13/01/2006

  • What If....nonstop to Mumbai (Bombay), India


    Although it is not possible unless one charters a jet (often cost prohibitive), what if the aforementioned pastors and missionaries flew non-stop to India?  It would save them 1.6 hours, not including the layover at MXP.  (Including the layover, non-stop would save them about 4.2 hours.)  The non-stop flight took 12.0 hours and was flown in the unofficial CLC Jet (Boeing 747-400) using the Great Circle route and with real world weather.  The flight departed IAD at 12:00p and arrived the next morning around 9:30a.


    The Great Circle route from IAD to BOM:



    The (unofficial) CLC Jet climbing out of IAD (12,000' over Gaithersburg, MD with the Potomac River in the distance):



    The (unofficial) CLC Jet parked at smoggy/smoky BOM:



    I've yet to find out how to paint it green (similar to the unofficial CLC Prop below).  I chose Orange, which came with MS FS2004, in the meantime since orange is symbolic of Protestant Christianity.


    The unofficial CLC Prop (N02CLC) lined up on GAI runway 14: