Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2015 21:56:45 GMT -5
Well on a rare Monday night long haul for me, I took the 777 flight from Bangor, Maine to Prestwick Scotland. This amounted to about a 5.5 hour flight over the North Atlantic, ending at 02:20 in Prestwick. A highly successful flight I must say, and I'm really enjoying the Boeing Triple Seven. It's a pretty amazing piece of technology. We had about a 73% payload and carried 60 tonnes of fuel, landing with a little over 26 tonnes in the tanks. Unlike the last time I landed here, tonight's weather was pretty good with an 1800' broken cloud deck so I got to hand fly it in. It sure does handle nicely. Anyway, some pics for your viewing enjoyment:
On the ramp at Bangor loading up. It takes a good 1 to 2 minutes to open/close that big cargo door.
Climbing over the Maritimes for FL330, our initial cruising altitude. Later we'd step climb to 350.
A bunch of "front office" pics for you. The beauty of this is it all works!! Amazing the modeling in this thing.
It's really impressive once the lights come on. All dimmable and all accurate to the real thing
Obviously over the North Atlantic, just catching the midnight sun. Until we got down low on approach, we could always see the glow in the sky
Talking to Shanwick Control on the HF
A little more glow for you
On the ramp at Bangor loading up. It takes a good 1 to 2 minutes to open/close that big cargo door.
Climbing over the Maritimes for FL330, our initial cruising altitude. Later we'd step climb to 350.
A bunch of "front office" pics for you. The beauty of this is it all works!! Amazing the modeling in this thing.
It's really impressive once the lights come on. All dimmable and all accurate to the real thing
Obviously over the North Atlantic, just catching the midnight sun. Until we got down low on approach, we could always see the glow in the sky
Talking to Shanwick Control on the HF
A little more glow for you
?? They do have a crew rest compartment you know