Ecuatoriana flight 421 is a Douglas DC-6 on a flight from Cali, Colombia to Quito Ecuador and on to Guayaquil (SKCP – SEQU - SEGU). We have 1,500 gallons of fuel on board for the 400 NM, flight. There will be light cloud cover for the first part of the flight, but possible thunderstorms as we near Quito and Guayaquil. Our cruising altitude will be 20,000 feet.
Thanks to:
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6. Model by Greg Pepper and Tom Gibson. The 1959 Ecuatoriana livery is by Mike Stevens.
Propliner AI Traffic: CalClassic & FS Aviator - Tom Gibson, Mike Stevens, Jason Krogmann, Manuel Jagmann, Bill Towers, Nikko Yaginuma, Richard Wright, Frederick Coleman, Dave Jones, Paul Haak, Marty Lochmiller, Ake Lindberg, Harland Sandberg, Richard Wright and Gary Harper at www.calclassic.com
Scenery and Add-ons: MS FS2004 v9.1, MS Windows 7 Pro and:
- Cali Calipuerto Airport scenery is by Mike Stevens at www.calclassic.com
- Quito Mariscal Sucre Intl. Airport scenery is FS9 standard.
- Guayaquil Simon Bolivar Intl. Airport scenery is by Juan Antonio Martinez.
- The 1961 Ecuatoriana timetable is from www.timetableimages.com
- Rwy12 and EZ Static Object and Scenery Libraries at www.flightsim.com
- FS2004 Classic Scenery Libraries File 1 v4a & File 2 v2 by Wolfgang Gersch at www.flightsim.com
- REX FS9 w/Overdrive & SP5.
- Flight One Ground Environment Pro II
- FS Genesis Western Hemisphere South.
- Luminar 4
- Engine fire add on by Joe Latarski - sef_v_1.zip at www.flightsim.com
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1. Ecuatoriana timetable effective February 1, 1961. This flight takes place on April 28, 1961.
2. Flight plan filed and performing pre-flight checks, boarding passengers.
3. Flight plan approved, hatches buttoned up, cockpit checks completed and starting number one.
4. Taxiing out for departure.
5. We are cleared for takeoff and turning onto 27.
6. Up and away and retracting the gear.
7. Turning on course for Quito.
8. Climbing out of the Cauca Valley with the Fallerones de Cali mountain range of the West Andes off to our right.
9. Climbing through 15,000 feet.
10. We have been cruising at 20,000 feet for some time now and calculate we are near the town of Samaniego.
11. We have crossed into Ecuador a while back and are beginning our descent about 25 NM from Quito.
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