salt_air / southbound - Eastern Air Lines / L-049 / North America

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salt_air / southbound - Eastern Air Lines / L-049 / North America

Official Tracking Thread:

Eastern's entry will be leaving later today after all of the last minute checks are complete.

At that time we will be proceeding as planed to San Juan and await further instructions as to routing into Bueno Aires.

All of us here at "Eastern" would like to offer our Best Wishes for a safe, productive, and excitng trip to each entry in this wonderful event.


:ernae:
 
Pushing back......starting engines

After a slight miscalculation in our original plan to destination was caught and corrected, the EAL team finishes it's preflight checks and prepares for taxi to the active at CYUL.

Dorval ground, Eastern Air Lines 541 ready for push-back gate C-8.

Eastern Air lines 541, rodger.
 
We're off!

Eastern Air Lines flight 541 is taking off RWY 24L CYUL to KLGA non-stop.

TOW=81418

Payload=19940
 
Arrived at KLGA

EAL 541 is down safe at La Guardia

Landing weight= 77880 lbs (whoops)

Fuel used= 3504 lbs

Last minute desision to make a river appraoch to RWY 13, then the vis went somewhere....should have "lost" about 80 lbs of fuel, but got carried away when vis got poor. A suprise tailwind for a lot of the descent.

Educational flight to say the least, plane handles beautifully.

I'll take a break then off to Washington DC.
 
Leg 2

EAL 541 is taking off RWY 13 at KLGA for departure to KDCA.

There's 10 kt x-wind out of 080 with light rain.

TOW= 79740

Payload= 19940
 
whew!

EAL 541 makes a "Green" landing at KDCA.

Landing weight= 77030 lbs

Fuel used= 2688 lbs

Never paid attention before this as to how short the range is on these NDB's around here (38NM).

Had to use RWY 15,,,,very exciting.

Time to change pants and rest up for the trip to Miami.
 
Florida or Bust

EAL 541 continues on to KMIA out of KDCA.

Headwinds already,,,hope they change at altitude,,,or not, cause I'm toten a little extra fuel.

(I think?...what?)....:isadizzy:

This will be the third and last of three required flights made in total darkness from start to finish. (CYUL-KLGA-KDCA-KMIA)

TOW= 88046 lbs

Payload= 19940 lbs

Cleared for take off RWY 19,,,,Eastern 541....:running:
 
Down safe at KMIA

EAL 541 arriving at gate E 7.....

Landing weight= 77337 lbs

Fuel used= 11018 lbs

Accumulated flight time= 5:37

Favorable winds most of the way and partly cloudy skies to allow a visual of the coastline which made it nice. Plane does a little bit better on fuel than I thought,,,,,but we'll keep checking.

I'm glad these required nightime flights are accomplished.

Weather is here....wish you were beautiful.

Another Margarita por favor! :ernae:
 
Moses03 said:
Looks that way. The other Connie drivers were seduced by the 1049 models...
Click to expand...

Well then,,, "Hats off to you and I",,,,drinks on me.

Best of luck to ya!

BTW: Full payload and reserves only in the tanks shows up as 7% at the top-o-the screen when you hit the shift + Z a couple of times....;)

Now if I could just get some descent GPH figures for this "wild bird".

Okay break's over ,,,yuz guys get back to work! :running:
 
Shortage.....

After waiting ALL day for the list of the items we were supposed to collect for the trip to be checked off,,,,we are told to proceed with out the last item we had been waiting ALL that time for,,,,Duct Tape??

I have to ask how could a city the size of Miami be completely out of Duct Tape? With no shipments due before next week, we push on. Strange indeed,,,we will just be forced to buy from street vendors in Havana.

Out of KMIA (finally) EAL flight 541 ready to go RWY 12 to MUHA.....

Eastern 541 cleared for take-off RWY 12 departure to the south approved.

TOW= 79769

Payload= 19940
 
Down safe at MUHA

Boy, these daytime flights are cool.

Landing weight= 76971 lbs

Fuel used= 2769 lbs
 
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