Day 6 ... The Dreaded Pacific !

UK WorldFlight is crossing the Pacific Ocean, starting in the wee small hours at Santiago in Chile we are visiting some exotic destinations ... Easter Island, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Tonga and ending the day in Wellington New Zealand ... its a big ocean

 

The first part of the trip (all the way to Tahiti was in the Dark again,it seems an even longer trip, Eddie Waddell and John Davis flew it from Easter Island to Tahiti taking nearly 7 hrs in stong headwinds

 

The Pacific with us in the middle, 

from this angle the Earth is a Big Ball of Sea !

During the early evening as mentioned previously we had some flightdeck visitors (Passengers) who also enjoyed the Boeing Bar

 Kerrie Brennan

 Karen Reid

 Kai Spicer

Karen Reid and Jon Harte

Kerrie Brennan, John Davis, Jon Harte and Allyson Mabey

Andy Keeney as First Officer on the flight from

 Buenos Aires to Santiago

 

A special visitor today, some of you may know him ...

"Our Granville" !

As Granville has a new job he wasn't able to join us this year, 

Eddie is his replacement ... Seen. Here wearing Granvilles Hat !

  No visit by Granville would be complete without "Knitted Character" !

 

 

Eddie from Behind on the Way to Tahiti

John Davis and Eddie Waddell on the way to Tahiti 

 

Tahiti Approach Chart

 Eddie lands at Tahiti following a VOR Approach

 

Shutdown at Tahiti

 

John marks off another leg of our journey after arriving at Tahiti

 

Getting ready to depart from Tahiti to Rarotonga

 

Eddie looks for Departure Charts

 

Tahiti Departure Chart and Newspaper 

... Looks like a real Flightdeck !

 

Entering details into the Flight Management Computer

 

Checking the Flightplan

 

Nearly ready Eddie ?

 

John writes down the Departure Clearance

The side window is where we have VATSIM info displayed now

Ready to Taxi

 

On the way to Rarotonga

 

Landing at Rarotonga

 

Malc Wood briefs Roddy Maddocks 

on the Departure from Rarotonga

 

Malc's briefings take a long time :)

 

Start up !

 

Taxi out at Rarotonga behind a Company Boeing 737

 

Taxi

 

 Chatting on the Taxi Out

 

 Departing Rarotonga

 Malcolm White and Roddy Maddocks 

on the flight from Rarotonga to Tonga

 Malcolm Wood on the way to Tonga

Roddy Maddocks is first officer on the way to Tonga

It's our final day tomorrow ... a lot of the crew have gone home now, leaving John Davis Andy Keeney and Malcolm Wood to Finish the event flying the final legs from New Zealand to Hobart, Melbourne and then we should fly under the Sydney Harbour Bridge around lunchtime, keep tuned for plenty more photos and videos we havent had time yet to post, most will come after the event and when Ive had a sleep !