Re-creation of the China Clipper's First Flight

[BendyFlyer]

PILOTS posted some new images of their upcoming Clipper on FB, you might be lucky enough to finish your flight with a new model

Jeansy still hoping on this one a definite one day. Get it painted in BOAC WW2 colours would be a treat.

 

[stearmandriver]

Thanks for the heads up on the new 314 pics. I will also be all over this on day one; well, except that I'm on FSX still and I think they're releasing the P3d version first.

Bendy, you overestimate my commitment . I'm attacking just the final leg of that journey, after studying it pretty intently for a while now. I think I'm going to simulate 3 different scenarios, and we'll see how they all turn out.

 

[mthrift]

Stearmandriver,

I also really enjoyed this series, and hope one day soon to have time to learn how to use celestial navigation using your instructions. You've opened a whole new world! Thanks for your research, time, and effort in bringing this experience to us.

I loved your comparison of the awe people felt for the Martin Clipper and that of the Space Shuttle. That really put it in perspective for me!


Best regards,
Michael

 

[BendyFlyer]

Thanks for the heads up on the new 314 pics. I will also be all over this on day one; well, except that I'm on FSX still and I think they're releasing the P3d version first.

Bendy, you overestimate my commitment . I'm attacking just the final leg of that journey, after studying it pretty intently for a while now. I think I'm going to simulate 3 different scenarios, and we'll see how they all turn out.

Ha! it was well above my commitments too. Understand the final leg stuff. This is a really tricky navigation problem, nailing a line of longitude and time then deciding left or right to the destination. The technique worked for Francis Chichester in his Gypsy Moth flying to Australia and got him to Lord Howe, so many possibilities the weather was ordinary and fuel now scarce, this one had the pucker factor allright.