The Simulators are Physically located in Different parts of the World with 2 in Australia, 2 in the UK one in Germany and one in Austria.
THE ROUTE
The Route consists of 45 separate flights with approximately one hour in between on the ground for re-fuelling and change of crew members. Each Simulator completes ALL 45 flights !
This means the SImulators are in use for 24 hrs per day for 1 week. The event is actually in the Guiness Book of Records as the Longest Virtual Flight ever undertaken.
WorldFlight is in its 11th Year and this year is the 6th Year that UK WorldFlight has Participated and personally my 10th year as I was also on the Australian Crew in Sydney
(I hope the Crew buy me a Cake !)
REALISM
Each of the Simulators is a fully working replica flightdeck, between us we have three Boeing 747-400 and three Boeing 737-800's Each Simulator uses Real World procedures and checklists and uses Charts sponsored by Jeppesen , in addition software in the simulators is able to read Real World Weather conditions, time of day and apply them ... in other words if we are in Iceland and its Sunset, Snowing and Windy that is actually what we see out of the window ! Also we have live Air traffic Control provided by the VATSIM network, VATSIM members around the world provide us with Air Traffic Controllers, they see us on their screens and we have voice communication with them for a fully immersive experience, especially getting used to the varying accents around the world even though English is spoken.
All this realism and the fact that we fly in both roles, "Captain" and "First Officer" make for a Trip like no other for the crew members taking part .... Each Simulator has a crew of different sizes, here at UK WorldFlight there are just 7 Pilots so no doubt we will be feeling a little Jet lagged by the end ! :)
Our Boeing 747-400 Simulator
RAISING DONATIONS
UK WorldFlight is raising Donations for the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance
we are taking donations via our Just Giving team Page http://www.justgiving.com/teams/ukworldflight you can sponsor any of our Pilots here or for a donation of £10 you can visit the flightdeck during one of the flights .... and maybe during the cruise we will let you sit in the Captains Seat !
HOW CAN WE WATCH YOU ?
During the Event you can watch our progress around the World from our website http://www.747simulator.co.uk/ We will have links to our Flightdeck Webcam, tracking Software which Shows our Position on "Earth View" and Google Maps and we will also have a "Flightboard showing our departures and arrivals.
The webcam can be viewed presently at http://www.livestream.com/ukworldflight when active.
Please note during the event there maybe times when the Webcam is turned off for a brief period to re-set or when we are filming one of our Special Videos , also sometimes the sound may be muted. You will be able to view the crew flying the Simulator and watch the world pass by outside the windows ! :)
During the event we will also be posting info and Photos to this blog, making short videos showing what goes on behind the scenes .
We look forward to you joining us on this Epic Adventure !
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