Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Around the world trip?

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | Around the world trip?

DVA7561
Captain, B767-300

Joined on July 18 2009

"Semper Gumby (Always Flexible)"
Oklahoma City, OK USA

41 legs, 164.2 hours
38 legs, 152.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 10:27 ET by Michael Hehn

I have heard of a couple of folks on DVA doing it, but I can't seem to find the flight routes/legs that they used for a flight around the world. I would like to do this with the 767-300. If anyone has the routes/legs, it would be awesome to get those. If not, I can always try to create the trip myself using the flight route search. Thanks!

Michael Hehn

Captain, B767-300

DVA3809
First Officer, B767-300
OLP

Joined on December 12 2006
Online Century Club
Triple Century Club

East Petersburg, PA USA

329 legs, 829.1 hours
124 legs, 239.2 hours online
291 legs, 767.0 hours ACARS
25 legs, 52.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 11:24 ET by Garen Evans

Using the 767 it ought to be a snap - the real challenge would be using the Brasilia or another turboprop. But anyway...for the big birds something like this will get you there...

Leg 1 New York - Paris
Leg 2 Paris - Bangkok
Leg 3 Bangkok - Taipei
Leg 4 Taipei -Tokyo
Leg 5 Tokyo - Honolulu
Leg 6 Honolulu - Seattle
Leg 7 Seattle - Salt Lake
Leg 8 Salt Lake - Atlanta
Leg 9 Atlanta - New York

Garen Evans (DVA3809)

DVA7561
Captain, B767-300

Joined on July 18 2009

"Semper Gumby (Always Flexible)"
Oklahoma City, OK USA

41 legs, 164.2 hours
38 legs, 152.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 11:28 ET by Michael Hehn

Awesome! That is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Garen!

Michael Hehn

Captain, B767-300

DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
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"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,326 legs, 9,362.8 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,984 legs, 8,155.9 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,362 legs, 9,497.7 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 11:30 ET by Luke Kolin

I recently completed an Around the World flight:

Salt Lake City to Honolulu (DAL, 763)
Honolulu to Seoul (KAL, 703)
Seoul to Tokyo (KAL, 703)
Tokyo to Paris (AF, 703)
Paris to New York (DAL, DC86)
New York to Toronto (DAL, 737)
Toronto to Atlanta (DAL, 737)
Atlanta to El Paso (DAL, 737)
El Paso to Salt Lake City (DAL, 737)

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 11:31 ET by Garen Evans

Luke - I like that stop in El Paso smile

DVA1038
Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL

Joined on January 12 2003
Century Club

"Celer, Silens, Mortalis"
Summerville, SC USA

169 legs, 1,008.2 hours
56 legs, 288.5 hours online
25 legs, 221.2 hours ACARS
1 legs, 5.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 12:10 ET by Kevin Cornish

Just did one myself. This was the route I took:

ATL-CDG
CDG-Shanghai
Shanghai-LAX
LAX-ATL

I did that in the 767-300ER. The only leg thats a tad difficult is the Shanghai to LAX route. The 767 can make it, you just have to fly empty except for fuel.

Kevin Cornish

Captain, B737-800

DVA6695
Captain, MD-88

Joined on November 26 2008
Century Club
Online Century Club

"We are....Penn State"
Phoenixville, PA USA

153 legs, 206.0 hours
108 legs, 149.6 hours online
149 legs, 200.2 hours ACARS
11 legs, 20.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 13:37 ET by Jack Urie

I think they want to use official routes in DVA's database. I don't see a Shanghai-LAX run, but you could do Shanghai-Detroit in a 747 (yikes--that's a long one) and then DTW-ATL.

Still, a cool idea.

Jack Urie

Captain, MD-88

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 13:41 ET by Kevin Cornish

Jack, its a historic flight. Found it in the database. Give me a sec, I'll post a link to the PIREP I filled on it.

My bad, it wasn't Shanghai, it was Hong Kong. I've been playing Airline Simulation alot and was just putting a flight into shanghai, so I must have gotten the two mixed up. Oops.

Kevin Cornish

Captain, B737-800

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 14:07 ET by Jack Urie

Yep...that works. You can do CDG-Hong Kong and then Hong Kong to LAX. Nice to go around the world in 4 legs, although not sure that the 767 could legitimately do that long leg (with a realistic passenger and cargo load.)

Jack Urie

Captain, MD-88

DVA950
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on November 19 2002
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"Houston, We have a Problem"
Nazareth, PA USA

1,210 legs, 2,875.1 hours
1,147 legs, 2,716.7 hours online
886 legs, 1,977.2 hours ACARS
206 legs, 484.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 14:22 ET by Anthony Piasecki

KATL
PHNL
RKSI
VABB
EDDf
EHAM
KJFK
KATL

Anthony Piasecki

Senior Captain, B737-800

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 14:32 ET by Garen Evans

Just found about Airliner Route Mapper and downloaded it immediately. It is a Windows program for exploring route maps of over 650 airlines, and the SkyTeam is included! Apparently the developer updated the route database just a few days ago, so there isn't a perfect correspondence with the DVA database (eg., COA64 from Newark to Lisbon is not in the DVA database), and it includes no historic routes (though it does include TWA?), but its interactive route-mapness is way cool. http://arm.64hosts.com/

Garen Evans (DVA3809)

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 14:38 ET by Kevin Cornish

Jack, no the 767 couldn't make it w/ a full load of pax and cargo. I did it empty except for fuel and the weight of CAPT and FO. I landed in LAX w/ I think about 15k or so in the tanks. Maybe a bit more.

