VISUAL HIGHLIGHTS (Cathay 831 Heavy)

Last Wednesday night was an eventful one as I simulated my fourth transpolar operation real time, (15 hours and 05 minutes), and my second one to Hong Kong from the East Coast (KJFK.)  Despite the fact that Cathay Pacific does operate the -200ER series of the 777 in real life, we operated this mission with the fictitious -200LR series as it was the only livery I could find for my payware add-on program, PSS Just Flight 777.  (Still searching for a proper regular -300ER livery!)  The purpose of this simulation was to relocate from the US to Asia so that I may start my Asian/Australian tour of the Airbus 380.

Enjoy the following visual highlights -JC:

 Terminal 7, Gate 6.  Making last minute preparations before we push.

 Making way past Terminal 6 on ALPHA.  Of course, I had to get a JFK Tower shot!

Waiting to line up for 22R

 Ready to go.

 Full throttle and rolling.

 Rotate.

 Putting up the gear as we rocket out of 22R.

 Making way to heading 090, due east awaiting clearance to turn again and intercept MERIT.

Turning to head for our interception of MERIT/HFD/PUT SID.  We were a bit choppy up here but loving it! :-)

Data from the PROG chart on the CDU

Finished scraping the northwest coast of Greenland, now headed for the pole.

View out of my office of the geographical North Pole.

CATHAY PACIFIC (831 / CPA 831)

Flight Simulation Based On A Real Life Operation

Cathay Pacific (A Member of the OneWorld Alliance)
Flight 831

Callsign: "CATHAY 831 HEAVY'

Depart: The Port Authority - New York John F. Kennedy INT'L (KJFK/JFK) Terminal 7; Gate 6
2:55 PM EDT 1455
Arrive: HONG KONG INT'L - Chep Lap Kok (VHHH/HKG) Location TBR
6:01 PM HKT 1801 (+next day)

Duration: 15 hours 05 minutes

Equipment: BOEING 777200LR "Worldliner" (Dual Powerplant Long Range Commercial Airliner)

ROUTE (Subject to Change):
MERIT3 . MERIT .  HFD . PUT . KB90E . 5000N 06800W . 5500N 06400W . 6000N 06000W . 6500N 05500W . 7000N 05500W . 8000N 07000W . RESUM . RAMEL . G491 . TIGLA . G491 . ASLAR . G491 . SULOK . G218 . POLHO . G218 . TMR . B458

Fuel: 343,000lbs.
Speed: 480kts
V1: 158kts
VR: 168kts
V2: 173kts
Scheduled Altitude: FL310 (31,000 feet)
Distance (Direct): 8,068sm
Meal Provisions: (Business, Economy) DINNER, SNACK, BREAKFAST

Payware Addons:
FSDream Team JFK
Phoenix Simulations PSS JustFlight 777 Professional