Long Haul: EGLL-KDEN

[ilove2ski42]

I didn't have anything to do today, so I decided to embark on a long flight on VATSIM. I left London at about 1600 zulu, and arrive in Denver by 0200 zulu. It was a long flight (more than 4000 nm), but a nice one! Practiced Oceanic reporting procedures over UNICOM, since there were many other aircraft making the crossing.

Well, here they are:
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Loading the passengers, fuel, and supplies at the gate at EGLL

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Airborne off EGLL rwy 27R, climbing to FL310 (step climb due to heavy plane & full tanks)

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Still climbing at about 500 FPM (very heavy plane!), and passing a British Airways regional jet in the distance

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The copilot catches a last glimpse of the UK coastline

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Cruising over the open ocean at FL310 and mach .80. The FMC is managing everything, the center tank is slowly burning off, and passengers are being treated to an in-flight movie

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A little before we're halfway across the Atlantic, the FMC calculates that the plane is light enough, so we initiate a climb to FL330.

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Somewhere south of Greenland, we run into some lower scattered clouds

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By the time we reach the Canadian shore, it's turned into an overcast layer. About 250 miles from shore, we climbed to FL350, our final cruising altitude.

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Later on, the cloud layer developed some holes, and I caught my first view of Canadian soil

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50 miles later, the clouds disentegrated further, and we were treated to views of the tundra, lakes, and rivers below

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Northern Canada sure is barren!

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Monitoring the computers flying this Boeing 767-300

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Northern Canada is beautiful though! I love the reflections!

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Much later, turning south over Duluth, Minnesota

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The tip of Lake Superior

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35,000 feet above Minneapolis/St. Paul

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Turning just north of the city. I like this shot, really makes you feel like you're in a heavy.

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Follow J118, another overcast cloud layer has developed over Western Minnesota and South Dakota

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By the time we get over Kansas and eastern Colorado, it's back to scattered clouds.

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Weaving in between the clouds while descending into Denver

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If FS2002 can do this good, I can't wait for 2004!

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The Front Range comes in view over the glareshield

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Turning final for rwy 16

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The turn was too late though, so I had to re-intercept. Now I'm lining up with the runway on 3 mile final, 3 down and locked and flaps on full

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Touchdown!

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From a spotter's camera

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"Ladies and Gentleman, we'd like to welcome you to Denver on behalf of WestWind Airlines. If you are connecting to a flight, international departures are gates D60-D63. Regional departures at gates D40-D45. Domestic flights D46-D59. We hope you enjoyed your flight today and will think of WestWind next time you need to travel."

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The sun sets on the horizon as the plane is again cold and dark at the WestWind terminal

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A gate security camera verifies the turbines are stopped

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From the flight deck of a 747 taxing by

Well, that's it <vbg>

I know it's a lot of screenshots, but hopefully you enjoyed them (I know I enjoyed the flight!)

Comments Welcome!

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[bofredrik]

Some great shots here!:-roll

Rgds
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[pvalexl]

nice shots and congratulations on that long haul!

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[tanveer]

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Ones here look good as well :D

TTYL
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Peace

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[Arabian]

WONDERFUL shots man! Truly great! Makes we wanna take a 767 out for a spin too! :)

Mahmoud Fadli
Chief Executive Officer
Arabian Airlines VA
www.arabian.ca.tc
maki@asquaref.com