westerly around the world attempt

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-43400NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-117
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-424.51 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-19805 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 7
oil change x 7
oil pipe leak x 7
oil filter replaced x 6
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 1
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 117 SBFZ/SBRF about 368NM direct , complete , actual 367NM done.
Well the weather improved as the flight progressed , at destination SBRF the atis gave rwy 18 ils as the active , cloud base of few at 2200 wind was 171/12 , touchdown was smoothe , at -43 td , afterflight checks showed no faults , oil/fuel replenished for next flight.
https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/76733264

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-43766NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-118
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-428.07 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-19968 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 7
oil change x 7
oil pipe leak x 7
oil filter replaced x 6
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 1
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 118 SBRF/SBSV about 349NM direct , complete , actual 366NM done.
Well the flight went without any problems , weather was ok winds mild , a bit of turbulance enroute , otherwise ok , landing was smoothe with a -33 td afterflight checks showed no faults oil/fuel replenished for next flight , just beat another aircraft by 30 min that was also landing at same airport , the only problems down in this part of the world is the atc and loc flights , as most speak and send messages in portugese via vpilot , so you need a good translator tool , to try and figure out what they are saying .
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/76904920

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-44223NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-119
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-432.31 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-20184 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 7
oil change x 7
oil pipe leak x 7
oil filter replaced x 6
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 1
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 119 SBSV/SBVT about 453NM direct , complete , actual 457NM done.
Weather started out ok , then enroute it was overcast and rain , and some turbulance , then it cleared up as i approached my destination of SBVT, just as well as this airport had no landing aides , and it was a night time approach , touchdown was smoothe but not as good as my last landing , afterflight checks showed no faults , oil/fuel replenished for next flight.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/76947574

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-44642NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-120
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-436.37 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-20384 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 7
oil change x 7
oil pipe leak x 7
oil filter replaced x 6
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 1
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 120 SBVT/SBGR about 398NM direct , complete , actual 419NM done.
Well the flight started ok , weather was fine , fsx flt planer gave 8000ft to clear obsticals , destination airport ele was 2459ft , as i got close to SBGR i got the atis , which gave a slight crosswind of 8knts for rwy 9L/R and vis was down to 2 and 1/4nm with cloud base scattered at 400ft , as i turned finals , on rwy 9R ils ,and tried manual flight down the beam , a combination of orbx scenery and asn , slowed the frame rate down , making it difficult to control aircraft , due to a slight delay in control imput , when i saw the airport , i was a bit to high , so i throttled back to idle , dropped flaps to full , and did a steep approach , and levelled off before touchdown , which i had a -91 t/d rate , as i landed , the app came online , and i got two messages , one from a pilot waiting to t/o to welcome me to the airport , the other from the app guy , asking me to contact him , when i did , he was just asking me to squak stby mode . taxiied to stand , after shutdown my afterflight checks showed no faults , oil/fuel replenished for next flight.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/77085136

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-44945NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-121
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-439.30 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-20536 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 8
oil change x 8
oil pipe leak x 7
oil filter replaced x 7
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 1
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 121 SBGR/SBFL about 277NM direct , complete , actual 303NM done.
The flight went without any probs weather was fine , but as i approached destination , i could see lightning flashes in the distance , on afterflight checks engine needed an oil filter change , so changed oil/plugs at same time,oil/fuel replenished for next flight.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/77288097

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-45271NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-122
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-442.32 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-20707 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 8
oil change x 8
oil pipe leak x 7
oil filter replaced x 7
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 1
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 122 SBFL/SBPK about 312NM direct , complete , actual 326NM done.
Well the weather was bad i was going to an airport that has no landing aides , and fsx forgot to do even the ndb or vor , and with oc at 200ft and vis at .25nm , then as i was slowly decending at 300fpm , windshear caused the aircraft , to suddenly pitch down at 1000fpm , had to rapidly disconnect both a/p and asn , in order to get down saftly , afterflight checks showed no faults , oil/fuel replenished for next flight.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/77442299

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-45581NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-123
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-445.09 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-20843 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 8
oil change x 8
oil pipe leak x 7
oil filter replaced x 7
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 1
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 123 SBPK/SUMU about 280NM direct , complete , actual 310NM done.
Well the weather was bad at dep airport , but steadily improved as i got to my dest airport sumu montevideo in uruguay , wind changed as i got closer but it was still 06 active rwy for landing , which is a visual approach , as i got to about 30 min from airport , another aircraft showed up on vatspy as a departure , so i had to keep an eye open for him moving , at no time did he use radios , nor did is speed move from zero , until i was 7 nm out and annouced my finals to rwy 06 approach , then he moved from grd to flight , i assume the guy was parked on the active ready to go , against vatsim rules , and waited until i announced finals , before he moved . aircraft landed with no faults , oil/fuel replenished , ready for next flight.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/77473265

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
Aircraft now in argentina.

TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-45805NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-124
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-447.39 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-20968 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 8
oil change x 8
oil pipe leak x 7
oil filter replaced x 7
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 2
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 124 SUMU/SAZM about 209NM direct , complete , actual 224NM done.
There are two videos on twitch covering this flight , due to a videocard error message , i started the flight then while engine was warming , i payed a visit upstairs , when i came down the video error message was showing , could not see anything wrong , so continued with flight , it was not till i took off , that i noticed twitch was no longer streaming , thinking it was my age , and had forgotten to start it , i started twitch , it was only when i came to edit the stream title that i realised i had started twitch at the start of my flight , but the error message had shut it down , while i was upstairs.
any how flight was like a boxing match , due to enroute windshears that where very severe , and had to disconnect a/p a couple off times , and fly it manually , as the trim could not cope with the weather , and put the aircraft into a 2000fpm dives while in a/p , the weather gradually improved as i got near my dest airport of SAZM , landed on vis rwy 31 with a td of -74 , afterflight checks showed fuel pump was worn , so replaced it , oil/fuel replenished for next flight.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/77621462
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/77624137

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-46028NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-125
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-450.20 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-21098 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 8
oil change x 8
oil pipe leak x 7
oil filter replaced x 7
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 2
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 125 SAZM/SAZB about 222NM direct , complete , actual 223NM done.
Well the weather was a lot better on this trip, at destination airport SAZB it is a joint mil naval and civ airport thats open to the public , only one ils rwy 16L but the winds where 255/16 , making rwy 24 the active , lucky for me that it was a clr sky , so only high winds to deal with , had a bit of a bounce on landing , but touchdown was -79 , so pretty reasonable , under the high winds , afterflight checks showed no faults , oil/fuel replenished for next flight.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/77671243

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-46339NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-126
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-454.09 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-21232 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 8
oil change x 8
oil pipe leak x 7
oil filter replaced x 7
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 2
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 126 SAZB/SAVT about 304NM direct , complete , actual 311NM done.
Well this flight i eventually managed to do , after 4th attempt , due corrupt weather data causing fsx to crash 3 times,but on the 4th flight all went well , at destination the weather was clear , just as well , as i could find no charts , and there was no landing aides , landing was a little heavy for me , but still reasonable , afterflight checks showed no faults , oil/fuel replenished for next flight.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/77834359

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-46524NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-127
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-455.53 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-21317 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 8
oil change x 8
oil pipe leak x 7
oil filter replaced x 7
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 2
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 127 SAVT/SAVC about 181NM direct , complete , actual 185NM done.
Well the weather got steadily worse as i got near to destination, atis was lying again saying vis of 1 3/4nm with brk cloud at 400 and sct at 1000 , it was overcast at 1000 and the ground was getting close , did not help , when i could not find any charts ,i ended up turning the weather off for landing ,which i dont like doing ,but had no choice , not the best of landings , as the aircraft would not line up for finals properly , even with a boot full of rudder to try and get the aircaft lined up , landing was a bit harder than i like , but still a reasonable landing , afterflight checks showed no faults , oil/fuel replenished for next flight.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/77867984

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-46889NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-128
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-459.13 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-21477 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 8
oil change x 8
oil pipe leak x 7
oil filter replaced x 7
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 2
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 128 SAVC/SAWG about 356NM direct , complete , actual 365NM done.
Well the weather was ok for once , clouds very few and scattered enroute , as i got to destination of SAWG the overcast base was 2000 10nm vis below this , early dawn approach into SAWG , saw a soft touchdown , on afterflight checks there where no faults , oil/fuel replenished for next flight , if weather good then i will be heading to the falklands.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/78157477

regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-47325NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-129
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-463.15 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-21671 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 8
oil change x 8
oil pipe leak x 8
oil filter replaced x 7
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 2
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 129 SAWG/SFAL about 428NM direct , complete , actual 436NM done.
Well the flight was ok , only problem , was the destination at SFAL , the wind was 178/16 rwys are 09/27 making rwy 09 the best option , its a short rwy , and aircraft would not line up on rwy properly,so i tried the dutch roll control for crosswind landings , all seemed well till i got near to touchdown , and i was beginning to lose control , so elected to do a goaround , second attempt again seemed to be going well on decent , but near to touchdown the aircraft did not seem to control to well , and resulted in a few bounces , but got down in one piece , on checking the fsacars , the td was -178 , not my best but surviveable , afterflight checks showed oilpipe leaks , so these where fixed , as my next flight is a long over water flight to SAWE , oil/fuel replenished ready for next flight.
Aircraft now in the falklands.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/78178976

Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-47711NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-130
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-466.47 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-21849 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 8
oil change x 8
oil pipe leak x 8
oil filter replaced x 7
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 2
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 130 SFAL/SAWE about 383NM direct , complete , actual 386NM done.
Well this flight only had one small bit that was tricky,and it was the takeoff , as the wind was blowing with an 88 deg crosswind at 16 knts but once airborne , the enroute was easy and at my destination of SAWE the atis was saying it was calm , so i elected to go for the rwy 25 ils which was more or less straight in , nice soft touchdown , and afterflight checks , showed no faults , oil/fuel replenished , for next flight.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/78220061
Aircraft now back in argentina.
Regards alan.

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
TOTAL NM FLOWN TODATE:-47849NM
TOTAL LEGS FLOWN TODATE:-131
TOTAL FLT TIME TAKEN:-468.25 HR
TOTAL FUEL USED TODATE:-21930 LBS
TOTAL AIRCRAFT FAULTS TODATE
plugs changed x 8
oil change x 8
oil pipe leak x 8
oil filter replaced x 7
oil pump x1
air filter x 3
fuel filter x 2
fuel injection x 1
fuel pump x 2
fuel leak x 1
magneto R x 2
magneto L X 2
alternator x 1
worn L/flap parts x 3
worn R/flap parts x 4
L brake worn x 3
R brake worn x 2
R tyre worn x 1
L tyre worn X 1

LEG 131 SAWE/SCCI about 119NM direct , complete , actual 138NM done.
Well the aircraft had to cope with high winds that where outside the limits , but coped reasonably well 30knts crosswind at SAWE for t/o , and winds of 008/26 at SCCI rwy 01/19 disused , so had to use next best 07 vis , aircraft was a handfull on approach and landing , but managed a nice t/d of -65 aircraft was still a handfull while taxiing to stand , afterflight checks showed no faults , oil/fuel replenished for next flight.
Aircraft now in chile.
https://secure.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/78332608

Regards alan.