Rob O. / Cathay Pacific / Boeing 377 / Pacific Route

[Great Ozzie]

Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Brisbane (YBBN) for
Tontouta (NWWW)

TOW: 131.340
Payload: 35840
Night Flight

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[Great Ozzie]

Landed Safely at NWWW!

Landing Weight: 119.176 lbs
Fuel Used: 11.679 lbs
Flight Time: 02:29:59
Night Flight Total: 1
Penalties: 0
(Total Fuel 12.109 - ADI & Oil 430)

Wow what a trip! Landing at night in the rain dampened nary a soul’s excitement! And what seemed like every 15 minutes, I had to explain to Capt. Farrell's little boy (as he would burst onto the Flight Deck) "No, we won't see Capt. Jamie Waring (Tyrone Power) and Lady Margaret (Maureen O'Hara) because they live on Tortuga... not Tontouta where we are going." Hahaha Boss... very funny to tell your son we are going to Tortuga to see the pirates. It's a miracle we didn't end up there. :-P

[PRB]

Another Pacific Traveler! Our navigational skills will be tested, unlike those chaps over in North America and Europe, where they have NDB stations every 5 miles or so. Did you see any of those yellow life rafts sprinkled across the sea about half way over? Those would have been from my ill-fated Lockheed the first time around...

[Great Ozzie]

Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Tontouta (NWWW) for
Nausori Intl. (NFNA)

TOW: 131.500
Payload: 35840
Night Flight

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(Buzz Teamspeak)

[Great Ozzie]

Did you see any of those yellow life rafts sprinkled across the sea about half way over? Those would have been from my ill-fated Lockheed the first time around...

Sry Paul no I didn't

Our Flight Crew has been so busy, most of the time looking outside is a luxury. Glad tho you found a replacement craft and you're keepin' on keepin' on.

[Great Ozzie]

Safely landed at NFNA!

:mixedsmi: :ernae: <- "the flight crew"

Landing Weight: 120.002 lbs
Fuel Used: 10,948lbs
Flight Time: 02:21:28
Night Flight Total: 2
Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 11.420 - ADI & Oil 472)

Two Photos... having landed before sunrise, once again in the rain (who cares! it's Fiji ! :d )

and the 2nd just after sunrise: this is what happens when you and the crew all hold A&P's... everyone goes to the beach while you stay back to do maintenance checks (but who cares! it's Fiji ! :d ).

Edit : Dang, Sorry All about the first pic.... Cameraman obviously forgot to heed the "Too Dark, Use Flash" warning from the camera...

[Great Ozzie]

Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Nausori Intl. (NFNA) for
Pago Pago Intl. (NSTU)

TOW: 129.520
Payload: 35840
Night Flight

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[Great Ozzie]

Safely landed at Pago Pago Intl. (NSTU)

Landing Weight: 118.929 lbs
Fuel Used: 10,098lbs
Flight Time: 02:08:27
Night Flight Total: 3

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 10.518 - ADI & Oil 420)

[Great Ozzie]

Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Pago Pago Intl. (NSTU) for
Rarotonga Intl. (NCRG)

TOW: 131.500
Payload: 35840

(Accusim ON)
(Buzz Teamspeak)

[Great Ozzie]

Safely landed at NCRG

Landing Weight: 119.379 lbs
Fuel Used: 11.533 lbs
Flight Time: 02:23:46

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 12.025 - ADI & Oil 492)

[Great Ozzie]

Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Rarotonga Intl. (NCRG) For
Faaa (NTAA)

TOW: 129.900
Payload: 35840

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[Great Ozzie]

Safely landed at NTAA

Landing Weight: 119.329 lbs
Fuel Used: 10.047 lbs
Flight Time: 02:33:24

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 10.472 - ADI & Oil 425)

Required Commercial Centers:
Noumea Tontouta (NWWW) | Suva Nausori (NFNA) | Pago Pago (NSTU)
Tahiti Faaa (NTAA)

Additional Commercial Centers:
Rarotonga (NCRG)

Nite Flights: YBBN-NWWW | NWWW - NFNA | NFNA - NSTU

[Great Ozzie]

Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Faaa (NTAA) For
Hao (NTTO)

TOW: 128.300
Payload: 35840

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[Great Ozzie]

Safely landed at NTTO

Landing Weight: 120,033 lbs
Fuel Used: 7,816 lbs
Flight Time: 01:45:42

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 8,160 - ADI & Oil 344)

Pax clapped and Co-pilot complimented the landing but I used much more Rwy than intended being a good 10kts fast on final :redf:

[Great Ozzie]

Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Faaa (NTTO) For
Totegegie (NTGJ)

TOW: 126.725
Payload: 35840

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[Great Ozzie]

Computer Crash: Seems it was video driver related (I never have cared for this nVidia 185.85) Got a pic of taskmgr just before the whole screen went blank.

After a hard reboot, no Duenna FlightLog was to be found (just the SystemLog).

Very Disappointing... time to install the latest 186.18 and hope that works w/o issue.

[jt_dub]

Too Bad about the computer crash.

I hope it didn't crash while you were on final. Man I hate that. Sometime I'll tell you about my OOM while carrying the baton into Rotterdam.



Jeff

[Great Ozzie]

Hi Jeff,

Yeah... first one since one during RTWR and it's disconcerting. Happened during climb... roughly around 20,000'.

But I will say every time I am on final, that thought is in the back of my mind.

Rob

[Great Ozzie]

Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Faaa (NTTO) For
Totegegie (NTGJ)

TOW: 126.758
Payload: 35840

(Accusim ON)
(2nd Attempt)

[Great Ozzie]

Safely landed at NTGJ

Landing Weight: 119,217 lbs
Fuel Used: 7,137 lbs
Flight Time: 01:34:43

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 7,486 - ADI & Oil 349)

(Phew! btw... )

[Great Ozzie]

Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Totegegie (NTGJ) For
Mataveri Intl (SCIP)

TOW: 139.820
Payload: 35840

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[Great Ozzie]

Safely landed at Easter Island! :mixedsmi:

Landing Weight: 121,033 lbs
Fuel Used: 18,164 lbs
Flight Time: 04:10:58

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 18,715 - ADI & Oil 551)

What a Tailwind btw! Upwards of 85kts!

[Great Ozzie]

Cathay Pacific B377 Departing Mataveri Intl (SCIP) For
Los Cerrillos (SCTI)

TOW: 146.850
Payload: 35840

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[Great Ozzie]

Safely landed at Los Cerrillos (SCTI)!

Landing Weight: 120,375 lbs
Fuel Used: 25,737 lbs
Flight Time: 05:53:03

Penalties: 0

(Total Fuel 26,416 - ADI & Oil 679)

Absolutely Incredible!

Our Navigator, having performed impeccably until now, has earned the nickname “Dog Leg” after last night’s “near-fiasco.” Winds at FL250 were 100+ kts. Capt. Sydney’s timing to visit the flight deck was also “impeccable” as he walked in just seconds before the ADF needle swung to life… Good thing all the kids were in bed. We were all shook up, as it seems our “Nav-Man” was way off on the time to station also. “I don’t know what happened, and I don’t want to know…” I heard him say later. Fortunately we got our heads back into the game by the time we crossed over Isla Robinson Crusoe and landed without incident.

[Highmike]

Glad to see you made it across the Pacific Capt. That is one nice track you left behind you, and that Robinson Crusoe Island is not big by any means. Congratulations!