Air Canada 620 Toronto-Halifax

So I got bored with the Dulles-Munich flight. Who wouldn't? 7.5 hours? So I started this flight. Air Canada flight 620 from Toronto/Pearson Int'l Airport to Halifax Int'l.

Airline: Air Canada
Aircraft: Boeing 767-375/ER
Origin: Toronto Pearson Int'l Airport (CYYZ/YYZ), Canada
Destination: Halifax Int'l Airport (CYHZ/YHZ), Canada
Cruising Altitude: 39,000 Ft. MSL
Fuel loaded at Gate 137 at CYYZ: 30% in all 3 tanks (16000 pounds in each of the 3 tanks)
Fuel remaining at Gate 24 at CYHZ:
Estimated Flight Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Actual Flight Time: 2 hours 37 minutes
Take-off time: 7:15 PM Eastern
Take-off speed: 153 kts./176 mph/286 kph
Landing time: 9:52 PM Eastern
Landing speed: 120 kts./138 mph/222.24 kph
Landing -FPM= -387 FPM (a little rough)
Maximum speed reached: 596 kts/685.87 mph/1103.79 kph
Flight Distance: 710 nautical miles/817 miles/1314.92 km
Take-off Runway: CYYZ Runway 33R (Right) heading NNE
Landing Runway: CYHZ 24 heading SSW

Here are my screens.

The stats are final. I won't be updating this blog with pictures for a while after this.

The Air Canada 767 boards at Gate 137. It took a lot of editing to get the jetway attached to the airplane:


Next, the plane is pushed back after a dispute with a fuel truck:

The plane sits on the tarmac as those mighty General Electric GE CF6-80C2 engines start up. MAN! You have to BE here to hear those engine sounds! What power they exhibit:

So now, the plane taxiis to the runway. I tell you, it's pretty amazing to see the airport lighting just flicker on in front of you. Light bloom is on for this shot:

Now, the plane lifts off at 7:15 PM Eastern at 153 kts.! I used just 90% N1 to speed up, the plane was that light. Those engines spooling up...man oh man....


Climbout as seen from the cabin:



Passing a Canadian freeway as the plane is now on autopilot and follows the set course to Halifax. It really is a sight to see the wings flexing and bouncing during turbulence:

Finally over the cloud layer but still battling turbulence:

Final sunset at 39000 feet and an almost record-breaking speed of 685.87 mph (my record is 692.77 mph in a 777 at 41,000 feet):

Descending through the clouds and turning to follow the vectors for CYHZ Runway 24:

I turned on the landing lights. The result, in the darkness, is that a passenger would see their light splashed all over the wings:
Pretty much following this highway to Halifax Int'l Airport:
Runway in sight!
So a bit of a rough landing on Halifax Stanfield Int'l Airport's Runway 24:
Shutting down at Gate 24 as the Icelandair Boeing 757-200 next to me gets pushed back, on his way to Iceland, no doubt:
Another job well done by Captain Prad!

UAL 902 Leg 2

I took off after approximately a 2.5 hour stopover in Dulles, I didn't even exit the simulator. Now I'm off on the 7 hour 45 minute flight to Munich, one of the most major cities of Germany.

Right now, I'm climbing through exactly 3000 feet above sea level through a thunderstorm with some pretty considerable turbulence. I took off less than a minute ago. Not too bad for a Triple 7+its autopilot! I love this plane.

Airline: United Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 777-222
Origin: Washington Dulles Int'l Airport, Washington, D.C., Virginia, US, Gate B57.
Destination: Munich/Munchen Airport, Munich, Germany
Cruising Altitude: 35,000 feet/10668 meters
Flight Time: Approximately 7 hours, 45 minutes
Flight Distance: 3745.8 nautical miles/4310.6 miles/6937.22 km

As usual, I'll update the specs as I go on, oh and by the way, I've attached pictures of this flight!

Takeoff:

Climbing through 27063 ft/8248.8 meters:

Finally taking the turn over New Jersey at 6:23 PM Local Eastern Daylight Time, the plane follows the airway (like a highway in the air) heading to Germany over the open Atlantic Ocean, with some 737s flying around the congested airspace:


I will have to leave this flight here. My hard drive got wiped out and so did my game.

Boeing 787

Hey everyone, here is my first practical blog post on the upcoming Boeing aircraft, the Boeing 787:

Originally slated to have its first flight in Mid-2007 and enter commercial service in Mid-2008, the Boeing 787 is The Boeing Company's newest airliner in a long, proud line of some of the best jetliners ever built. Due to delays and technical problems (like Airbus had with its A380s), the 787 is expected to first fly in Quarter 4 of 2008, and enter service in late 2009 with Japan's All Nippon Airways. The plane was rolled-out on July 8, 2008, at the Everett Boeing plant in Washington, by which it had already accumulated a fast-growing 677 orders, making it the fastest-selling wide-body jetliner in history. There are 5 variants: The popular 787-8 (FF 2008, EIS 2009), 787-3 (FF 2008, EIS 2009), 787-9 (FF 2008, EIS Late 2009), and the 787-10 (FF 2009, EIS 2010).

The 787 will introduce brand-new, jaw-dropping features that no plane has had before. Window shades are GONE, folks. You hit a little button under the now-19-inch-long window (twice as big as conventional windows) and it'll black itself out. If Abhi makes a comment on this post, he'll probably tell you the car that does the same thing, I forgot which one it was (it's some Ferrari). All cabin lights are now LEDs, which Boeing offers in thousands of different color combinations. They'll change their colors to help your bodies adapt to the time-zone changes, thereby reducing jetlag. Two lavatories can now be joined together to help a disabled person on a wheelchair easily "wheel-in" to the bathroom. New wing and engine designs allow the plane to reduce turbulence, similar to the system used on the $1.5-$2.0 billion B-2 Bomber (The max cost of the 787 will be around $200 million (9.4 billion Indian rupees)). Most importantly, the plane is made of full composite materials, making it more streamlined and hundreds of thousands of pounds lighter than todays jetliners.

The 787-8 can fly from 8000-10000 miles, easily putting an LA-Thailand or New York-Tokyo leg well within reach. The 787-9 will sacrifice range for length, flying 7000-9000 miles with about 100 more passengers, and the 787-10 will fly 5500-6500 miles with about 400 passengers. A domestic 787-3 will debut with a 250+ capacity.

You can see which airlines ordered the 787 here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boeing_787_orders

Enjoy! Thanks to Wikipedia, a one-stop shop for all possible information. One of my friends told me that.