Kevin Cornish

Captain, B737-800

DVA7561
Captain, B767-300

Joined on July 18 2009

"Semper Gumby (Always Flexible)"
Oklahoma City, OK USA

41 legs, 164.2 hours
38 legs, 152.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 15:01 ET by Michael Hehn

I am going to try each of the different routes that everyone has suggested, just to see which is ideal. Once again, thanks for all the support and the quick responses. That is what makes DVA an outstanding Virtual Airline.

Michael Hehn

Captain, B767-300

DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200

Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
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Everett 1500 Club
Four Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"guiding you home..."
Denver, CO USA

1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs, 715.0 hours online
1,891 legs, 8,382.8 hours ACARS
18 legs, 67.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 15 2009 22:08 ET by Daniel Hodnik

klax - eham - vhhh - klax

or klax - vhhh - westbound to klax again wink

Posted onPost created on October 16 2009 00:07 ET by Anthony Piasecki

All this talk Got me to thinking why not, ATL-CDG(763) CDG-DXB(772) DXB-HKG(772) HKG-ICN(773) ICN-LAX(772) LAX-ATL(772) should take me a week or two smile

Anthony Piasecki

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA7633
Assistant Chief Pilot, B737-800
OLP
DISPATCHER

Joined on August 07 2009
B757 100 Club
Event Half Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
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DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"When the clouds roll in, I roll out."
Minneapolis, MN USA

1,183 legs, 3,139.3 hours
939 legs, 2,593.2 hours online
1,137 legs, 3,016.6 hours ACARS
80 legs, 171.1 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.8 hours

Posted onPost created on October 17 2009 00:36 ET by Luke Hubers

I am just finishing up an around the world trip tonight. Took me 3 days to do going from atl to dublin, dublin to france, then to amsterdam, moscow, hong kong, tokyo, then minneapolis tonight and back to atlanta tomorow.

Luke Hubers (DVA7633)

DVA7789
Senior Captain, B767-300
OLP

Joined on October 04 2009
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

"Shoot for the Stars."
Orlando, FL USA

309 legs, 914.3 hours
253 legs, 696.6 hours online
301 legs, 882.5 hours ACARS
44 legs, 98.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 17 2009 04:22 ET by Miguel Villamizar

i did it but it was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more legs =)
here you go
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e19/chucho407/myatwpic.jpg

Miguel Villamizar

Senior Captain, B767-300

DVA7561
Captain, B767-300

Joined on July 18 2009

"Semper Gumby (Always Flexible)"
Oklahoma City, OK USA

41 legs, 164.2 hours
38 legs, 152.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 17 2009 12:11 ET by Michael Hehn

How long did that take you to do Miguel?

Michael Hehn

Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on October 17 2009 19:10 ET by Miguel Villamizar

well the tour was with smaller planes and the legs average was about 100 miles so it took a while

Miguel Villamizar

Senior Captain, B767-300

DVA7373
Captain, B757-200
OLP

Joined on May 31 2009

"Howdy"
Southeastern United States

72 legs, 187.6 hours
32 legs, 85.4 hours online
67 legs, 153.2 hours ACARS
2 legs, 3.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 17 2009 19:16 ET by Nicholas Taylor

Miguel, I commend you for your perseverance on that trip! That seems like it would have taken over a few months to do even flying 1 or more legs per day. During the summer, I'd like to try something like that too; do you have any tips you can provide?

Nicholas Taylor

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on October 17 2009 22:45 ET by Miguel Villamizar

PATIENCE!!!!! =D and yes it took almost 1 year? pretty fun though! its better when you use company too

Miguel Villamizar

Senior Captain, B767-300

DVA1580
Captain, B767-300
COMM

Joined on March 16 2004
Century Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Caryville, TN USA

199 legs, 476.5 hours
70 legs, 168.4 hours online
84 legs, 232.9 hours ACARS
4 legs, 10.4 hours event
27 legs dispatched, 71.5 hours

Posted onPost created on October 17 2009 23:37 ET by Scott Breuer

I did it in the 76 like this;
ATL HNL
HNL NRT
NRT EHAM
EHAM KATL

Scott Breuer (DVA1580)

DVA3102
Senior Captain, MD-11

Joined on April 30 2006
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"If it flies in the skies, I'm on it"
Los Angeles, CA

3,196 legs, 8,564.3 hours
75 legs, 117.3 hours online
3,082 legs, 8,306.2 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 18 2009 02:44 ET by Jon Farabee

I finished up a 23 leg "around the world" a few months ago, my legs were this:

PDX-LAS-IAH-MEX-EZE-ATL-DCA-BOS-SNN-DUB-CDG-JNB-AMS-CAI-DXB-HKG-SYD-SIN-NRT-HNL-ANC-JNU-SEA-PDX

I celebrated my 800th flight with the last one (SEA-PDX)

In a 767 as others have said it should be fairly easy, remember you can fly any flight in the database with any aircraft you are rated in, so long as it has the range to do so, you don't have to fly the aircraft that is listed for the route, if you don't want to. Depending on your level of realism that you like to enjoy, this could cause an issue, but if you want to do all flights in your around the world journey in the 767, you can. Have fun with the trip, I'm planning another trip here soon myself, may even start it with my next flight...we'll see smile

Jon Farabee

Senior Captain, MD-11

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