A new 10000NM trip

[Tupolev114]

Plans are underway to begin a trip that will take me around the south pacific. Starting in New Zealand and flying as far as Tahiti at this stage the longest leg will be 650nm and the shortest around 74nm with average at around 250nm to 350nm, Not taking into account prep flights this should bring my C182 into the 200HR club. Keep a lookout for updates over the next few months

[Lewis - A2A]

Interesting can you post your flight plan? Ive been meaning to fly New Zealand in a long long time. I finally flew properly in Alaska this morning.

cheers,
Lewis

[Tupolev114]

Current flight plan is NZAA - NZKT - YSNF - NWWW - NWWK - NWWC - NWWU - NWWV - NWWL - NWWM - NWWW - NVVW - NVSS - NVVV - NFFN - NFSW - NFNL - NFNM - NFNH - NFNS - NFNO - NFNW - NFNB - NFNA - NFMO - NFOL - NFTF - NFTE - NFTE - NIUE - NCRG - NTAA - NTTM - NTTE - NTTH - NTTB - NTTU - NTTP - NTTR - NTAA - NCAI - NSTU - NSFQ - NSAS - NSTU - NSFA - NSFI - NSMA - NSAU - NSFA - NLWW - NLWF - NFTO - NFTP - NFTV - NFTL - NFNK - NFFN - NVVW - NWWR - NWWE - YSNF - NZKT - NZAA

All of that should be around 10085NM worth of flying and at 135KNTS it should be about 74.7hours but i would expect it to be far more

[Tupolev114]

Revised plan lost some airport thanks to them not being in the sim

NZAA NZKT YSNF NWWW NWWK NWWC NWWU NWWV NWWL NWWM NWWW NVVW NVVV NFFN NFNL NFNM NFNA NFTF NIUE NCRG NTAA NTTM NTTE NTTH NTTB NTTP NTTR NTAA NCAI NSTU NSFA NSFI NSFA NLWW NLWF NFTP NFTV NFTL NFFN NVVW NWWR NWWE YSNF NZKT NZAA

[Lewis - A2A]

Awesome, thanks. I'm just loading up the first leg now for a blast this afternoon. Not sure where I'll end up really though as I might wander off a little

cheers,
Lewis

[Tupolev114]

My recommendation for drop ins are NZRC, NZQN, NZMF, NZMC, NZNS, NZOM, NZWN, NZFI, NZAP, NZAR, all great airfield that pose their own unique challenge

[n421nj]

Very cool. I just did a short hop from Cuba to key west and it was very unnerving flying over that much open water. 37 min of trepidation.

[Tupolev114]

Very cool. I just did a short hop from Cuba to key west and it was very unnerving flying over that much open water. 37 min of trepidation.

37 min is nothing i have had flights in this that have been good 5hr stints over water when i flew from KIDP to NZFI

[Tupolev114]

First flight NZAA-NZKT has now occuerd flight was done IFR (AA (PEEHA1P 23L) KYPRA G591 PERAS (RNAV 30) KT), flight was a non event really it was there more as a staging flight than anything. i did note that the oil pressure seemed lower than normal and with it not being changed since 91.1 Tacho (Currently 122.0) with the change due at 141.1hrs, the supplied screenshot shows its very very black. I have also included shots of the current aircraft condition and load out that will be used on every flight

the aircraft is in OK shape and should be fine until i get to NWWW where i will be away from long over water journeys for a few flights.
i am anticipating to complete an oil change on my second stop at NWWW

The next flight is from NZKT to YSNF (Screenshot of plan supplied)

[Tupolev114]

The flight from NZKT to YSNF has now been completed and it was a good flight. the flight took 3hrs 30min vs the planned time to 3hrs 37min so a nice bonus for this leg, weather enroute was good with a slight wind on the nose the whole way. Unfortunately the aircraft has developed an oil leak and as far as i can find there is no maintenance facility at YSNF so its onwards to NWWW for that. One achievement that i had enroute was finding my range at TOC (9000FT) and i can get a little over 1000NM not counting reserves so it is good knowing i have that there if i need it in a pinch

Screenshots of this flight can be found at
http://s1300.photobucket.com/user/Tupol ... YSNF/story

Next flight is to NWWW in New Caledonia where i will be able to add another flag to the tail

[n421nj]

I love the flag idea.

[Lewis - A2A]

Nice shots and yes the Flag idea is pretty damn awesome. I remember FAC257 when he flew the cub RTW he added the flags as he went, the end result was a pretty awesome cub repaint! I look forward to seeing your own collection for the 182 grow into what I'm sure will be one hell of a cool multi-coloured tail

cheers,
Lewis

[Tupolev114]

Flight Plan for flight from YSNF to NWWW