12.9.98

Hawaiian International Flight Reports for November 1998

Flight Reports are placed here from our famous world class pilots.

They are reported in the order in which I recieve them ie: The first one who files gets the first listing.

Chris Monson	10-6-98, 10-29-98, HI 07 48 min. HI 08 57 min. HI 14 59 min. HI 15 57 min. HI 36 58 min. HI 37 55 min. HI 41 18 min. 19 min. HI 42 16 min. 18 min. HI 74 33 min. 46 min. HI 75 43 min. 36 min. HI 111 37 min. 47 min. HI 112 58 min. 47 min. HI 170 23 min. HI 171 20 min. HI 182 22 min. HI 183 26 min. HI 200 9 hr. 45 min. HI 201 5 hr. 21 min. HI 111c 21 min. HI 112c 33 min., 30 hr. 3 min., HI 36 Lost my altimeter HI 37 Lost my altimeter HI 75 1st leg Lost my altimeter and cockpit lights 2nd leg Lost both engines 9 miles out from Honolulu, diverted turned to Barbers Point and landed safely on the runway HI 200 Lost panel lights about halfway there, came in to KSEA had to divert to Billings. I'll E-mail the details Chris Monson, 10-20-98, 11-30-98, HI 03 49 min HI 04 49 min HI 05 41 min HI 06 35 min HI 07 47 min HI 14 32 min HI 15 33 min HI 16 24 min HI 17 26 min HI 18 40 min HI 38 27 min HI 39 24 min HI 40 20 min Leg 2 21 min HI 41 19 min Leg 2 24 min HI 42 18 min Leg 2 19 min HI 52 17 min HI 70 26 min HI 71 28 min HI 72 27 min HI 73 31 min HI 80 27 min HI 81 29 min HI 82 29 min HI 83 26 min HI 84 26 min, 10 hrs 19 min, HI 14 lost cockpit lights, made it safely to destination with no further troubles HI 16 Whew this was a close one, lost oil pressure at 11000 ft and less than 30 seconds later both of my engines died. I turned my 240,000 lb glider towards Kahului in hopes that I could glide to the airport. I barely made it but managed to land safely on rwy 2. I hope that wont like that wont happen again in the near future HI 42 lost heading indicator and altimeter, landed safely at intended destination I lost my altimeter again on the second leg of the flight, what are the chances of that happening. The rest of the flights went pretty smoothly, Thanks Again for this great airline Reza
Kay Nemoto	HS633 LAX-SFO 737 0:55 HS634 SFO-SAC 737 0:22 HS109c KOA-MKK DC9 0:35 HS110c MKK-KOA DC9 0:32 HS73 KOA-LNY 737 0:29 HS74 LNY-KOA 737 0:28 HS01 HNL-ITO 737 0:46 HS02 ITO-HNL 737 0:45, 4:52, Smooth as usual.
Mike Monce	901 BOS-ORD, 737, time 129 min, fuel used: 11,340, FL340, M.76, route: J16- J82-J554-J584-ORD   901 ORD-BOS, 737, time 141 min, fuel used: 12,200, FL330, M.77, route: same as 901 in reverse   904 JFK-ORD, 757, time 125 min, fuel used: 24,600, FL360, M.78, route: JFK-PIT- J64-J149-ORD   905 ORD-JFK, 757, time 117 min, fuel used: 22,500, FL350, M.78, route: reverse of 904, 8.6
Bruno Glaviano	HI 4502 Milan-Geneva-Paris B757 1h 7min Excellent IFR flying across the Alps at 18.000ft, with Mont Blanc raising from the clouds, then perfect IFR approach to Geneva just to discover that this ILS is not existing in X-Plane! But the approach was right (thank you instruments again) and even in poor visibility the landing was smooth and right on RWY05. Uneventful trip to Paris, with heavy head-on winds on landing, , smooth landing again. I really love IFR flying, at least on the simulator. HI 4501 Vienna-Munich-Milan B757 1h 15 min Scary landing at Munich, in a rain storm and wind shear at night, better (of course, let me say) weather in Italy with a smooth landing. HI 10 Honolulu-Kona MD-82 "visit Hawaii" 27 min. First smooth landing with heavy cross-wind in my carrer. Today I learned something more, thank you X-Plane. HI 11 Kona-Honolulu MD-82 27 min. Heavy landing this, time, I was ennerved and here's the reason why. Glass cockpits are more accurate for IFR flying, but it's not bad to fly sometimes with good ol'round instruments to keep sharp. But, the compass in the HSI in X-Plane's conventional instruments is too primitive! I think that even boy-scouts have better compasses. The GPS that I'm running on my mountain-bike is more precise than this MD82 compass! Austin please take note. HI 100 Honolulu Kahului Kona B737 41min. This is one of my favorite flights. Followed airway V2 to Maui, then V11. Rough landing! HI 101 Kona Kahului Honolulu B737 48 min. Scary landing at Maui in a thunder-storm, sorry passengers, low visibility at destination, that made me more concentrate on an IFR approach that resulted in a smooth landing. HI 53 Honolulu Molokai ATR-42 16min Rainstorm enroute, fine weather at landing, this is a flight that I really like HI 54 Molokai Honolulu ATR-42 19min Evening departure with fantastic graphics effects, bad weather enroute (IFR to Koko head VOR), smooth landing on rwy 26L after a spectacular show of clouds, rain and city lights under the clouds. Wow! HI 85 Honolulu Lihue A320. 21 min. Strong cross-wind, smooth landing. Another favorite flight. HI 821 San Francisco-Salt Lake City DC-10 1h 15 min. Heavy turbulence at cruise FL35 and wind at landing.   , 6 h 56 min

