Angola from Atlanta, GA?" and then determine on my own what planes could cover the longest single leg on that route. |
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Suppose I wanted to fly to Angola...
"Mick" #$$#@%%%.^^^ wrote in :
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... | es330td wrote in news:264071cb-c9ee-4b12-b6bd- | : | | On Sep 22, 4:53 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: | es330td wrote in news:bf911c1f-f7ad-4132-a9e9- | : | | | | | | I was talking recently with someone who said that their company | needs | to send a few (5-6) people to do some work in Angola from Atlanta | and | complained about the difficulty of flying there commercially. This | made me curious about what it would take to do this in a private | jet. | I asked my CFII this question (he is type rated for the Citation I) | and his answer was "Not in this Citation; it doesn't have the | range." | He did say that a friend delivered a Citation I to South Africa | solo | but it took him three days to get there. He's never personally | flown | to Africa so while he said he'd look into it I thought I'd ask here | as | someone might actually know. | | I am going to assume that there is some sweet spot on the range- | speed- | time-cost considerations based upon whatever the longest leg would | have to be for various routes and the cost/time involved with | stopping | to refuel but I don't know much about this kind of aircraft, | certainly | not enough to plan a trip. | | I've never thought much about international flight so I am very | curious to see the suggestions for a flight like this. | | not sure what you're asking here. | | What kind of bizjet can do it? | Most could do it with a stop or tow and some could do it direct... | | Bertie- Hide quoted text - | | - Show quoted text - | | I'm trying to understand what reasonable options might be available. | For example, a Citation I might be more fuel efficient than a Citation | III but the III with the longer range can take routes that the I | cannot because of the need to cross the Atlantic. Obviously if price | was no object then a plane with 6,000 miles of range like a G-550 | would be great but that is a very expensive plane as opposed to the | Citation III that is only expensive in comparison. | | I guess I could back out a little and ask the question "What routes | could one take to fly to Angola from Atlanta, GA?" and then determine | on my own what planes could cover the longest single leg on that | route. | | | You could do it a number of ways, but it shouldn't be all hat hard to | get there. There's a number of airline routes through new york and | london in particular. Flying a bizjet there is fraught with difficulties | and is not for the faint of heart or people inexperienced with flying in | that part of the world. Flying a Short range jet like a Citation 1 or | Corvette or similar would probably be more expensive than going in | something that could do it in two hops.. | | Bertie | It could also call someone, unlike you, that really knows. Uh yeh. Flown to africa? No? I have.. Bertie |
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Suppose I wanted to fly to Angola...
"Mick" #$$#@%%%.^^^ wrote in :
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message ... | es330td wrote in news:bf911c1f-f7ad-4132-a9e9- | : | | I was talking recently with someone who said that their company needs | to send a few (5-6) people to do some work in Angola from Atlanta and | complained about the difficulty of flying there commercially. This | made me curious about what it would take to do this in a private jet. | I asked my CFII this question (he is type rated for the Citation I) | and his answer was "Not in this Citation; it doesn't have the range." | He did say that a friend delivered a Citation I to South Africa solo | but it took him three days to get there. He's never personally flown | to Africa so while he said he'd look into it I thought I'd ask here as | someone might actually know. | | I am going to assume that there is some sweet spot on the range- speed- | time-cost considerations based upon whatever the longest leg would | have to be for various routes and the cost/time involved with stopping | to refuel but I don't know much about this kind of aircraft, certainly | not enough to plan a trip. | | I've never thought much about international flight so I am very | curious to see the suggestions for a flight like this. | | | not sure what you're asking here. | | What kind of bizjet can do it? | Most could do it with a stop or tow and some could do it direct... | | | | Bertie You're not sure of a lot of things. That's right. What I am sure of I am very sure of. You being a fjukktard, for instance. Bertie |
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