Date: 3/29
Flight: 999-12 Honk Kong - Shanghai - Seoul
Plane: DC3S
Time: 7.0 hrs
Pilot: BGA030
Fuel: 1064 gals
Remarks: Narrative will follow
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Off at 0800, climbing to 7500' on a course of 036 deg. Fuel on board 804 gals. The flight will be 667 nm..
I will list the VOR's and NDB's in the order you should bring them up
Gaoqi VOR 114.5
Level at 7500'
Luogang Airport a 9843" rwy ILS 109.1 VOR 116.7
So far not much to see except some low mountains. Taller ones will start to appear to the left front shortly. So far all mts have been below 7000'.
Shangrao NDB 351
Yunhe NDB 244
Tonglu VOR 115.9
About an hour to go.
Yianqiao Airport a 10499' rwy ILS 110.3 VOR 113.0
79 miles to go.
Shanghai Airport Data
Honggiao Airport VOR 117.2 Elev 10'
RWY 18 11155' ILS 108.1 H 181
RWY 36 11155' ILS 110.3 H001
Airport is in range, we will be using RWY 36 . Airport straight ahead. Starting descent to 2000'.
Turning base, have the ILS.
Turning final, rwy in sight.
Hi Shanghai!
Fuel used 640 gals.
Shanghai - Seoul
That was a fast clearance and easy departure.
Off at 1400 Climbing to 5500', heading 038 deg and a relatively short flight of 467 miles. Our airport destination is Kimpo International , This is where "Radar" was promoted to "Corporal Captain" on "MASH" you will understand if you love MASH as I do.
On course and climbing, level at 5500'. 20 miles and we will be over the coast and the Yellow Sea.
Seoul Airport Data
Kimpo Intl Airport Elev 58' VOR 113.6 NDB 320
RWY 14L 11811 ILS 109.9 H 142
RWY 32R 11811 ILS 110.7 H 322
RWY 14 R 10499 ILS 110.1 H 142
RWY 32L 10499 ILS 108.3 H 322
We will cross the coast at Inchon, remember what happened there?
PNR
(An aside here - while on this flight we had one hell of a surprise lightning storm and I lost power. Hadn't saved any portion of my flight and I didn't want to have to do it over, so I resorted to Time flown and speed of aircraft and estimated my position. Went to the Map feature and entered my coordinates and other data and would you believe I was only 5 miles off course. So I resumed the flight.)
Some small islands starting to appear.
We are cleared for rwy 32R.
That's the coast of South Korea off the right wing. That is Season Airport with a 9000' rwy, VOR 111.5. That's Osan Airbase (ours) to the right front and Kimpo straight ahead.
Inchon - that was one tough amphibious landing!
Descending to 2100'.
turning downwind.
Here we go on base, have the ILLS, turning final wry insight.
Hi Korea for the fifth time
Fuel used 424 gals
Flight 999 Route (flight overview)