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#1 flyalaska

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 05:37 AM

The DC Tour is our first tour that is only with DC aircraft, this a 14 leg tour that will fly throughout Alaska and parts of Canada. There will be a few white knuckle landings that will will bring you into the mountains. The tour will start on Saturday May 19th at 5am local Alaska time and will end Friday August 31, 2012 at 10pm Alaska time.Just in time for our 5 year anniversary tour that starts on September 10th.

Note: You must be an active pilot to be registered on the tour. Non active pilots will not be shown. If you are inactive, simply fly a small flight prior to registering for the tour.

Be aware that most of these flights are over an hour long and a few over 3 hours long.

Start: May 19,2012 - 05:00 AKDT
End : August 31, 1012 - 22:00 AKDT
Aircraft: DC-3, DC-7
Legs: 14
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Ribbons are awarded after the tour has ended.

PANC - PADQ - DC3 - 220 miles, 1:33
PADQ - PACD - DC7 - 372 miles, 1:50
PACD - PAOM - DC7 - 565 miles, 2:36
PAOM - PABR - DC7 - 450 miles, 1:59
PABR - PAFA - DC7 - 436 miles, 1:53
PAFA - PAKT - DC7 - 742 miles, 3:09
PAKT - CYPR - DC3 - 77 miles, 0:29
CYPR - KSEA - DC7 - 513 miles, 2:12
KSEA - CYVR - DC3 - 111 miles, 0:46
CYVR - CYQH - DC7 - 684 miles. 3:11
CYQH - PAPG - DC3 - 238 miles, 1:43
PAPG - PASI - DC3 - 80 miles, 0:36
PASI - PAVD - DC3 - 416 miles, 3:05
PAVD - PANC - DC3 - 108 miles, 0:50

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#2 zoran

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 07:54 AM

Now this is my kind of tour! have recently bought mesh and utc , gex

questions for the old timers here.

how will you navigate this tour for the dc3 legs maps or gps and go?

#3 AKA138

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:00 AM

Yes this a great tour, and yes might say for the Ole Timers , Ole prop's will sing on this Tour..
Good luck to All , remember trim first not last ...

#4 AKA303 - Greer

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 09:02 PM

Woot!

I likethis one!!

Greer
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#5 Beowulf

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 02:40 PM

Oh! Happy Days. Wonderful tour. Roll on the weekend. It looks good and has a challenge to it.
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#6 zoran

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Posted 20 May 2012 - 04:39 AM

are any of you guys running with saitek throttles? Im usually very good with problem solving but cant find any info on running a 4 throttle set up with the 2 throttle saitek ( for the dc7)




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