Albert Tanneberg	HI 43 PHOG - PHMK - PHNL with EMB AT DEPARTURE: Sky clear Visibility 10 Wind 50 at 11 AT STOP: Sky clear Visibility 20 Wind 50 at 6 Gate-to-Gate 17 min 30 AT ARRIVAL: Sky clear Visibility 10 Wind 10 at 6 Gate-to-Gate 24 min 30   HI 55 PHMK - PHNL with ATR AT DEPARTURE: Sky clear Visibility 10 Wind light and variable AT ARRIVAL: Sky clear Visibility 10 Wind 60 at 7 Gate-to-Gate 25 min 30   HI 160 PHLI - PHKO with 757 AT DEPARTURE: Overcast ceiling 4200 Rain Visibility 4 Wind 60 at 12 AT ARRIVAL: Sky clear Visibility 4 Rain Wind light and variable Gate-to-Gate 42 min 30   HI 161 PHKO - PHLI with 757 AT DEPARTURE: Sky clear Visibility 10 Wind 90 at 5 AT ARRIVAL: Overcast ceiling 4500 Visibility 10 Wind 70 at 10 Gate-to-Gate 42 min 30   HI 4008 KMIA - MYNN with 737 AT DEPARTURE: Overcast Ceiling 500 Visibility 10 Wind 130 at 7 AT ARRIVAL: Overcast ceiling 2000 Visibility 13 Wind 160 at 10 Gate-to-Gate 35 min   HI 4008 MYNN - KMIA with 737 AT DEPARTURE: Sky clear Visibility 20 Wind 120 at 10 AT ARRIVAL: Overcast ceiling 5000 Visibility 10 Wind 90 at 12 Gate-to-Gate 39 min 30   HI 4501 LOWW - EDMM - LIML with 757 AT DEPARTURE: Overcast Ceiling 15000 Visibility 1 Wind calm AT STOP: Overcast Ceiling 12000 Visibility 3 Wind light and variable Gate-to-Gate 39 min 25 AT ARRIVAL: Sky clear Visibility 20 Wind light and variable Gate-to-Gate 43 min 45   HI 4502 LIML - LSGG - LFPG with 757 AT DEPARTURE: Sky clear Visibility 3 Wind light and variable AT STOP: Sky clear Visibility 4 Wind light and variable Gate-to-Gate 30 min AT ARRIVAL: Overcast Ceiling 2600 Visibility 2 Wind 200 at 8 Gate-to-Gate 45 min 6,5 hours, No problems this month
Reza Gorji	Date Flight Number Leaving Arriving Flight Time FL Weather (Gate to Gate) November 1, 1998 HI86 HNL LIH 25 12000 Clear November 1, 1998 HI87 LIH HNL 28 13000 Clear November 2, 1998 HI76 HNL LNY 15 10000 Rain in HNL November 2, 1998 HI77 LNY HNL 20 11000 Rain in HNL November 24, 1998 HI88 HNL LIH 20 10000 Clear in HNL November 24, 1998 HI89 LIH HNL 20 10000 Low Ceiling in LIH November 25, 1998 HI50 HNL MKK 15 7000 November 25, 1998 HI751 LNY MKK 15 7000 November 26, 1998 HI4010 MIA NASSAU 45 12000 November 26, 1998 HI4011 NASSAU MIA 50 12000 November 26, 1998 HI4012 MIA GMC 100 20000 BEAUTIFUL FLIGHT, PEACEFUL November 26, 1998 HI4013 GCM MIA 110 20000 BEAUTIFUL FLIGHT
Don Willis	HI911 DCA - ORD AB340 1.24 HI912 ORD - DCA AB340 1.30 HI902 ORD - DTW B737 .41 HI903 DTW - ORD B737 .39 HI304 SFO - ORD Concorde 1.32 HI305 ORD - SFO Concorde 1.45, 6.1, All routes flown without incident.
Jon Hay	01-Nov-98 HI12 757 PHNL PHKO 13:10 13:47 00:37 01-Nov-98 HI13 737 PHKO PHNL 12:14 12:45 00:31 01:08 01-Nov-98 HI600 EMB120 KMIA KEYW 13:42 14:15 00:33 01-Nov-98 HI601 EMB120 KEYW KMIA 18:25 19:00 00:35 01:08 01-Nov-98 HI603 MD80 KMIA KMCO 00:25 01:07 00:42 01-Nov-98 HI604 MD87 KMCO KMIA 00:20 01:02 00:42 01:24 01-Nov-98 HI4016 757 KMIA MKJP 14:07 15:30 01:23 01-Nov-98 HI4017 L1011 MKJP KMIA 18:40 20:03 01:23 02:46 06:26, 6:26, Moderate to severe turbulence out of PHNL.   Lost Flight Director 30 minutes out of KMIA on flight HI4016 which necessiated longer than expected layover in MKJP and flight back using L1011 while mechanics worked on the problem.
Stephan Buchmann	HI30 20 min, HI31 23 min, HI105 29min, , 1:12, On flight 105 (Kona-HNL) I really burned the fuel, therefore it was real quick. I slipped off the Rwy (8L) because I´m not yet used to my new pedals... I still try to learn that the stick doesn´t do anything for ground steering real funny. I still have to work on the spring mechanism on my DIY pedals. , BTW do I have the latest scenery for HNL? I have still a building almost on 4R? See You, Stephan
Dennis Glosik	Sorry so late.....new machine....busy travel sched. etc etc   Flights 4512-4513 Milan - Berlin - Milan 2hr 12 min 4516-4517 Milan - Prague - Milan 2hr 22 min 4514-4515 Milan - Warsaw - Milan 2hr 37 min 4004 ORD-Milano Linate 7hrs 19min thanks to the new concorde on the route! 4005 Milano Linate - Chicago 7hrs 40 min. 4006 ORD-munich 7 hrs 55min 4007 munich - ord 8 hrs 15 min....., 37 hrs 51 min, Problems

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