| Great Northern Airways
operated scheduled and contract flights from Whitehorse North as far as Sachs Harbour in
the Arctic from the late '60s to '72, with DC-3s, Piper Aztecs, Lockheed L-188 Electras
and Fokker F-27s. As DC3 Airways will
be running their annual World Rally in the next couple of months, this seems a good
opportunity to practise our DC-3 flying and the following routes also include the radio
frequencies for the NDB and VOR tramsitters for each airport.
These routes were taken from a timetable
for October 1969.
In the timetable there is a stop for
Clinton Creek in the Yukon, but this is missing from Flight Simulator, so we have included
Eagle instead. It lies across the border, but at least it has a radio beacon for us to
practise dialling in.
Whitehorse - Inuvik
DC-3 Route (FLT 25/26) - Mon,Tue
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
Up |
Heading |
Distance |
352 |
0 |
0900 |
Whitehorse |
CYXY |
1630 |
- |
176.6 |
287 |
176.6 |
1045lv |
Mayo |
CYMA |
1500lv |
175 |
90.0 |
310 |
90.0 |
1100lv |
Dawson City |
CYDA |
1300lv |
105 |
68.4 |
010 |
68.4 |
1140lv |
Eagle(Clinton Creek) |
PAEA |
1205lv |
129 |
170.6 |
067 |
170.6 |
1320lv |
Old Crow |
CYOC |
1025lv |
191 |
115.8 |
081 |
115.8 |
|
Aklavik NDB (208.0) |
YKD |
|
252 |
33.9 |
- |
33.9 |
1635 |
Inuvik |
CYEV |
1100 |
262 |
0 |
Inuvik
- Sachs Harbour DC-3 Route (FLT 45/46) - Wed
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
Up |
Heading |
Distance |
008 |
0 |
1000 |
Inuvik |
CYEV |
1440 |
- |
68.6 |
041 |
68.6 |
1040lv |
Tuktoyaktuk |
CYUB |
1410lv |
188 |
217.1 |
- |
217.1 |
1210 |
Sachs Harbour |
CYSY |
1230lv |
228 |
0 |
Whitehorse
- Ross River - Whitehorse DC-3 Route (FLT 15/16) - Thu
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
027 |
0 |
0915 |
Whitehorse |
CYXY |
117 |
102.6 |
1025lv |
Faro |
CZFA |
226 |
30.7 |
1100lv |
Ross River |
CYDM |
|
107.8 |
1200 |
Whitehorse |
CYXY |
Whitehorse
- Faro Aztec Route (FLT 15/16) - Tue
Heading |
Distance |
Down |
City Name |
ICAO |
Up |
Heading |
Distance |
352 |
0 |
1330 |
Whitehorse |
CYXY |
1540 |
- |
102.6 |
287 |
102.6 |
1430 |
Faro |
CZFA |
1440lv |
171 |
0 |
Airport
Beacons
City Name |
NDB Beacon |
VOR Beacon |
Whitehorse |
XY 302.0 |
YXY 116.60 |
Mayo |
MA 365.0 |
|
Dawson City |
DA 214.0 |
|
| Eagle |
|
EAA 114.25 |
Old Crow |
YOC 284.0 |
|
| Aklavik |
YKD 208.0 |
|
Inuvik |
EV 254.0 |
|
Tuktoyaktuk |
UB 380.0 |
|
Sachs Harbour |
YSY 321.0 |
|
Faro |
ZFA 378.0 |
|
Ross River |
YDM 218.0 |
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Flying the DC-3
The following flying notes were produced by
Trev Morson of www.douglasdc3.com:
Throttle sequence is PROPS, POWER, MIXTURE
TAKE OFF: 2700 rpms, 48 inches MAP,
Auto Rich (Trim - 2 degrees)
ROTATE: 84 kts
CLIMB OUT: 400 fpm, 105 kts
LANDING GEAR: Retract at 500 AGL
POWER SETTINGS:
Take-Off: 2700 rpms, 48 inches MAP, Auto Rich, (Cowl FlapsOpen), (Tail Wheel Locked)
95 kts: 2550 rpms, 40 inches MAP, Auto Rich, (Trim Down)
110 kts: 2350 rpms, 36 inches MAP, Auto Rich, (Cowl Flaps Trail)
Cruise 140/150 kts: 2050 rpms, 30 inches MAP, Auto Lean, (Cowl Flaps Trail)
STANDARD RATE OF TURN: 30 Degree Bank
Angle (Keep Turn & Slip Ball in the Middle)
DECENT: 400fpm, reduce power only,
(Cowl Flaps Trail)
Throttle sequence is POWER, PROPS, MIXTURE
PATTERN SPEED: 110 kts, (Cowl Flaps
Trail)
GEAR DOWN: 140 kts (Trim Up)
1/4 Flaps: 135 kts (Trim Up)
1/2 Flaps: 99 kts
3/4 Flaps: 97 kts
FULL Flaps: 95 kts
APPROACH: 2050 rpms, 24 inches MAP,
Auto Lean, 105 kts, (Cowl Flaps Open)
2050 rpms, 18 inches MAP, Auto Lean, 90 kts, (Cowl Flaps Open)
OUTER MARKER: 2700 rpms, Reduce
Power, Auto Rich, (Cowl Flaps Open)
LAND: 84 kts, Over the Fence, Close
Throttle, (Cowl Flaps Open) & (Tail Wheel Locked)
74 kts: MAIN WHEELS, (Cowl Flaps
Closed)
STALL SPEEDS: FLAPS UP 67 kts
FLAPS DOWN 61 kts
Flight Simulator Files
The default DC-3 is not a particularly
accurate model of the flight dynamics of the DC-3. We have a DC-3 available on the
Hangar page that Tom Goodrick has "breathed on" to sort the flight dynamics for
FS9.
You can also find a modified default DC-3
for either FSX or FS9 with alternative panels by Norm Hancock at the DC3 Airways website www.dc3airways.com.
There is a replacement model for the
default DC-3 which has been produced by Manfred Jahn for both FS9 and FSX. It is
available from www.flightsim.com in C47BASEPACK.ZIP
for FSX and c-47_basepack_fs9.zip for FS9.
For payware, there is the MAAM DC-3
available for FS9 with FSX basic compatibility.
There are no texture sets for Great
Northern Airways, but Buffalo Airways, Air North and Northwest Territorial Airways have
covered the same territory and texture sets for the various DC-3s above can be found on www.flightsim.com.
There is a Piper Aztec for FS9 on FlightSim
by Fred Choate in either aztec_v3.zip or aztec_v4.zip. There is no Aztec for FSX but there
is a more modern Piper Seminole for both FS9 and FSX in pa44.zip by Rien Cornelissen.
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